Stephen Hodges Email & Phone Number

Cypress, TX, US

Austin, Texas, United States

Instructor for the Design of Floating Production Systems course, responsible for the Introduction, Riser Systems, Tendon Systems modules, including developing and updating course content to remain current and relevant as the industry evolves.

Cypress, Texas

I have retired from Shell after 30 years in deepwater project delivery, technical assurance, and mentoring of junior engineers. I am available for occasional consulting, career coaching, and mentoring. I am a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner and a lifelong student of human behavior with a passion for career coaching and seeking to understand how.

API SUB-COMMITTEE 2 – Offshore Structures (Member since 2004)2019 – Present: API 2RD Riser Design Task Group Co-Chair – Developing 3rd edition2016 – 2019: API 2RIM Riser Integrity Management Task Group Chair – Led development of new standard in < 3 yrs2015 – Present: Riser Resource Group (RG10) Chair2004 – 2010: API 2T Tension Leg Platform Task Group –.

Houston, Texas Area

Technical Authority Level 1 for Pipelines, Flowlines & Risers for Deepwater Projects. Accountable for assessment and appointment of Technical Authorities, providing technical review, assurance and consultation for deepwater projects, development, maintenance, and assurance of technical standards, technical assurance structure for project teams, advising.

Houston, Texas Area

Reporting to the Project Director, responsible for coordination of technical deliverables, interface management, basis for design, management of change, technical assurance, across the Project Leadership Team in Concept Select and FEED phases.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed Riser, Mooring and Global Performance staff in a matrix organization across the deepwater project delivery, including Gumusut-Kakap, Perdido, BC10, Mars B, Stones, Malikai, and the subsea tie-back portfolio. Through several reorganizations, staff also included global performance, naval architecture, and onshore civil engineering. Accountable for.

Responsible for Surface input to Area Development Plan (ADP) and Value Assurance Review, engaging with internal and external stakeholders to move project forward. Design Team Lead for FPS structure, mooring system, platform motions, naval architecture & geotechnical scope through concept select, FEED, and detailed design.

Civil/Marine Lead for development of Generic FPSO concept for deployment globally.

Hull appurtenance structural design lead, accountable for conceptual, FEED and detailed design.Project Engineer for mooing fairlead delivery. Interface Manager for the structural design team.

Surface Lead for assurance of Abo FPSO Project Development in Nigeria, operated by Agip.

Global structural design lead in FEED and Detailed Design. Site Engineer for hull fabrication (Taranto, Italy).

Global Performance Team Lead for Ram/Powell TLP FEED & Detailed Design.TLP hull sizing and hydrodynamics for Mar TLP Concept Select and FEEDConcept Selection studies for Mars, Ram/Powell and Ursa TLPs. Developed TLP sizing software.Hydrodynamic design of Auger TLP

Designed and executed model test programs for various clients. Performed stability analysis of The Bloodhound, vintage sailing ship. Intern at Gulf Oil designing a small TLP for the Gulf of Mexico. Intern at Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) in Japan doing research and design.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Naval Architecture And Offshore Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Naval Architecture And Offshore Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering