OPT 2013 Advisory Committee

After working 17 years on offshore projects for 3 companies, Peter joined Shell in 2005 on the Sakhalin II Phase II Development Project in the role of senior pipeline engineer and construction manager for design & delivery of the 300 km offshore pipeline system in the subarctic sea of Ochotsk including the transport & installation of the 28,000t Piltun B topside. Since end of 2008 based in Rijswijk as Principal Engineer, delivering pipeline solutions to projects in the EMEA region in the concept, FEED, execution and operations phase. Involved in R&D such as lined CRA pipe, Arctic trenching and Electrical heated pipe. It is Pieter's focus to deliver safe, fit for purpose and innovative pipeline designs & projects in deep and shallow water, in line with the standards, on time and within budget.

Siv Heggem has a Master Degree in naval architecture from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. After some years in Stolt Comex Seaways she joined Statoil in 1996. In Statoil she has worked in various technical and leading positions in pipeline and subsea projects. The latest years she has been department manager with responsiblity for subsea modifications projects. Her current position is manager of Pipeline and Transport Technology in Statoil's business unit for technology excellence.

Dr Sriskandarajah is a leading industry authority on pipeline systems design and construction engineering with over 30 years of experience amassed whilst working at Subsea 7 and various subsidiaries of the Halliburton Company, including Brown & Root limited. He has been technical adviser for numerous JIPs and R&D projects in developing improved technology for the oil & gas industry and pipeline engineering, some of which includes limit-state design and non-trenching of pipelines. He is also responsible for many HP/HT projects, including pipe-in-pipe systems. He was instrumental in the development and successful application of R-Curve based fracture mechanics assessment of pipeline weld repairs in conjunction with TWI at a time when R-Curves were little known in the oil and gas industry. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 technical papers and topics including technology, design, construction and protection of pipeline systems and presented at numerous international conferences.

Andrew is a Principal Pipeline Engineer at Woodside Energy Ltd in Perth Western Australia.  He has 23 years experience in the design and construction of offshore pipelines and related subsea systems.  His current role is as the Browse LNG Development Subsea and Pipeline Engineering Manager.  Before that he performed similar roles on Woodside’s Pluto and Sunrise LNG Developments.  Andrew is currently Woodside’s representative on a number of ongoing pipeline related JIP’s as well as being involved in the development of pipeline related Standards for use on all Woodside projects.  Andrew has been with Woodside for the last 10 years and prior to that worked for a number of contractors such as WorleyParsons, Clough Engineering, Brown & Root and European Marine Contractors based in Australia, South East Asia and the UK. 

Phil joined INTECSEA in 2007, and is now responsible for a staff of around 200 covering all subsea disciplines, including pipelines.  His 25 year career includes design of complex subsea systems comprising pipelines, flowlines and associated structures, spools and hardware – most recently as Engineering Manager for the BP Angola Block 31 production flowline system, on behalf of HMC. Phil has undertaken or supervised numerous pipeline engineering projects over the last 10 years, involving a wide range of technical challenges including deepwater, pipe-in-pipe, HPHT, arctic and seismic resistance.

Tim Crome has over 30 years of experience in the offshore pipeline industry, he joined Technip in 1997 and is now the Director Sales and Business Development for the Norwegian branch, until 2007 he was Engineering Manager. Tim Crome sits on the organising committees for several conferences and has also represented Technip on the DNV Pipeline Committee.  Tim graduated with an honours degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial Collage, London, in 1980 and started working with pipeline design as one of the first graduate engineers employed by JPKenny. In 1984 he was seconded to Oslo to work for Norsk Hydro on the Oseberg project and has been in Norway ever since! Tim has lived in the Oslo region, working on subsea and pipeline related projects for Det Norske Veritas, Norsk Hydro and Offshore Design, prior to joining Technip.

Christian is in charge of R&D for ITP Interpipe. He pursues the development of advanced Pipe-in-pipe concepts including heat tracing, high-performance insulation materials and light-weight insulated pipes for ultra-deep water. Christian Geertsen was the ITP Project Manager in charge of the design and fabrication of the Rosa pipe-in-pipe flowlines that were installed as a tie-back to Total’s Girassol FPSO in Angola. A ten-year professional in the O&G industry, Christian Geertsen has also worked in the aluminium industry where he headed a Materials Analysis group and the French Atomic Energy Agency where he developed laser-based instrumentation. He holds a PhD in physics from the Ecole Polytechnique and an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale.