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Kathy
Hogenson
Our new
Non-Executive
Director joins
us from Texas
16
22
Shetlands
One of the
UKs biggest
construction
projects since
the London
Olympics
Maroun
Semaan
When I was
growing up,
the biggest
thing in
Lebanon
was its
education
8
Malaysia
Gas from the
FPSO Berantai
is piped back
to mainland
Malaysia
Cover story:
24 hours on
Berantai
See page 8
Moored 150km
offshore Malaysia,
the FPSO Berantai
processes gas
24 hours a day
Photograph by
Ian Teh
People
46 Appointments, achievements,
appearances and some of the
personal aspects of our lives as
Petrofac people
Contributors
Petrofacts
Petrofacts is published
quarterly by Petrofac;
to provide comment or
contributions contact
Petrofacts@petrofac.com
Anna Millar
Journalist
Anna is an
Edinburgh-based
writer and travel
editor for The List.
She has written for
The Scotsman and
Scotland on Sunday
Peter Long
Academic
Peter is a
Programme
Director at the
London Business
Schools Centre
for Management
Development
Ian Teh
Photographer
Ians work has
been widely
exhibited and
featured in Time,
Newsweek and,
The Independent
Magazine
Andrew
Davidson
Journalist
Andrew is known
for his business
profiles in The
Sunday Times
and Management
Today magazine
Rupert Wright
Journalist
Rupert has had a 20
year career, writing
for publications
including The
Times, The Financial
Times and the
Washington Post
Editor
Hazel Meldrum
Art Direction
Esterson Associates
with Jon Kielty
Picture Editor
Millie Simpson
Consultant Editor
Paul Keers
paul@keers.co.uk
5
Gulf of Mexico
On 1 July the
IES team
took over
operations for
the Arenque
contract area
20
34
El Merk
Its a jewel
in the
desert, and
we can all
be very
proud
Mumbai
As part of our
ECS business,
around 800
people work
in Mumbai
30
Rumaila
Camels are a
common sight
here arriving
in the cooler
months to feed
Petrofacts October 2013 | 3
Log
WELCOME
Welcome to our
new-look Petrofacts.
It still has the same
great name, but our
magazine is now
quite different
Ayman Asfari
Group Chief Executive
ABU DHABI
DEVELOPMENTS
Since 2008, and the
establishment of our Abu
Dhabi office and strategic joint
venture with Mubadala
Petroleum, our operations in
the UAE capital have gone
from strength to strength.
A total of six significant
engineering, procurement and
construction projects have
been won in that time,
including three mega-projects:
ASAB full field development;
NGL4; and the Upper Zakum
UZ750 field development
project. As 2013 has been a
key year for Petrofac in the
region, we take a look at some
Abu Dhabi statistics.
For more information on
our Abu Dhabi projects why
not visit the Petrofac team
at ADIPEC between
1013 November 2013
source The Oil & Gas Year, Abu Dhabi
MILESTONES
Oil flows at West Desaru
First commercial oil from the
West Desaru development,
located offshore Peninsular
Malaysia, was achieved at
2.10pm on 3 August. The West
Desaru project went from field
development approval to first
40bn (US$)
75%
number of people
working on the ASAB and
NGL4 projects at peak
PETROFAC
CONTRACTS
ROUND UP
Malaysia
Petrofac Training Services
has signed a five-year
agreement worth US$120m
to operate and manage two
high-spec upstream training
facilities, currently being built
by Petrofac, on behalf of the
national oil company
PETRONAS.
Oman
OPO secured a three-year
operations and maintenance
contract worth US$50m
from Oman Oil Company
Exploration and Production
to work on two new onshore
facilities in the Sultanate.
Iraq
We have been awarded
a second contract on
Gazproms Badra Oil Field
development.
Worth US$95m over
three years, the scope
covers maintenance
engineering and
support services.
customer, SC Turkmengas
and in the presence of the
Presidents of Turkmenistan
and China our OEC team
celebrated the successful
commissioning of utilities
and the introduction of gas
to process facilities for the
site. In just 33 months we
have provided engineering,
procurement and
commissioning for this
challenging desert project.
Log
THERES
A FAIR WIND
BLOWING
SAFETY
FIRSTS
PETROFAC PRESENTS
Dr Anna Ferguson,
Principal Consultant
at Petrofacs specialist
energy consultancy TNEI
Andy Inglis,
Chief Executive,
Integrated Energy
Services
EVENTS
Ayman Asfari is speaking
at Oil & Money
Intercontinental Park Lane,
London. 12 October
We are exhibiting at SPE
Kuwait Oil & Gas
Kuwait International Fair, Mishref.
710 October
The team receiving their second consecutive Gold Award
They proudly
achieved
10 million manhours without
a single Lost
Time Incident
Imed Derouiche is
presenting at the North
Africa Oil & Gas Summit
Le Palace Hotel, Tunis.
2224 October
We are exhibiting at and
sponsoring the AFED
Annual Environment
Summit
American University of Sharjah,
Sharjah. 2829 October
We are sponsoring
NOC and Governments
Conference
Mandarin Oriental Hotel,
London. 2830 October
We are exhibiting at
ADIPEC 2013
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.
1013 November
Paul Groves is presenting
at the OPITO Safety and
Competence Conference
Park Hyatt Hotel & Villas,
Abu Dhabi. 19 November
Andy Inglis is presenting
at the Oil Council:
World Assembly
Old Billingsgate, London.
1820 November
We are sponsoring
Oil & Gas Turkmenistan
Sergi Kosgi Exhibition Palace,
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
1921 November
See us in the Leopards
Rock Safari Lounge at
20th Africa Oil Week
Cape Town International
Convention Centre,
Cape Town. 2529 November
We are sponsoring the
Basra Oil & Gas Show
Basra International Fair Ground,
Basra, Iraq.
58 December
Petrofacts October 2013 | 7
Repairs are
conducted to
a leaking water
pipe in the
engine room
of the FPSO
Berantai
24 HOURS
ON
BERANTAI
06.30
PTW issuance.
Each day begins
with a meeting to
plan preventative
maintenance
activities and issue
permits to work for
the tasks that need
to be done
08.00
Arrival of new
crew on the vessel.
The crews generally
work a pattern of
two weeks on, two
weeks off
10.30
Housekeeping in the
cabins. These staff
will work in both the
kitchen and laundry
12.00
13.00
14.00
Maintenance
work at the bow
of the vessel
The FPSO Berantai
is the first Risk
Service Contract
(RSC) executed in
Malaysia. It draws
upon an 18 slot
wellhead platform,
and has a 35,000
barrels per day
crude processing
capacity, with an
export capacity
of 150 million
standard cubic
feet of gas per day.
A 12 30km gas
export pipeline
connects it to
an existing gas
distribution
trunkline
15.00
Mustering exercise.
There are different
levels of on-board
alarms; workers
must demonstrate
that when abandon
ship is sounded,
they can don life
jackets and muster
for evacuation
within defined
time limits
16.00
Maintenance
work on the
marine deck
17.00
18.00
19.00
A special evening
meal for Malaysian
independence day.
Halal food is always
provided on board
FAREWELL
FROM A
FOUNDER
MADE
IN MUMBAI
OUR ISLAND
STORY
Ellis
Nicholson
My father
started working
in construction
in the 70s
when the BP
terminal came,
and LagganTormore is
going to
consolidate our
business for
the future
Marjory
Barrie
Morris
Morrison
Sometimes
youll see
workers bring
their families
up here for a
holiday on
their days off
its nice.
The Shetland
Gas Plant
a second to export it on to
the St Fergus Gas Terminal in
Aberdeenshire for commercial
sale and consumption.
When the gas plant is
complete in the summer of
2014 it will be capable of
processing up to 500m cubic
feet of gas per day.
Alastair
Cooper
Sandra
Laurenson
We always had
quite a strong
economy built
on fish and
wool, but the
oil industry
has provided
stability
Normally ports
dont want
things that lay
about and dont
go anywhere,
so some nimble
footwork has
been needed
to get the
balance right.
