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.

 

Year

 

Scope

 

Project Description

 

 

 

 

 

1991

 

Basic Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

1992

 

Basic Engineering

 

Specification and layout of drilling topsides and sub-sea drilling equipment as part of the SPAR Consortium for Shell Mars field.

 

 

 

 

 

1992

 

Basic Engineering & Marketing

 

Design and marketing of a semisubmersible floating production system based upon an existing Bingo 7000 hull.

 

 

 

 

 

1993

 

Engineering, Procurement and Project Management

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

1995

 

Basic Engineering

 

Designed conversion of a semisubmersible drilling rig to a floating production system for Enserch Allegheny field.

 

 

 

 

 

1995

 

Project Management

 

Managed engineering for conversion of semisubmersible "Laffite Pincay" to floating production service for the Sunday Silence (now Prince) field.

 

 

 

 

 

1995

 

Business Development, Basic Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

1996

 

Business Development, Basic Engineering

 

Qualification, purchase and conversion of second generation semisubmersible C. Kirk Rhein to deepwater drilling service.

 

 

 

 

 

1996

 

Business Development

 

Qualification and purchase of semisubmersible drilling rig J W McLean for upgrade.

 

 

 

 

 

1996

 

Business Development Conceptual Engineering

 

Acquisition of DP FPSO Seillean, later modified for ultra deep water service (2000m) in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

1996

 

Business Development, Basic Engineering

 

Acquisition of the dynamically positioned multi-service vessel Iolair and engineering for conversion to well intervention and service vessel.

 

 

 

 

 

1997

 

Business Development Basic Engineering

 

Acquisition of semisubmersible accommodation vessel  Polymariner for FPV or drilling service.

 

 

 

 

 

1997

 

Business Development Basic Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 

Basic Engineering

 

RBS-8 deep water semisubmersible drilling unit.

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 

Conceptual Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 

Basic Engineering

 

Initial field development plan for Boomvang field in 3800 feet water depth in the Gulf of Mexico, including regulatory interface.

 

 

 

 

 

1999

 

Basic Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

Conceptual Engineering

 

Configuration of a newbuild dynamically positioned FPSO employing multiple rigid risers, without a turret.

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

Conceptual Engineering

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

Basic Engineering

 

Drilling rig design and specification for Deepstar considering drilling from SPARS and TLPs in 10,000 feet of water.

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Basic Engineering, Business Development

 

Development of a design and business model for a deepwater Well Completion & Intervention Vessel utilizing "slender" riser technology.

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Business Development

 

Reservoir due diligence and economic model development for a deepwater field in Brazil.

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Contract Management

 

Complete work on Cal Dive Q-4000.  Owner retains vessel in shipyard for major modifications.

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Independent Engineering

 

Assume contract for independent engineering for two major EPIC field development projects in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Basic Design

 

Patent for Deep Ocean Drilling System (DODS) granted.  This system allows conventional deepwater wells to be drilled from small, inexpensive surface vessels

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Basic Design Business Development

 

Semi-submersible early production system (EPS) for Gulf of Mexico customers developed to allow cost effective evaluation of deepwater discoveries

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Consulting Services

 

Assist major operator with design of production platform drilling rigs for international service

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Business Development

 

Basic design for a Spar platform drilling rig

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Conceptual Design

 

Design deep, high pressure wells and development systems for an international operator.

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Business Development

 

Reservoir due diligence and economic model development for a deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

Business Development

 

Reservoir due diligence and development evaluation for a shelf field (platform development) in the Gulf of Mexico

 

 

 

 

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