I was general manager in Yemen for Dove Energy Limited from May 2010 until withdrawal of Dove from Yemen 31 January 2015.

I was Projects Manager for Altius Petroleum International based in Aktobe, Kazakhstan from 24 October 2008 until 14 December 2008. Due to 2009 budget cut backs I was made redundant - all projects were cancelled. The cut backs were primarily brought about by the slump in oil prices.

PM Lucas is a small EPCC contractor and it developed the facilities for the Komsomolskoe project in Kazakhstan, 400 kms north east of Aktau, on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. The operator and client is KOM Munai, a Petrom/OMV company. The project dimensions are 12,000bpd from 14 wells with gas re-injection and water injection. The facilities are designed for sour service. The oil is exported via a new 80kms pipeline to an existing trunk line. First oil is scheduled the end of 2008. The Engineering Manager was responsible for delivering the design and associated technical integrity for all the surface facilities; managing a multi-discipline team of 30 engineers and draftsmen. In addition the development of the operations & maintenance procedures & manuals; and the commissioning procedures was under the Engineering Manager's control.

The Strasshof project is a green field development located 30 kilometres east of Vienna.The gas is sour and gas sweetening will be achieved using Shell Global Solutions' Sulfinol process. The sales gas will be used for domestic consumption. The acid gas removed by the Sulfinol process will be injected into existing reservoirs and used for recovery of other hydrocarbons. This acid gas injection will be a "first" for Europe. The basic design package has been prepared for the well sites, the infield gas gathering lines, the central processing plant and the acid gas injection facilities. The project has been postponed, from the end of September 2007, until more gas reserves are proven.

Petroleum Services is a joint venture operating company owned 50/50 by OMV, the integrated Austrian Oil and Gas Company, and ETAP, the Tunisian State Oil and Gas Company. The Chergui gas field is a small, 25mmscfd sales gas, green field development located on Kerkennah Isles 30 kilometres offshore Sfax. The process selected is cold knockdown, which removes the water and hydrocarbon liquids. Dry, conditioned gas is then exported 60 kilometres via a new 8" line to an onshore mainland trunk line for domestic distribution. The development is being executed under a lump sum EPCC contract, using a Tunisian EPCC contractor. The contract was awarded in July 2004. The Project Manager is responsible for the provision of the well sites, flow lines and the central processing facility on Kerkennah Isles and the 8" gas export line.OMV sold its interest in the Chergui gas field during February 2006 and I remained with the project in order to facilitate handover to the new

, Sawan Gas Field Development Project, IslamabadOMV, the integrated Austrian Oil and Gas Company, has developed the Sawan Gas Field located in the Thar Desert in southern Pakistan. OMV operates the plant on behalf of the joint venture partners, Agip, MND (Czech) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited. A lump sum turnkey EPCC contract was awarded to Clough Engineering, Australia, for all the surface facilities. There are two trains using the amine absorption gas sweetening process and silica gel adsorption for dehydration and hydrocarbon dew pointing. Each train delivers 170mmscfd. Six wells supply the raw, sour gas via individual flow lines and sales gas is exported via two pipelines. The EPCC contract was awarded in November 2001 with completion in October 2003. OMV's Technical Manager led a multi-discipline engineering team responsible for the technical integrity of the entire surface facilities associated with the development of the field. The Technical Manager was responsible for developing the front-end engineering design documents that formed the basis of design in the invitation to tender for the EPCC contract. During the engineering and construction phase OMV's technical team verified that the EPCC Contractor complied with the requirements of the basis of design. The technical team, in conjunction with OMV Operations, was also responsible for approving the operating and commissioning procedures and for acceptance of the plant. The plant was designed and is operated under a Safety Case regime similar to that employed in the UK sector of the North Sea.

Managed all engineering activities for the North Sea oil production platform, Heather Alpha: In charge of a multi-discipline engineering staff responsible for production operations support, well intervention activities, process and utilities design improvements and ensuring the platform, facilities and associated pipelines remained fit for purpose. All activities were conducted in accordance with DNO's Safety Management System and the platform's U.K. Safety Case. Prepared and managed the Facilities Engineering Expense Budget.

Managed Unocal's interests in a joint venture enterprise supplying Indonesian LNG and LPG to Japan, Korea and Taiwan: The joint venture consisted of Mobil, Total, VICO and Unocal, production-sharing contractors with PERTAMINA, the Indonesian State Oil Company. The LNG and LPG business in Indonesia is a multibillion-dollar enterprise covering all aspects of sales, gas supply, gas processing and shipping of product.

Seconded to Statoil project group during the development of the Veslefrikk North Sea oil field, as Technical and Operations Adviser: The project group was responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of the offshore facilities. The offshore facilities consisted of a fixed wellhead/drilling jacket and a floating processing/accommodation unit with the oil and gas export pipelines at the fixed jacket. The floating unit was converted from the drilling semi-submersible "West Vision".

Managed all the activities needed for ensuring the fitness for purpose of the North Sea oil production platform, Heather Alpha: (the jacket, topsides structure, the topsides facilities and the associated oil export pipeline

Responsible for protecting the Heather field group's equity interests in the Ninian Pipeline and Sullom Voe Terminal. Activities included negotiating terms and conditions for new entrants to the Ninian Pipeline, crude oil valuations, technical reviews for modifications to the Terminal, preparing and implementing cost sharing agreements, auditing offshore fiscal metering systems and financial approvals for the Ninian Pipeline and Sullom Voe Terminal budgets.

Responsible for engineering support activities for the North Sea oil production platform, Heather Alpha: Projects included well intervention programmes, process and utility systems modifications, fiscal metering management, pipeline management, development of platform standard practices and procedures and representation in industry's technical forums.

Managed the engineering design for facilities improvement proposals on Shell's production platforms in the North Sea

Responsible for facilities engineering for North Sea platforms: Clients included Unionoil, Shell and Britoil.

Responsible for designing and commissioning marine propulsion systems for surface warships and submarines

Responsible for production and manufacturing improvements in a company making heat exchangers, economisers and air heaters for use in petro-chemical plants, power generation plants and ships.