Education

Tertiary 1980 - 1984 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Graduated with a B.Sc. Honours Degree (2:1) in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professional Affiliations

* C.Eng. - Chartered Electrical and Electronic Engineer.

* MIEE - Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, London.

Experience Summary: (Oil & Gas 21 Years, Railways 5 Years)

Oil & Gas: 15+ years Offshore facilities (integrated Drilling/Production Platforms, Bridge Linked Complexes, Wellhead Platforms, Spar/minimal facilities, FPSO's, FSO's, Subsea, Pipelines).

5+ years Onshore plants (oil & gas production - inc. H ₂S/Toxic fluids, gas & condensate processing, fuels refining).

Experience in: Feasibility Engineering; Economics appraisal & sensitivities; Conceptual Design; Front End Engineering Design (FEED); Detailed Design; Brown Field Modifications; Procurement; Testing: Factory Acceptance, Systems Integration, Site Acceptance; Fabrication / Construction Yards; Installation / Hook-up; Commissioning; Hand-over; Operations; Maintenance; Production support; Recruitment; Training/Mentoring/Coaching; De-commissioning (process systems).

Railways: 5 Years design and maintenance of electrical supply & protection for 25 kV overhead and 660/800 Vdc third rail systems.

Professional Appointments:- Career History and Training

05/04 to date Kashagan Experimental Programme Project, Kashagan Project Division (KPD), Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Co., Milan (Italy) & London (UK).

The Kashagan Experimental Programme (EP) Project includes new build Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling and Production Island complexes, Infield and Export pipelines, Onshore fluids processing facilities and new plant infrastructure for processing highly toxic (18% + H ₂S) hydrocarbon fluids.

07/05 to date Systems Control Engineer, Facilities Integrity Group, KPD, London.

Provision of systems (ICSS, SCADA & Telecommunications) & process discipline expertise and support to Kashagan EP Facilities Integrity Group, in order to endorse the facilities integrity as part of the overall asset integrity, covering design, procurement, construction, hook up and ready for commissioning prior to handover to operations. Required to apply the appropriate processes, systems, performance requirements and standards, regulatory needs, etc. and co-ordinate and liaise between the Kashagan EP offshore, trunklines, onshore and pipelines projects and contractors.

Responsible for developing appropriate plans, processes & systems to ensure the integrity assurance plans developed by the Engineering and Execution Contractors, covering all phases of the project, are adequate and comply with the requirements of Agip KCO's Asset Integrity Assurance Scheme (AIAS) and implement the Facilities Integrity Assurance plans.

Facilities integrity activities are undertaken on a system by system basis and across the project phases (engineering, procurement, construction, etc.) to include the following:

Participation and leadership of own disciplines in continuous high level systematic audits and reviews.

Verify and ensure completeness and consistency of information from the design basis through to start of commissioning as developed by the Engineering Contractor and all the Execution Contractors.

Focus, co-ordinate and carry out detail monitoring endorsing the completeness and consistency of the systems across all project phases from design through to start of commissioning.

Support the hand over of the completed facilities integrity documentation to the commissioning group.

Support, provide guidance and facilitate the work being carried out by the 3 ^rd Party Independent Verification Contractor.

Participation in the Change Control mechanisms and ensuring that they are being rigorously applied.

Work in conjunction with the AIAS systems owner's Team to ensure a demonstratable AIA result to enable commissioning and start up of the EP Facilities.

Work closely, establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships, providing Systems discipline integrity assurance support service, inputs and co-ordination with the various project management groups to include PMSC, KDPC, Production Operations Engineering Groups, other groups within KPD and RoK to ensure alignment with the Asset integrity system, permitting and other associated processes and systems.

Participation in project, system, safety, operability reviews and audits.

Participation in Factory Acceptance Tests, System Integration Tests, and the Site Acceptance Tests.

Participation in ICSS Pre-commissioning activities as required in the fabrication yards, the Caspian in shore yards, and on site

05/04 to 07/05 ICSS(DCS/ESD/F&G)Engineer, Engineering Support Group, KPD, Milan & London.

Reporting to the ICSS Project Engineer with responsibilities for the management of the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS: DCS/ESD/F&G) design development from the Interface Contractor and all the EP/EPC/EPF Contractors for Kashagan EP Project facilities post FEED, FEED verification, Detailed Design and integration. Involves ensuring consistency of design and specification between contractors throughout the Kashagan project for the ICSS including basic process control system, Emergency Shutdown Systems and Fire & Gas Systems. Providing Company acceptance of the work completed by the ICSS Contractor during detailed design, manufacturing and configuration. Ensuring that system developed supports expansion into Tranche 3, and integration into full field development.

Additionally responsible for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) co-ordination of Kashagan EP project wide SIL classification exercises and implementation engineering of Safety Instrumented Functions. Set-up project standardisation for HSE-Q in accordance with Corporate Procedures & Engineering Practices (DEPs), IEC 61508/61511 and Project Guidelines.

04/01 - 04/04 Senior Instrument, Control, Safety Systems, Electrical and Communications Engineer, Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company, Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Rang Dong Full Field Development Project Management Team: Project Office, Vung Tau, Vietnam; Design Offices in Perth, Australia, and Singapore; and, Fabrication Yard Offices in Batam, Indonesia, and Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Responsible for facilities Conceptual (inc. PEP's, budgeting, capital estimates, scheduling), Front End Engineering (inc. Electrical discipline through Conceptual / FEED) and Detailed Design (inc. third party verification), Procurement, Factory Acceptance Testing, Fabrication / Installation, Inspection, Hook-up, Commissioning, Hand-over and Production Support (inc. training & competency assessment) for Field Instrumentation (inc. Analysers), Process Monitoring and Control (Emerson Delta V DCS), associated gas export Sales Gas Metering (Daniels Ultrasonics), Safety Instrumented Systems (HIMA), Fire & Gas monitoring (HIMA), interfaces to Vendor Packages and Communication Systems (inclusive of infield SCADA, multi access Field/Platform and Crane Radio systems, Marine Radio systems, Inmarsat, Aeronautical Radio, Public Address, PABX, LAN, VSAT, Meteorological and Entertainment systems) for the full field development of the Rang Dong Oil Field, Offshore Vietnam.

In 2002 this involved the deployment of two additional Wellhead Platforms, WHP-E1 & S1, and infield pipelines to supplement the existing Wellhead Platform, WHP-N1, complete with brown field additions and modifications to tie-in these new production facilities to those of WHP-N1 and the existing FPSO RD-1.

In 2003 a further two platforms have been added and bridge linked to WHP-N1 to form the manned Northern Central Production Complex (CPC-N). These include a Utilities and Living Quarters platform (NULQ) and a Compression and Water Injection platform (NCWI).

Deputised for the Resident Design Manager during the design phase on occasions of his absence.

11/98 - 04/01 Lead Instrument & Control Engineer, Damit Worley Engineering Sdn. Bhd., Brunei.

Primarily responsible for conceptual and detailed design of Instrumentation and Fire & Gas for the re-instrumentation and complex wide fire & gas upgrade of Ampa-6 and Fairley-4 complexes (five platforms each) as part of the 'Ampa/Fairley Rationalisation Project - Offshore Modifications' for Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP). A brown field project to rationalise facilities in the Brunei Offshore Western Area oil, gas and condensate fields in order to simplify processes, remove as much mechanical equipment / rotating machinery as possible and to improve the integrity, availability and reliability of the fluid transportation systems. A project driven by a vision to minimise the long term unit production costs and Total Cost of Ownership of Western Area facilities, to improve reliability and availability of gas feed stock supply to Brunei LNG (Lumut), provide facilities for an increase in oil and condensate production to the Seria Crude Oil Terminal (SCOT) and to address Safety Case issues.

