Frank Cook CV Home
QUALIFICATIONS: M.SC. MECH. ENG.
CRANFIELD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTES: FELLOW, INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT & CONTROL.
CHARTERED ENGINEER. Reg No. 384650
EUROPEAN ENGINEER (Eur. Ing.)
S U M MA R Y
Eur. Ing. F.T. Cook, M.Sc.; F.Inst.M.C.; C. Eng.
Extensive experience in Project Management and Facilities Engineering . This has been gained over a range of projects in the Chemical, Oil Refinery and Gas/Oil production industry. Predominantly employed in the Offshore Oil and Gas industry for the last 20 years. Many of these projects have been undertaken at a managerial level in the position of Client Representative responsible for all aspects of Engineering and Project Management. Extensive experience in the management of EPIC Contracts. Recent projects have been in the role as the Clients Engineering Manager and Deputy Project Manager for the Talisman Malaysia Ltd PM3 Development based in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
A particular expertise has been developed with Offshore Facilities. Experienced with the design and operation of Floating Production & Storage Facilities, Subsea Completions and “Float Over” deck installations.
Extensive on-site experience. Responsible for site follow up, installation, commissioning and acceptance of systems on the clients/operations behalf.
Many years experience of managing, interfacing and coordinating multi discipline engineering teams.
Experienced with the design, installation and commissioning of Instrumentation & Control Systems, Telecomms and Electrical equipment on many of the projects.
Experienced with the design and installation of subsea systems and equipment.
Experienced with the design and operation of Floating Production & Storage Facilities
HISTORY OF PAST EMPLOYMENT
January 2005 to Present Talisman (Lundin) Malaysia Limited
October 2005 to Present PM3 Phase IV Development – Clients Engineering Manager and Deputy Project Manager for the Field development located in the Gulf of Thailand. A gas production facility with remote satellite platforms located to the North of the Phase II facilities. Facilities include:-
- Central Processing platform, throughput of 40,000 bpd of oil and 600 MMscfd of gas. (BOA CPP)
- Two 18 slot Well Head Riser platform’s and one 9 slot WHRP.
- Associated inter-field pipelines with a 54 Km Gas pipeline to the Southern fields for CO2 removal prior to gas export.
- Oil export via an FSO.
Predominantly responsible for the Central Processing Facility EPIC Contract as Engineering Manager and Deputy Project Manager from the bidding stage through to Hand-Over to Operations. The Contracting Strategy for the CPP is based on an EPIC fixed price Lump Sum basis, with fabrication undertaken by Sime Darby Fabricators in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia and detail design by Kvaerner Petrominco in Kuala Lumpur.
Installation of the CPP production deck will be undertaken by the “Float Over” method, deck weight approximately 11,500 tonnes, utilising a 36 metre barge.
First oil and gas is targeted for Q3 2008.
May 2004 to September 2005 PM3 Phase IV Development – Engineering Manager for the Conceptual and Basic Engineering of the PM3 Field Phase II Development. Responsible for over seeing the Field Development Concept including all pipelines and facilities engineering up to completion of the Basic Engineering Phase .
Responsible for compiling the Scope of Work for the EPIC Invitation to Bid and the pre-screening and technical evaluation of bidders.
May 97 - 99 and January 2000 to 2004 Talisman (Lundin) Malaysia Limited
June 2001 to April 2004 PM3 Phase II Development - Clients Engineering Manager and Deputy Project Manager for the PM-3 Field development located in the Gulf of Thailand. A gas production facility with remote satellite platforms. Facilities including:-
- Central Processing platform, throughput of 60,000 bpd of oil and 300MMscfd of gas. (BRA CPP)
- Four 18 slot Well Head Riser platform’s
- Associated inter-field pipelines. Gas export by pipeline supplied by others.
- Oil export via an FSO.
Predominantly responsible for the Central Processing Facility EPIC Contract as Engineering Manager and Deputy Project Manager from the bidding stage through to Hand-Over to Operations. The Contracting Strategy for the CPP was based on an EPIC fixed price Lump Sum basis, with fabrication undertaken by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Vietnam and detail design by Kvaerner Petrominco in Kuala Lumpur.
