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Project Experience
Ocean Production Technology, LLC was a startup in January of 2000. Members of our staff have experience in a wide range of projects from long careers in the oil & gas business.
Over the last ten years, members of our staff have been involved in the following projects in engineering, engineering management, and senior management position for other companies.
Members of our staff have performed numerous additional projects including modifications, conversions and new building projects for a wide variety of offshore equipment including jack-ups, semi-submersibles, and drillships. Our staff also have extensive experience in line management, including general management, of operations of all types of offshore drilling equipment.
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Project
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1991 |
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Basic Engineering |
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Layout of topsides, design of drilling systems for the Ram Powell
TLP. This was a sub-sea
drilling system with surface trees and included detailed operational
sequence and time analysis for Exxon, Amoco and Shell. |
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1992 |
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Basic Engineering |
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Specification and layout of drilling topsides and sub-sea
drilling equipment as part of the SPAR Consortium for Shell Mars field. |
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1992 |
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Basic Engineering & Marketing |
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Design and marketing of a semisubmersible floating production
system based upon an existing Bingo 7000 hull. |
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1993 |
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Engineering, Procurement and Project Management |
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General contractor for conversion of a semisubmersible drilling
rig into a floating production system for Amoco Orient's Liuhua field
offshore the Peoples Republic of China. |
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1995 |
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Basic Engineering |
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Designed conversion of a semisubmersible drilling rig to a
floating production system for Enserch Allegheny field. |
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1995 |
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Project Management |
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Managed engineering for conversion of semisubmersible
"Laffite Pincay" to floating production service for the Sunday
Silence (now Prince) field. |
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1995 |
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Business Development, Basic Engineering |
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Design & marketing of a new build, high specification turret
moored FPSO based on a Tentech designed hull. Made commercial proposals for Texaco Captain, PetroCanada
Terra Nova, and BP Foinaven field developments. |
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1996 |
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Business Development, Basic Engineering |
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Qualification, purchase and conversion of second generation
semisubmersible C. Kirk Rhein to deepwater drilling service. |
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1996 |
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Business Development |
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Qualification and purchase of semisubmersible drilling rig J W
McLean for upgrade. |
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1996 |
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Business Development Conceptual Engineering |
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Acquisition of DP FPSO Seillean, later modified for ultra deep
water service (2000m) in Brazil |
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1996 |
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Business Development, Basic Engineering |
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Acquisition of the dynamically positioned multi-service vessel
Iolair and engineering for conversion to well intervention and service
vessel. |
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1997 |
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Business Development Basic Engineering |
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Acquisition of semisubmersible accommodation vessel
Polymariner for FPV or drilling service. |
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1997 |
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Business Development Basic Engineering |
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Development of a deepwater, dynamically positioned drillship
design based on a multi purpose shuttle tanker hull.
This work led directly to the Deepwater Pathfinder, Frontier, and
Millennium double hulled DP tanker drillships. |
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1998 |
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Basic Engineering |
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RBS-8 deep water semisubmersible drilling unit. |
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1998 |
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Conceptual Engineering |
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Field development study for Anton and Astrid Marin permit areas
offshore Gabon in circa 6000 feet water depth. Development concepts included SPAR and FPSO elements. |
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1998 |
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Basic Engineering |
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Initial field development plan for Boomvang field in 3800 feet
water depth in the Gulf of Mexico, including regulatory interface. |
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1999 |
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Basic Engineering |
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System configuration ,including well system, design of moorings,
and riser system for MinDOC deep water floating production platform.
This unit uses a dry tree well system. |
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2000 |
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Conceptual Engineering |
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Configuration of a newbuild dynamically positioned FPSO employing
multiple rigid risers, without a turret. |
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2000 |
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Conceptual Engineering |
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Develop drilling system load cases and basic equipment
specifications for semisubmersible drilling/floating production system
for a giant field development in <6000 feet water depth in the Gulf
of Mexico. |
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2000 |
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Basic Engineering |
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Drilling rig design and specification for Deepstar considering
drilling from SPARS and TLPs in 10,000 feet of water. |
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2001 |
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Basic
Engineering, Business Development |
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Development
of a design and business model for a deepwater Well Completion &
Intervention Vessel utilizing "slender" riser technology. |
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2001 |
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Business
Development |
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Reservoir
due diligence and economic model development for a deepwater field in
Brazil. |
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2001 |
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Contract
Management |
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Complete
work on Cal Dive Q-4000. Owner
retains vessel in shipyard for major modifications. |
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2001 |
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Independent
Engineering |
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Assume
contract for independent engineering for two major EPIC field development projects in Brazil |
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2001 |
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Basic
Design |
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Patent
for Deep Ocean Drilling System (DODS) granted. This system allows conventional deepwater wells to be
drilled from small, inexpensive surface vessels |
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2001 |
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Basic
Design Business Development |
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Semi-submersible early production system (EPS) for Gulf of Mexico customers developed to allow cost effective evaluation of deepwater discoveries |
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2001 |
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Consulting
Services |
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Assist major operator with design of production platform drilling rigs for international service |
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2001 |
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Business
Development |
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Basic
design for a Spar platform drilling rig |
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2001 |
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Conceptual
Design |
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Design
deep, high pressure wells and development systems for an international
operator. |
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2001 |
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Business
Development |
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Reservoir
due diligence and economic model development for a deepwater field in
the Gulf of Mexico |
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2001 |
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Business
Development |
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Reservoir
due diligence and development evaluation for a shelf field (platform
development) in the Gulf
of Mexico |