Howard's Work Experience
BP Experience
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Summary
I joined British Petroleum way back when Fulham were last in the First division, (Well done boys on the promotion!) Surrey were regularly top of the County Championship and the BP share price was about the equivalent to 50 pence. I studied mechanical engineering at what was Woolwich Poly but now known as Thames University. For 6 months of each year of the 4 year course I gained work experience at two refineries, a gas turbine plant, Head Office in London and a deep sea pipe laying barge off the coast of Italy. Since graduating I have some 28 years of oil patch experience ranging from completion design, well workovers, process operations, project engineering, technical support, training, HS&E and field management. The first 22 years of my "working life" were with BP and the past 9 years as an independent consultant, basically on 2 assignments (with a couple of time fillers in between). The first was with Lasmo and the other with Anadarko, through Baker OTS.
Consultant Experience
September 1999 to Date
Various
Consultant
All sorts of odds and ends including a couple of months in
Bangkok and some time in Bectel's offices in Hammersmith on a project in Kazakhstan.
I am currently developing specialised training materials for a power stations in Saudi.
July 1997 - July 1999
Consultant Project Manager
Anadarko
Helped Anadarko, a US based small independent Oil Company, to develop various operation procedures and training materials and provided operational and technical support for their oil field developments in Algeria. Fortunately I only had to make one trip to Algeria. Having worked in Egypt and Pakistan on previous projects I was a little surprised to find Algeria lagging somewhat behind both of these countries. Not somewhere to rush off to on holiday.
February 1992 - December 1996
Consultant Project Engineer then Field Manager
Lasmo
The previous assignment was with LASMO. I worked for them for 5 years. Initially in London, then in Holland on their Markham development. This development comprised of an offshore gas production platform which produced into a complex offshore gathering system and onshore treatment facility. My roles included project engineering, commissioning, production allocations, Partner and Government interfaces and technical support. Once the facility had been operational for some time and most of the teething problems resolved I transferred to the Pakistan project. Another gas plant but this time using membrane technology for carbon dioxide and water removal. Initially I was based in the Foster Wheeler project design offices primarily involved in operations, maintenance and safety issues. I was then appointed as one of the Field Mangers responsible for the overall in country field operation. An interesting job with plenty of upsides as well as downsides.
September 1969 - January 1992
Various Positions Worldwide
British Petroleum
In my earlier life with BP I worked in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Indonesia, North Sea and Holland. A mixture of challenges from oil & gas plant operations, commissioning, project engineering, technical support and training. A great experience.
Education
1969-1973
Thames Polytechnic
South East London
BSc. Mechanical Engineering.
Interests
Family, 10 pin bowling, motorbike, DIY, gardening, cricket
References
Available upon request.