Installation of the CPP production deck was undertaken by the “Float Over” method, deck weight approximately 9300 tonnes, utilising a 32 metre barge and stability boxes.
First oil was achieved in September 04 and 1st Gas in December 04.
February 2000 to May 2001 PM3 Phase II Development – Engineering Manager for the conceptual and Basic Engineering of the PM3 Field Phase II Development. Responsible for over seeing the Field Development Concept including all pipelines and facilities engineering up to completion of the Basic Engineering Phase . A cost driven development with high CO2 wet gas production wells being produced from scattered well sites. Life cycle costing of materials, equipment and the facilities design an essential element of the work.
The inclusion of CO2 removal process was deferred until further reservoir evaluation had been completed.
Responsible for compiling the Scope of Work for the EPIC Invitation to Bid and the pre-screening and technical evaluation of bidders.
May 1997 to May 1999 PM3 Phase II Development – Engineering Manager for the PM3 Phase II Development. Project deferred during the bidding stage due to the low oil price and gas demand.
June 99 to December 99 Petroconsultants (MAI) Consultants
The PM3 facilities were deferred due to the low oil price in 1998. During this period I undertook consultancy work for MAI Consultants, undertaking a site survey for Amerada Hess of an onshore oil field in Azerbijan. The remit was to develop a report on production and facilities status with recommendations to upgrade the equipment and production.
January to May 97 MAI Consultants
Engineering Consultant responsible for various studies and reviews on behalf of a cross section of clients.
J.N.O.C. - World-wide Offshore Development Cost Analysis.
A study on the cost to develop, and operate, offshore facilities in different geographical regions world-wide The type of facility, CAPEX and OPEX costs for each geographical region.
North Caspian development.
Assisting the client to determine the optimum means of developing a major field in the Caspian Sea and the Facilities required. Together with an evaluation of the development costs involved over the Life Cycle of the field. While also providing client support during negotiations with the potential field operators.
September to December 96 Single Buoy Mooring Inc.
Laminaria & Corallina Development for Woodside Petroleum.
A Brown & Root/SBM Joint Venture consortium undertaking a paid bid for a floating production and storage facility to be installed in the Timor Sea on behalf of Woodside petroleum.
The Project Facilities Engineer, within the Interface Management Team, responsible for facility co-ordination between the topside contractor, mooring systems contractor and the vessel contractor. With special responsibilities for Instrument & Control, Telecomms and Electrical systems.
September 1993 to August 96 Shell EXPRO U.K. Ltd
Central North Sea FPSO Project (Guillemot & Teal development) :- The Clients Project Engineer with responsibilities to cover monitoring the basis for design and acceptance of all Instrumentation and control systems prior to hand-over to operations.
An EPIC contract utilising a “New Build” Floating Production & Storage Unit (FPSU) for oil & gas production.
The vessel has a free vaning turret utilising Electro-hydraulic multiplexed subsea control system, interfaced to the DCS, for production from several marginal fields.
The facility is designed for minimum manning and operator intervention.
April to September 1993 MAI Consultants Ltd
Elf Systems Study:- Responsible for a study , sponsored by Elf, on Control & Data gathering Systems being used by Oil Companies in the N. Sea.
The study involved producing a questionnaire, contacting the Oil Companies, conducting interviews and producing a report for presentation to Elf.
February 1991 to March 1993 LASMO NEDERLAND BV.(ULTRAMAR BV.)
Markham Project “J6A”:- Manned Gas Production Platform: The Markham field consists of a manned, 8 well, gas platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea with a satellite platform in the U.K. sector.
Responsible as the clients Project Engineer to ensure the design and equipment supplied were in compliance with the design specifications for all facilities and systems.
Primary responsibilities for the Instrumentation & Control, Telecomms and Electrical systems.
The scope of work included liaison with all authorities, pipeline company and operations.