Facilities are generally 20 to 30 years old with predominantly pneumatic control instrumentation and relay based safeguarding systems & electrical interfaces. Rationalisation involves modernisation of instrument systems with an integrated systems approach in line with the above project vision: monitoring and control systems transferred to new DCSs (Foxboro IA); relay based Instrument Protective Functions (IPFs) and electrical interfaces replaced with new certified Instrumented Protective Systems (IPSs - YISS ProSafe); and, matrix / relay based Fire & Gas Detection Systems upgraded with new certified Fire & Gas Safety Systems (YISS ProSafe). Systems upgrades are complemented with new and rationalised field instrumentation (inc. analysers).

Instrument Department responsibilities include supervision of the Instrumentation Team: bid preparation and capital estimates; Cost/Time/Resource development; department planning; man hour budget development and control; progress reporting; recruitment activities; resource training and development; department and project uptake of automated design tools (INtools); review processes input and implementation consistent with BSP and Shell Engineering Practices (review processes include Safety Case recommendation capture, HAZID, HAZOP, FIREPRAN, SIL/IPF Classification, SIL/IPF Implementation and Fire & Gas Detector mapping;); inter-discipline interface management; parallel projects co-ordination; effective utilisation and co-ordination of resources with work allocation to engineers, designers and draught persons for the development and timely issue of project conceptual and detail design documentation deliverables; department QA; and, design integrity (inc. change management), risk management and value engineering.

Documentation included the preparation of studies, design basis, project specifications, cost estimating documents, input to PEFS's/Cause & Effects/Safeguarding Memoranda/Control Narratives, Specifications, Data Sheets, Calculations, Requisition packages, Technical Bid Evaluations, Purchase Order documentation, Indices, Schedules, Drawings, Construction Work Packs etc..

03/00 - 02/01 Projects: Instrument, Electrical, Telecommunications Focal Point

Business development for disciplines (BSP, BLNG, ELF & Fletcher Challenge).

Project management support to assist with: client interfaces; monitor contract obligations; review and clarify scope to ensure minimal scope creep; develop client requests for additional work; multi discipline co-ordination; design integrity, change management, risk management, value engineering, project QA; and schedule maintenance.

Deputised for Project Manager for Ampa/Fairley Rationalisation Project - Offshore Modifications.

10/93 - 11/98 Lead Instrument/Process Control/Fire & Gas and Telecommunications Engineer, Kvaerner Oil & Gas Australia, Perth, Western Australia.

02/98 - 11/98 Greater Gorgon LNG Development Project - Upstream Offshore Facilities Post Conceptual/Pre-FEED Scope, Gorgon Offshore Alliance.

Seconded from Kvaerner Oil & Gas Australia to the GO Consortium (made up of Shell, Chevron, Texaco & Mobil), as part of the Gorgon Offshore Alliance (made up of WAPET, Kvaerner Oil & Gas Australia, Schlumberger and Clough Engineering) for the post conceptual/pre-FEED engineering, cost estimating and preparation of project development/execution plans for Subsurface, Subsea, Drilling, Platform and Pipelines offshore assets for the 1750 mmscf/d Gorgon Offshore gas processing and transportation facilities for LNG feedstock to onshore facilities.

Assigned as Lead Instrumentation & Telecommunications Engineer with matrix responsibilities for instrumentation, process control, safeguarding, fire & gas and telecommunication functions:-

to Central Engineering for across asset integrity, risk management, value engineering, "best-in-class" technology transfer, conceptual study support and across asset philosophies & decision/position paper development;

to Topsides Platform facilities for development of project execution plans, philosophies, decision/position papers, capital estimates, schedules and multi-discipline support;

to Subsea for wellhead interface and subsea control system integration;

to Pipelines for pipeline control and safeguarding functions and interface;

to Downstream LNG Plant facilities for Integrated Control & Safety System and Management Information Systems interface.

11/97 - 02/98 Griffin Field Development - Project Falcon Feasibility Study and Front End Engineering Design competition, BHP Petroleum.

Griffin field re-development options feasibility engineering study followed by FEED competition for fixed, floating and subsea options to replace the Griffin Venture Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) facility with a minimal offshore development and onshore fluids processing giving an overall reduced operating cost and creative financing solution. Responsible for developing not normally manned philosophy followed by feasibility and conceptual engineering complete with cost estimates for Electrical, Instrumentation, Control, Fire & Gas and Telecommunication disciplines.

