The Team

BACKGROUND

  • Dave is an experienced Oil & Gas Industry professional.
  • 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry; track record of delivering performance through a variety of engineering , SME and leadership roles both offshore and onshore; marine engineering as a core discipline.
  • Work experience with a broad range of Oil Majors / Operators; Exxon, Aramco, Chevron & BP.
  • Practical experience as offshore Chief Engineer (licensed Class I Marine Engineer) on both motor and steam vessels for 20 years ; vessels included product (clean) tankers and VLCC’s.
  • Onshore experience as Fleet technical manager for various vessel types including shuttle tankers.
  • Experience in marine incident investigations; this followed practical full time training through Cranfield University & Lloyds .
  • Experience in supporting marine / maritime aspects of FPSO decommissioning & removal from field including marine towage; experience in supporting marine / maritime aspects of FPSO delivery / sailing from build yard.

SKILLS

  • Coaching and mentoring of teams and peer networks.
  • Marine engineering; marine systems; marine operations; offloading and offshore bunkering operations; oversight and management of marine pilots and the wider terminals export operations.
  • Qualifications; MBA Technology Management; BA (Hons) Leadership & Management; Class I Combined (Steam & Motor) Chief Engineer (Marine Engineering); IEng; Professional memberships include IMAREST and the Nautical Institute.
  • Knowledge of Marine Classification Societies, Flag States and Port Authorities.
  • Simplification and efficiency mindset with respect to marine technical operations and offshore export operations.
  • Turnarounds and vessel drydocking’s.
  • Contractor management; 3rd party vessel operators; offshore marine crew change operations.
  • Experience in professional auditing & inspections.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BP Upstream Global Operations (2014 -2020)

  • Logistics and Infrastructure Marine Team Leader (BP Angola)
  • Marine Operations Manager (BP Angola)
  • Terminals Team Leader (BP Angola)
  • Team Leader – Central Marine Team (UK Sunbury)

BP GPO (2011 – 2014)

  • Offshore Programme Lead Marine Engineer (Schiehallion /Glen Lyon projects)

BP Shipping (2010-2012)

  • Marine Incident Investigator (UK Sunbury)

BP Shipping (2007-2010)

  • Recruitment & Planning Manager (Singapore)

BP Shipping (2004-2007)

  • Technical Manager / Engineer Superintendent

BP Shipping; Exxon; Aramco (1984-2004)

  • Various offshore engineering roles; culminating in the senior most Chief Engineer role.

EXAMPLES OF RECENT DELIVERY AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • As Marine Team Leader, lead the merging of the former logistics and terminal operations teams into the marine logistics team.
  • Simplification of marine technical procedures and manuals for onshore and offshore marine teams.
  • Reviewed and simplified maintenance / engineering standards for marine related maintenance activities; in the case of the 2 export operations, provided an aligned and consistent maintenance and spares strategy across both offshore FPSO’s that delivered significant $savings.
  • Managed significant engine reliability issues on small vessel logistics fleet due to fuel quality issues; provided leadership and technical guidance to the vessel operators to manage the issues in the short term while delivering sustainable improvements for the longer term.
  • Working with Lloyds Register, delivered a bespoke remote Classification survey programme that was “tuned” to the operator requirements.