Anna
Hepburn
Frank
Strang
Workers tend to
visit the pubs
early, after
their shifts so
local publicans
are trying to
include them by
starting their
entertainments
earlier.
When we
bought this
place, locals
wondered if we
might be in it
for the short
haul, but were
keen to try and
give back to the
community.
BIG
PICTURE
RUMAILA
is a great project to
work on, were
providing inspection,
maintenance and repair
services on behalf of
the Rumaila Operating
Organisation comprising
BP, CNPC and Iraqs
South Oil Company.
Photo by Mehmet Binay,
courtesy of BP
OPINION
THE FUTURE
OF WORK
The way in which we work is changing, and will affect us all, says Peter Long,
Programme Director of Executive Education at London Business School
In order to
best prepare
yourself
for this rapidly
changing
world of
work, here
are things to
consider:
THE TIGERS
WHO
TOOKON
EL MERK
Petrofacs role
Petrofac won the contract to build
the Central Processing Facility in
March 2009.
As the worlds political and economic
leaders were battling with the greatest
recession since the Second World War,
various groups in Petrofac sprang into
action, grappling with a dilemma of their
own: how to deliver an ambitious project
on time and within budget.
Engineering
For the first time in its history, a decision
was taken to have the engineering work
36 | Petrofacts October 2013
Khaled
Ghabboura,
Project Director of
Construction (left);
Mulpuru Prasad,
Commissioning
Manager (right)
Commissioning
I arrived in June 2011, says Mulpuru
Prasad, commissioning manager. It was
still in the construction stage at that time,
just above 60% complete.
The schedule was very tight, and there
was mechanical completion still to finish.
The pipes needed cleaning and all the
pre-commissioning activities were at an
early stage. There were electrical and
instrumentation activities taking place,
as well as the fitting of the control panels.
Even though I had worked in Algeria
before, it was difficult because it was
extremely cold and extremely hot in the
same day. We called the site team the
El Merk tigers, he says.
And Suryakumar agrees that the team
put in place for the project was an
extremely special one. It was a major
contribution to our success. Everyone
felt we were working as one, and the
interface with the other teams went
beautifully, Ive never seen that before
or since.
John Adams says teamwork was vital
to the success of the project. Ive been
on the management team of four mega
projects in Algeria projects requiring
gross investments of more than US$1
billion in todays money and I think
El Merk was the most challenging. It is
especially satisfying for me because at
64 years old, this will probably be my
last major project.
A mega achievement
Five years on and the facility is
performing well, working virtually at full
capacity. It is producing oil, condensate,
and liquefied petroleum gas together
with a natural gas liquids (NGL) train.
During construction more than 1,000
km of electrical cable was laid, along
with 1,200 km of instrument cabling,
and 225 km of telecom cabling. A mega
project indeed and proof that Petrofac
can perform in the most challenging
of conditions.
As John Adams concludes, The
El Merk Project is among the biggest
and most satisfying of my career.
I am very happy and proud of the
outcome and the world-class project
we delivered. Its a jewel in the desert
and we can all be very proud of what
we have achieved.
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Its the effort required to get back up again and its the sports
philosophy driving our new Non-Executive Director Kathy Hogenson.
Interview by Alison Flynn. Photograph by Dylan Thomas
IN SAFE HANDS
Whether youve been working offshore for 20 years or are new to the industry, you still need to complete
offshore survival training. Petrofac Training Services home of the RGIT has been training the offshore
industry in Aberdeen for more than 30 years. We talk to two recent delegates about their experiences
OLD
HAND
Iain Gordon, 49, is a control
room technician for Total E&P
UK, working on the Dunbar
platform in the North Sea.
He spent much of his early
career onshore as an
instrument technician at
Peterhead power station,
but when he joined Total in
1997, he did his first Basic
Offshore Safety Induction
and Emergency Training
(BOSIET) course.
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In August, he attended
Petrofacs Survival training
centre in Aberdeen to
undertake his fourth oneday refresher course the
Further Offshore Emergency
Training (FOET).
I have always done my
training with Petrofac it was
called RGIT in the early days
and it has stayed more or
less the same in that time.
Some of the equipment and
procedures have changed but
the basic fundamentals are
very similar to what they were
the first time back in 1997.
GREEN
HAND
Paul Burgess, 26, has worked
on the roads in Scotland since
he left school nine years ago,
but working offshore has
always been at the back of his
mind. To help him secure a job
in the industry he booked
holiday from his work and paid
to come and train with
Petrofac, taking advantage
of Petrofac Training Services
Survival Plus package, which
bundles together the BOSIET
I ALWAYS
CARRY...
MY SCHOOL
CALCULATOR
Some of us have an item we take
to work each day, which reveals
something about us and our lives.
This issue: Matthew Harwood,
our Group Head of Strategy.
Photograph by Matthew Donaldson
reservoir engineering.
As my career has progressed, the
numbers have got bigger Im now
working in billions! but the sums have
got simpler. Nowadays its mainly just
plus and minus (more plusses than
minuses if possible), with the occasional
multiply or divide for good measure.
Despite its tatty appearance, when
I bring it out in meetings with other
engineers, it becomes a talking point.
Everyone seems to have a trusty old
calculator lurking in a desk drawer!
The older generation of engineers are
like that, really fond of our old calculators,
even though theres now more
processing power in a mobile phone.
Me and my FX-82 weve been
through so much together. I really
ought to give it a clean and perhaps
a change of batteries!
Do you have something which you take to work each day, and which says something
about you and the work you do for us? Let us know, at Petrofacts@petrofac.com
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People
ENGINEERING
FOR EXCELLENCE
Weve been working in
partnership with the Royal
Academy of Engineering (RAE)
since 2009, says Louise
Ferguson, Petrofacs Head of
Organisational Development.
From this, the Petrofac RAE
Fellowship Programme was
formed, initially to create 18
Fellowships over three years.
Now in its fifth year we
continue to provide: 9,000
as a contribution towards fees
and living expenses;
mentoring; a companysourced project and a work
placement to each individual
selected to pursue a one-year
Masters programme. 22
Fellows have been appointed,
and eight have gone on to
work for us.
They join a growing list of
Petrofac alumni (see right).
This programme cemented
our partnership with the RAE
and its gone from strength to
strength, adds Petrofacs
Head of CSR, Gwen Folland.
Weve sponsored the RAEs
Awards Dinner for three years
BREAKFAST
Petrofacs RAE
Fellows:
2011
Sidney Abiodun, Alistair Bridges,
Ali Izzidien, Hippolytus Zama
2013
Mustafa Aljaf, Sean McKirdy
Syed Shah, Chukwuka
Maduekah, Abdul Zafar
2010
Steven Riddell, Carl Asibey,
Obiageli Iwugo, Swetha Nama,
Ali Abdi, David Ntoko
2012
Oliver Seelis, Tania Alvarez,
Samuel Lisney, Isaac Afonughe
2009
Fidelis Mugabe, Liesel De Temple,
Elaine Donegan
A YEARS EFFORTS
Barrie Probert, a Principal
Structural Engineer for OPO in
Manchester, is undertaking a
Year of Challenges from which
he and his family aim to raise
10,000 for Great Ormond
Street Hospital (GOSH).
Since last November, they
have completed:
a 10 km urban assault
course around the Etihad
Stadium in Manchester
a 67 mile cycle ride from
Wattan-at-Stone to Hackney
The 5 km GOSH Race
for Kids
a 75 mile cycle ride from the
London Eye to Brighton
a 50 mile cycle ride from
Liverpool to Chester
Barrie also took part in the
London to Surrey bike race
(page 48).
So far theyve raised more
GOLDEN
YEARS
Yatish Thakur from Mumbai,
may be 47 years old, but he
has proven hes still got what
it takes to succeed. In May
this year he won the coveted
gold medal in the veterans
discus throw at the 33rd
Masters National Athletics
Championship held in Kerala.
He competed in four other
events the 100 m sprint,
javelin throw, long jump and
the 4x100 m relay race but
it was his impressive 25.96 m
discus throw that brought
home the gold!
Everyone starts their day in a different way and with Petrofac people based right around the globe,
heres how some of your colleagues start theirs
Barry Snow
Aberdeen
My Friday Special a
sausage, egg, hash
brown and haggis roll
served up with a side
order of baked beans.
Mohd Hadzrul
Bin Zulkafi
Malaysia
A traditional Malaysian
breakfast called Nasi
Lemak. The meal
contains rice, a fried
egg, cucumber and a
spicy sauce.
Camilla Winther
Aberdeen
Matthieu Billes
Mexico
A sandwich with
wholegrain bread,
ham, my favourite
Mexican cheese called
panela and Dijon
mustard. I usually add
grapefuit or melon too.
Hemant Gor
Sharjah
Mohd Dhiyauddin
Assiddiq Bin
Mohd Zaid
Malaysia
My breakfast keeps me
energetic and fit for my
job. It consists of local
dates, walnuts and
homemade chapatti.
I drink around 1.2 litres of
water before breakfast.
Rebeca Rodriguez
Mexico
Kayvaan Kermani
Aberdeen
In the next edition, well find out how colleagues travel to and from their workplace. If youd like to be featured, please send a short description of your work
journey along with a photograph of yourself and your usual mode of transport to petrofacts@petrofac.com before 30 November 2013.
Petrofacts October 2013 | 47
People
Mike Cannavina
Head of Facilities
Engineering and
Asset Integity, IES,
London
Finish Time:
7 hours 45 minutes
Funds raised: 2,300 for Whizz
Kids, a UK charity that helps
children with mobility difficulties.
I had never cycled more than
10 miles before! I started training in
April and it was difficult, but the
highlight was the sprint finish down
the Mall to the cheering crowds.
BLOOD, SWEAT
AND GEARS
20,000 entrants in a 100-mile London-Surrey
cycle race included several riders from Petrofac
A desire to improve the lives of
children and young people
inspired four colleagues from
the UKs Woking and London
offices to get out from behind
the desk and onto the saddle.
I had a fantastic day
yesterday, writes Mike
Cannavina, in an office email
to his Petrofac IES colleagues
in London after completing the
100 mile cycle ride from
London to Surrey the same
route taken by some of the
worlds best cyclists who
competed in last years
Olympic road race.
The event, which took place
in August, started at the
Olympic Park in London and
WASTE
PAPER
WIN FOR
SHARJAH
Nigel Blair
Civil and Structural
Consultant, ECS,
Woking
Finish time:
6 hours 01 minute
Funds raised: 1,000 for Eikon,
a Surrey-based charity that provides
support to vulnerable young local
people and their families.
Im the Chair of Trustees for the
Eikon Charity so I was delighted to
support them by participating.
SAUDI
AWARD
Matthew Allen
Senior Project
Engineer, IES,
Woking
Finish time:
7 hours, 02 minutes
Funds raised: 1,100 also for
Whizz Kids.
I raised over 3,000 by cycling for
children in Romania earlier in the
year, so I wanted to do something
similar closer to home.
Lisa Lewis
PA and CSR
Coordinator, ECS,
Woking
Finish time:
8 hours 35 minutes
Funds raised: 1,700 for
the Richard Cloudesley School
which supports children
with educationally significant
physical disabilities and special
education needs.
Im so pleased I completed
the race, I had two punctures and
my chain come off, but I didnt let
it deter me!