08/97 - 11/97 Griffin Field Development - Phase II Compression Study, BHP Petroleum.

Brown field feasibility engineering study for additions and modifications required to add an additional gas compressor and gas conditioning train to the Griffin Venture FPSO facility. Responsible for feasibility engineering, options scope identification and cost estimates for Electrical, Instrumentation and Fire & Gas disciplines.

10/96 - 08/97 Lead Instrument/Fire & Gas Engineer, Griffin Remediation Project, BHP Petroleum/Kvaerner - United Construction Alliance, Perth, Australia.

Seconded from Kvaerner R.J. Brown and assigned Lead Instrument/Fire & Gas Engineer within the Griffin Remediation Project (GRP) team for the feasibility (inc. technical reviews, availability and reliability studies), scope definition and justification, detailed design, procurement, fabrication, construction and commissioning of brown field engineering additions and changes to the Griffin Venture FPSO process, utility and marine facilities as part of the '97 shutdown and Fremantle lay-up work scope.

Responsible for the implementation of the GRP instrumentation and control system engineering additions and changes, fabrication and installation work packs and the supervision of the instrumentation group: Design basis and scope development; Engineering Change Request definition, justification and control; Cost/Time/Resource planning; Discipline QA; Safety input consistent with BHPP safety management systems (Safety Case input and HAZOPs); Development of work pack detail design documentation and fabrication/installation work packs (specifications, input to P&ID's/Cause & Effects, data sheets, calculations, indices, schedules, drawings etc.); Procurement activities (requisition packages, technical bid evaluations, purchase order documentation, vendor data reviews and approvals, expediting, inspection and equipment release etc.); Input to commissioning and operating procedures; Configuration software change management for DCS and Safety System; Site support and assistance with commissioning (including full Safety System audit review and testing against Cause & Effects).

01/95 - 10/96 Lead Instrument, Control and Fire & Gas Engineer, East Spar Alliance, Australia.

Seconded from Kvaerner R.J. Brown and assigned Lead Instrument, Control and Fire & Gas Engineer within the Facilities group of the East Spar Alliance for the detailed design, procurement, fabrication, construction and commissioning of the East Spar Development (onshore and offshore facilities, including subsea elements).

Responsible for the implementation of the Field Instrumentation (inc. analysers), Process Control Systems (Rosemount System 3 DCS), Combined Safety System (GE Fanuc) and interface requirements to Electrical and Package Equipment elements of the project and supervision of the Instrumentation Department: Cost/Time/Resource planning, implementation and monitoring; recruitment activities for engineers, draughtsmen, supervisors, technicians and fitters; man hour budget development and control; department QA management and control; Safety input consistent with Alliance Safety Management Systems (Safety Case input, HAZOP, HAZID and ALARP input); inter-discipline interface management for design and construction requirements and coordination of changes; work allocation to engineers, designers and draughtsmen for the development of project detail design documentation. Preparation of Design Basis documents to ensure that design output meets all the Alliance's design criteria, statutory and code requirements, and is prepared with consistent design input, criteria, methods, etc.: Specifications, input to P&ID's/Cause & Effects, Data Sheets, Calculations, Requisition packages, Technical Bid Evaluations, Purchase Order documentation, Indices, Schedules, Drawings, input to Start-up and Operations Manuals, configuration software revision and change control.

10/93 - 12/94 Lead Instrument Engineer, Wanaea & Cossack Projects FPSO Process Facilities, (Kvaerner) R J Brown - CMPS, Perth, Western Australia.

Detailed design engineering of Woodside Offshore Petroleum's Wanaea and Cossack FPSO Process Facilities project. Broadly this included: FPSO Process Facilities Field Instrumentation, instrumentation on Packages and the supply of interface information for the development of WAO's Process Control (Honeywell DCS) and Combined Safety Systems (P&F FSC ESD and Fire & Gas).

Responsible for the implementation and supervision of the Instrumentation Department CTR's, recruitment activities, man hour budget control, inter-discipline interface, technical review audits, third party verification, work allocation to engineers, designers and draughtsmen for the development of project detail design documentation, namely: Design Basis, Specifications, input to P&ID's/Cause & Effects, Data Sheets, Calculations, Requisition packages, Technical Bid Evaluations, Purchase Order documentation, Indices, Schedules and Drawings.

Additionally, supervised the completion of Electrical detailed design drawings and purchase order documentation.

03/93 - 11/93 Senior Instrument Engineer, Dhodak Gas-Condensate Project,

Clough Engineering Group Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia.

Contracted to the Dhodak Project Team for the detailed engineering design of the 54 MMSCF/D gas-condensate processing facilities from the Dhodak gas field, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. This >US$ 90M lump sum design, procure, construct, commission and operate contract awarded by the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) of Pakistan includes facilities for: gas gathering, processing, sales metering, LPG storage & loading, condensate fractionation into gasoline, kerosene, high speed diesel and diesel fuel oil products complete with storage and loading, and both plant and base camp accommodation.

Responsible for the development and implementation of post-conceptual Design Basis, company and project specifications, tender documents, bid evaluations, contract awards and administration, and subsequent detail design/drafting for the Process Control Panels, Emergency ShutDown and Operational Shutdown systems, and the Fire & Gas detection system complete with field sensors.

08/92 - 03/93 Senior Instrument Engineer, Roller/Skate Oil Field Development Project,

R.J. Brown-CMPS/Tri Ocean Joint Venture, Perth, Western Australia

Contracted to the Joint Venture for the detailed engineering design of the 72,000 BLPD Roller and Skate Oil Fields Development Project for West Australian Petroleum Pty. Ltd. (WAPET). This development, situated on the continental shelf off the northwest coast of Australia, is of the minimal facilities concept and includes four offshore Monopod towers, Production and Gas Lift/Sales Pipelines, Bulk Separation/Gas Lift Compression tie-in work to existing facilities on Thevenard Island and Gas Re-injection tie-in work.

Responsible for field instrumentation for Monopod topside's and onshore tie-in facilities which included: the input of instrumentation to P&ID's; sizing calculations for valves, flow metering, relief valves and restriction orifices; the preparation of SAFE Charts, Cause & Effect Diagrams, Instrument Indices and Data Sheets; coordination of Instrument Lay-outs, Hook-ups, Installation detail plus Loop Diagram design and drafting.

03/91 - 08/92 Senior Instrument Engineer, Worley Engineering Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia.

03/91 - 07/91 Senior Instrument Engineer - Distributed Control and Safety Systems, Clough Engineering Group.

A period consulting from Worley Engineering to Clough Engineering for detailed engineering design of the 350 MMSCF/D Pagerungan Besar Gas Field Development Project, East Java, Indonesia. This >US$ 200M lump sum design, procure and construct contract awarded by Atlantic Richfield Bali North Inc. to P.T. Petrosea (Cloughs' Indonesian construction company) includes Gas Processing, Accommodation and Support facilities on a remote island.

Assigned to the Elect./Inst./Telecom. Dept. for development and implementation of the clients specifications for the Process Control and Safeguarding Systems. Responsible for aspects of post-conceptual Design Basis, project Specifications, DCS Functional Specification, tender preparations, bid evaluations, contracts award and administration, and subsequent detail design for the Distributed Control System (DCS), Emergency ShutDown system (ESD), Fire and Gas detection system (F&G), Gas Flood Fire Suppression Systems, Uninterruptible Power Supply systems (UPS) and instrument DC field supplies.

The Distributed Control System responsibilities included the supervision of engineers involved with the Rosemount System 3 hardware design, customisation of configuration software, revision control of software & change management. The DCS application is fairly unique in respect to the clients requirements of implementing not only process plant control and safeguarding strategies, but also the Emergency ShutDown philosophy plus Fire & Gas detection concepts all within a single DCS. This involved close software configuration control along with hardware isolation to maintain the functionality and integrity of the individual sub-systems while presenting the operators with an integrated concept within a single Distributed Control System.

Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij B.V. - International Staff.

Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V., Velsen, Holland.

01/90 - 12/90 Senior Instrument Engineer, Instrument & Process Engineering Dept., Offshore Business Unit

Responsible for engineering management of multi discipline special projects on NAM offshore gas platforms and the Den Helder gas processing plant. A coordinating role for studies, conceptual and detail design packages.

Experience gained in:-

Environmental noise legislation, methods of noise measurement, evaluation and abatement. Abatement projects CapEx budgeted at Nfl 100K & 2M;

Vessel Traffic System (VTS) definition and specification for protection of offshore installations from ship or errant vessel collisions. Radars to be installed on gas platforms with data compressed for analysis and presentation by shore based VTS. A Nfl 50K feasibility study leading to detail design;

Gas pipeline riser shutdown philosophy and isolation policy.

1985 - 1990 Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, Aberdeen, Scotland.

07/87 - 01/90 Instrument and Control Engineer, Control and ESD Task Force

The Control and ESD Task Force was an independent special studies group which consisted of a team of five Instrument and Control Engineers of which I was an integral member. Our remit was to technically review and audit the safety, integrity and reliability of process control systems, installation monitoring and management systems (Computer Aided Production Operations), Fire & Gas systems, and Emergency Shutdown safeguarding systems on Shell Expro. offshore oil & gas production installations (Brent, Cormorant, Dunlin, Fulmar, Fulmar FSU {FSO}, Auk, Sean, Leman & Inde fields) and onshore Gas/NGL processing plants (St. Fergus, Mossmorran & Bacton). The Task Force reported their findings in detail direct to the Production Director, complete with a statement of the strategy and policy to adopt for refurbishment programmes.

As a team member I was active in formulating the long term corporate strategy required for the future control and safeguarding of offshore installations such that an integrated computer aided production operations management system could be established and maintained.

07/86 - 06/87 Instrument Engineer - Specialist Engineering

I was responsible for the preparation of Instrument & Control Engineering studies, conceptual and detail design packages for Process Control, Installation Monitoring, Fire & Gas, Emergency Shutdown and Machine Safeguarding systems on the Central and Brent Fields Oil and Gas Production Installations. Peaks in design work load were conducted out-of-house required "call-off" contract management, i.e. the preparation of work scopes, cost estimates, tenders, evaluation of bids, and supervision of consultants, professional engineers and draughtsmen.

I also provided an onshore based instrument engineering specialist technical support service. Furthermore, I was responsible for ensuring design changes, made by Operations, were: designed safe; installed to the correct Shell, British & International standards and codes of practice; utilised instrumentation that satisfy hazardous area installation requirements; had the expected accuracy and repeatability; changes presented to classification authorities and that all documentation was completed.

03/86 - 07/86 Instrument Maintenance Engineer - Fulmar Alpha Oil & Gas Production Platform.

Resident Offshore Instrument Maintenance Engineer with responsibilities for daily maintenance activities and administration of the technician labour force:

planning labour and material requirements for platform shutdowns within time and production constraints;

material/spares resourcing and ordering;

the commissioning, development and implementation of fiscal calibration test procedures for the Fulmar Gas Fiscal Metering.

07/85 - 03/86 Instrument Maintenance Engineer - Maintenance Services

Responsible for Onshore Instrument Maintenance Engineering technical support for offshore maintenance and operations group activities within the Central North Sea Oil & Gas Fields of Fulmar, Fulmar FSU {FSO}, Clyde and Auk:

the planning of instrument activities, materials and labour requirements for individual maintenance projects and platform shutdowns;

preparing detailed work scopes and cost estimates for "minor service" contracts up to £20K; evaluation, placement and control of contracts with the supervision of consultant engineers and technician labour;

ensuring workshop repaired equipment was to standard and on time;

initiation and supervision of material expediting activities;

input to instrument & electrical maintenance, repair and spares holding philosophy

specifying and recommending new and replacement equipment;

reviewing and recommending stock levels for instrumentation spares;

revising the technical content of instrument technician training courses and manuals;

competency assessment of technicians for SCADA training.

1984 - 1985 Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij B.V., Holland

01/85 - 06/85 Shell Manufacturing Training Centre, Amsterdam

Postgraduate study on the Shell Manufacturing Training course, MF 3.10, "Comprehensive Course in Measurement and Control for Instrument Engineers".

09/84 - 01/85 Instrument Engineer - Specialist Engineering, The Hague.

I assisted in providing a central instrumentation and telecommunication technical support service for Shell Group Exploration & Production Operating Companies worldwide.

September 1979 - July 1984 British Railways Board

Senior Technical Officer (Electrical Distribution) - CM & EE Dept., Southern Region, Croyden, England

British Railways Board Engineering Student Sponsorship Scheme. This scheme combined an honours degree course at Heriot-Watt University reading Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a two year, Institute of Electrical Engineers approved, electrical distribution and railways management training programme with the Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department (Power Supply). Familiar with traction power supply, distribution switchgear, protection and telemetry control up to 25kV AC overhead and 33kV AC feeder ring rectified to 660/800V DC third rail. General engineering apprenticeship training completed and rolling stock maintenance experience gained.

Training Courses

Safety and Personal Survival

"Offshore Safety and Survival" and "Helicopter Underwater Escape Training" (H.U.E.T.) (ALERT Safety Training Centre, Changi, Singapore).

"Helicopter Underwater Escape Training" (H.U.E.T.) (LTS Engineering Technology Sdn. Bhd. Safety Training Centre, Seria, Brunei).

"Offshore Safety and Survival Course" (Megamas Training Company Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Belai, Brunei).

"Helicopter Underwater Escape Training" (HUET) & "Basic Sea Survival" (I.F.A.P. Training Centre, Roos Head, North Fremantle, Western Australia). Main course and refresher courses.

"Unmanned Facility Boat Transfers" (I.F.A.P. Training Centre, Roos Head, North Fremantle, Western Australia).

"Offshore Survival and Helicopter Escape" (R.G.I.T. Offshore Survival Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland). Main course and refresher course.

"Permit to Work" systems: Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company, J. Ray McDermott, Brunei Shell Petroleum, BHP Petroleum, Apache Energy, East Spar Alliance, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij, Shell Expro and British Railways Board.

"Construction Site Safety Awareness and Resposibilities" (PT McDermott Indonesia, Batu Ampur Fabrication Yard, Batam, Indonesia. United Construction Yard, Fremantle Docks, Western Australia. Transfield Fabrication and Jervoice Bay Construction Sites, Perth, Western Australia. Apache Energy [East Spar], Varanus Island, Western Australia.)

"Fire Fighting" (Offshore Training Centre, Montrose, Scotland). Main course and refresher course.

"First Aid" (Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland and British Rail, Selhurst Training School, Southern Region, England)

Personal Development and Managerial

"Alliancing" (East Spar Alliance, Perth, Western Australia)

"Teams and Leaders" (Outward Bound Management Centre, Loch Eil, Scotland)

"Contract Control" (Shell Expro., Aberdeen, Scotland)

"Problem Solving and Decision Making" (Kepner Trego, Lensbury, London)

"Finance for Managers and Engineers" (SD1.2 Shell U.K., London)

"Presentation Skills" (Shell Expro., Aberdeen, Scotland)

"Business and Technical Writing" (Shell Expro., Aberdeen, Scotland)

"Inter-Cultural Communication Workshop" (Farnham Management and International Preparation Centre, Farnham Castle, Farnham, England)

Technical

"Field Engineering" and Drilling Experience (P1.11X SIPM E&P, Holland)

"Comprehensive Course in Measurement and Control for Instrument Engineers" (MF3.10 SIPM MF Group, Amsterdam, Holland)

"Microprocessors and Micro Computers" (MF3.19 SIPM, Amsterdam, Holland)

"Campbell Gas - Basic" (Campbell Gas Assoc. Inc., Brighton, England)

"Instrumentation and Electrical Apparatus in Flammable Areas" (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Board, Aberdeen, Scotland)

"3100 Introduction to Rosemount System 3" (Rosemount Instruments, Melbourne, Australia)