Responsible for the witnessing of equipment installation in the yard and its final acceptance on behalf of the client. Providing offshore support to operations during start-up and during early production.
February 1989 February 1991 ARCO INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS
Welland Project:- Gas Production Platform: The 'Welland' Platform is a remote, not normally manned, gas production platform with three subsea wells. Control is from the existing Thames Platform.
As the client Project Engineer responsible for management of the engineering contractor. Also responsible for the acceptance of systems in the yard and operations support during start-up during the early production period.
Primary responsibilities for the Subsea, Instrumentation & Control, Telecomms and Electrical systems.
The scope of work included liaison with all authorities, pipeline company and operations.
January 1988 to February 1989 HUMPHREYS & GLASGOW
BP Miller Project:- Oil Producing Platform. Responsible for the distributed control system and all the relatedfunctions. These covered; determining control and operating philosophies, specifying system requirements, producing the functional specification, establishing and developing the basic documentation format, detail engineering for platform control and operation, managing the system purchase order with all associated budgetary controls, vendor co-ordination and progress chasing.
Sept. 1987 to December 1987 KVAERNER ENGINEERING A.S. OSLO
Brage Project:- Conceptual Study, Oil Producing Platform. Responsible for defining basic control and safety system requirements of the platform; evaluating a variety of possible systems to be included on the proposed bidders list; budget man-hour and equipment costs produced for detail design. Mechanical packages reviewed for control requirements and whether they were to be stand alone or integrated with the overall platform control system.
July 1984 to April 1987 KVAERNER ENGINEERING A.S. OSLO
Oseberg 'A' Project:- Detail topside design for oil producing platform. Responsible for the total platform control and safety system from the start of basic engineering through to factory acceptance test and system shipment. System - Siemens Teleperm 'M' with Simatic S5 PLC's for mechanical package control and dual redundant PLC's (High Reliability Units) for safety system units. Total I/O approximately 23,000 signals and purchase order value of £20 million. Detail engineering involved a team of approximately 25 engineers/specialists under my supervision. Configuration of the system was by Siemens but all purpose built displays were produced by ourselves.
Oct. 1981 to July 1984 GEORGE WIMPEY ENGINEERING
October 1983 to 1984 CCR 1 Project:- Control System Refurbishment, Esso Fawley. This project involved the upgrade of an existing control system for the distillation cat cracker and blending units. Responsible for a team of four engineers working on site and the design office; specification of the equipment; purchase order, engineering and system installation. This project was unique in several respects. Assembling design data from a live plant with limited existing documentation. Installing the new equipment along side the old equipment with “Hot Working” to transfer systems and the eventual disinvestment of the old equipment.
September 1981 to September 1983 Sulphur handling and export facilities:- A plant for ARAMCO collecting liquid sulphur with a 21km pipeline, prilling and storage facilities.
Responsibilities: Principle Engineer, supervising seven engineers and ten designers working to ARAMCO standards and responsible for the total instrumentation. Project value £80 million, instrumentation £7 million, engineering man-hours 13,000, design 21,000.
Instrumentation conventional with a pipeline telemetry system and interface to a Honeywell 4500 computer.
The position involved all aspects of project control and man management together with planning progress reporting and client interface.
1978 to 1981 DAVY INTERNATIONAL
L P Oxo Alcohols plant for China; Nitric Acid Plant for the Philippines. Instrument Engineer responsible for all aspects of instrument and control engineering on several projects.
1977 to 1978 FOSTER WHEELER LTD.
Lindsey Oil Refinery Expansion: Instrument Engineer responsible for all instrument engineering design functions on the following units:- Vacuum distillation, Amine Units, Sour Water Treatment and H.F.Alk. Unit.
1975 to 1977 PETROCARBON DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Instrument Engineer working on a variety of oxygen and nitrogen air separation plants. Conversant with requirements of cryogenic plant design.
1968 to 1973 ICI PAINTS DIVISION
Electrical and Instrument Trainee and Tradesman.