This is a new
dimension for
me, but one I
look forward to
developing
People
2013 EVE
FINALISTS
ANNOUNCED
BEHIND
THE LENS
Safe:
Controls and Instrumentation
Team, OEC
Environmental Response
Consultancy Service Team, PTS
Control of Work Team, OPO
Ethical:
Prasad Kadam, Quality
Assurance, ECS
James (Andy) Slater, Deck
Foreman, OPO
Woking Mentoring Team, ECS
Innovative:
Euan Cameron, Rotating
Equipment Engineer, OPO
Harweel CRA Trunkline Team and
Weld Overlay Valves Task Force
Team,OEC
MS Kamalakannan, Lead
Engineer Telecommunication,
OEC
Responsive:
Manohar Muniasamy, Senior
Engineer Telecom, ECS
Apache Flowlines Team, OPO
In Salah Gas Evacuation Team,
OEC/Corporate Services
Quality & Cost Conscious:
Himanshu Chanchal, Senior
Engineer Civil & Structural, OEC
Bekok C Restoration Team,
ECOM Malaysia
Electrical Task Force Team and
Team JI-2015, OEC
Driven to Deliver: (indivdual)
Mantosh Bhattacharya, Technical
Specialist Rotating, OEC
Katrina McLaren, Customer
Operations Manager, PTS
Jack Douglas, Head of Design,
OPO
Driven to Deliver: (Team)
PM304 Seismic Acquisition Team,
IES
Berantai Field Development Team,
IES/OPO/OEC
Zadco Smartplant Enterprise Team
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MAKING WAVES
A chance encounter at the
tender age of 12 with a library
book on engineering, while
waiting for a lift home from
school, set the course for the
career of Rachel Hodges.
Throughout her teenage
years, Rachel rebuffed
attempts to dissuade her
from a profession no one else
in the family had ever entered.
And her tenacity paid off
when, in July, Rachel, 38,
was promoted to managing
director of specialist energy
and environmental
consultancy TNEI, part of
Petrofacs Engineering &
Consultancy Services.
An electrical and
mechanical engineer, Rachel
held posts in design of wave
energy devices, household
switchgear and washing
machine controls, before a
three-year stint in New
Zealand, where she ventured
into power engineering.
A highlight of her work
there was an award-winning
redesign of a cable-laying
ship from telecoms to power
cables, delivered and ready
to sail in just four days.
She joined TNEI in 2005 as
a technical consultant. Roles
have also included project
manager of the hydrogen
mini-grid project, and
technical delivery consultant
I love a working
environment
where you have
the freedom
to innovate
Lake Fewa in
Pokhara, Nepal,
a Picture Petrofac
entry from Lucy
Pinkstone, a PA in
the Jermyn Street
office, London.
The combination
of early evening
light and lingering
mist really added
to the tranquil
atmosphere at
the lakeside.
This taster of
the standard of
this years entries,
along with other
spectacular
images, can now
be found on
PetroNet
Shortlist
Akshay Gajendragadkar
Alagar Ramanujam
Alex Molyneux
Amer Kahwaji
Amit Ashok Atak
Andy Maddrick
Andy Malcolm
Bhavesh Panchal
Dave Jones
Dave Smethurst
David Stanier
Deepak Tanwar
Giridar Ramaiyengar
Ian Chalmers
Jayson Seda
Jeffrey Gamby-Boulger
Jivendra Patil
Jon Rogers
Julianto Djati Waluyo
Kelvin Ting
Khaled Al Ramadan
Luanne Tan
Lucy Pinkstone
Mahdi Muhsen
Mairita Jonikane
Mark Yacoub Karam
Michael Fuller
Mohammad Tibi
Mohd Pasha Bin Abd Razak
Muhammed Basheer
Vaikilerintavida
Muhannad Assaf
NithyaChellappan
Paul Hamlet
Peter Woodward
Qiong Wang
Radhakrishnan LakshmiI Prabha
Seema Chatterjee
Sharifa Hamed Al Qasmi
Shirish Gopalrao Shukla
Shrikant Gajendragadkar
Tom McLaren
Tony Burgum
Vinu V Thadikaran
Wan Muhd Fahmi Wan Zaki
Zaidi Bin Che Li
Petrofacts October 2013 | 51
Our island
story
Shetland finds
itself hosting
one of the
UKs biggest
construction
projects since
the London
Olympics.
The Tigers
who took on
El Merk
Its a jewel in
the desert, and
we can all be
very proud of
what we have
achieved.
Farewell from
a founder
I went through
the ranks,
always a hard
hat job, lead
and manage
from the front.