Dean Chambers Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Perth, Australia

Offshore oil production chemist on Quadrant Energy Stag platform and Dampier Spirit FSO working 2/2 offshore roster with one back to back chemist.Responsible for managing process chemical injection systems and chemical inventories, performing routine assurance checks by chemical analysis of oil, water, and gas systems, and process troubleshooting as required.Managed offshore production chemistry lab. Performed routine chemical analysis of production fluids, including base sediment & water (BS&W), oil in water (OIW) for regulatory control of produced water discharge, free chlorine in water, process chemical residuals, corrosion rate measurement, bacteria counts, and others as required.Wrote, reviewed, and updated operating procedure documents.Trained production technicians in aspects of production chemistry.

Perth, Australia

Lead project engineer on FPSO gaslift conversion project ($5 million), with particular responsibilities for logistics and technical change management processes. Conversion was successfully executed offshore with material benefit to the company.Coordinated movement of materials and temporary equipment from several vendor premises to offshore according to company procedures and project material requirements, including temporary equipment inspections and road transport to supply base.Coordinated transport of company and vendor personnel offshore according to company procedures and project manning requirements, including contractor verification and integrated activity planning submissions.Coordinated completion of project deliverables and chaired project team progress meetings.Coordinated asset management team and discipline engineering approvals according to company technical change management processes.

Perth, Australia

Facility process engineer/production chemist working 2/2 offshore roster, managing and optimising a large (high cost) inventory of process chemicals for injection into the process.Benchmarked actual chemical consumption against vendor recommendations and reduced the gap between actual and required application rates.Developed a “smart” monitoring and reporting tool to convey complex expenditure data to management in a simplified but meaningful way. This tool was later rolled out to other FPSOs.Prepared a Safety Case audit report that was accepted without comment by the offshore regulator (NOPSEMA).Managed offshore production chemistry lab. Performed daily process monitoring by chemical analysis for H2S in production fluids, free chlorine in water, oil in water, water in oil, bacteria counts, glycol condition monitoring, and others as required.

Karratha, Wa

Facility process engineer at Karratha Gas Plant (power generation & utilities), responsible for optimal operation of water, air, and nitrogen units.Performed daily process surveillance and engaged with unit operators to resolve issues or optimise production.Contributed discipline expertise to technical change management, alarm management, operational reliability improvement, and process safety activities.Resolved $200k/year water loss by process troubleshooting. Performed rundown trials to check inline instrumentation. Engaged flow measurement contractor to find flowing water in nominally static underground pipe network without installed instrumentation.Led $200k/year nitrogen consumption reduction project. Supervised engineering intern performing line by line evaluation of entire plant nitrogen consumption. Located and reduced excess consumption by engaging with operations personnel and other discipline engineers.Led restoration of critical water process unit following breakdown. Engaged with operations and maintenance personnel to open and inspect a vessel, clear blockage, and return to service.Participated in shutdown HAZOP. Contributed to utilities area SIF/SIL review, and utilities area technical safety review.

Perth, Wa

Offshore facilities brownfield developments and production systems support to North West Shelf Venture long term production forecasting.Acted as interface between offshore developments team and long-term forecasting team, developed work planning and communication tool that remains in use.Maintained and updated register of long-term offshore developments required to optimise North West Shelf production to end of field life.Contributed to a variety of development projects in pre-BOD stages (assess/select phases in opportunity realisation process).

Darlington, Nsw

Clayton, Vic

North Ryde, Nsw

Master Of Professional Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Catalysis, Physical Chemistry, Reaction Engineering

Btech(Hons1), Environmental Geochemistry