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Capability Statement CAPABILITY STATEMENT I INTRODUCTION Who we are… KW was founded in 1999 as a niche high-technology consultant • Subsea systems solving problems associated with subsea pipelines. Over the • Pipelines and flowlines • Subsea structures years we have grown our capability and services across the broader subsea sector providing design engineering at all phases Flow assurance of projects, whilst also enhancing our reputation as a leading Architecture layout consultant. Execution and installation schedules Project cost estimates We often engage in projects that are situated in extreme environmental Upheaval buckling and OOS areas, in deep waters, challenging seabed terrains and soils as well as high Lateral buckling and pipeline walking pressure, high temperature reservoirs and corrosive fluids. We strive to Pipe-in-pipe challenge and extend the traditional design approaches, enabling marginal Manifolds, RBS, SSIV, PLET and FLET projects, but always with safety as a priority and through solutions that are Controls and umbilicals designed for installation and construction economically. Geotechnical engineering, soils and foundations Trenching and burial In 2012 KW became part of the Petrofac Group – one of the major Installation engineering oil services companies in the world. We continue to operate as an Survey and routeing independent company with the vision of being ‘the engineer of choice for Riser design and reassessment global subsea developments’. Component qualifications Advanced engineering: FE analysis We can also integrate our services with the larger engineering resource Carbon capture and gas storage and skills base of Petrofac to jointly undertake larger and more complex oil and gas developments which involve other offshore facilities such as Covering… jackets, topsides, FPSO’s as well as onshore plants. We believe that this is • Conceptual design a unique offering that also draws upon the wider Petrofac experience and • FEED feedback from EPC projects undertaken in the field. • Detailed design • Project execution • Pipeline integrity management An impressive track record serving oil and gas majors and independents t: +44 (0)1483 738 500 e: [email protected] Part of the Petrofac Group www.kwltd.com 2 Rev.13 / 02.13 CAPABILITY STATEMENT I INTRODUCTION What we do… Design Capability and Consulting Services Engineering Personnel KW’s Greenfield Design services range from conventional Our strength comes from a very experienced and long subsea architecture associated with North Sea Tie-Backs to serving staff based resource pool, who manage, consult Deep Water SURF projects and standalone large diameter and transfer experience from project to project and also long distance export lines. Our services start from the early participate in training and developing our younger graduate engineering select phase through to concept, pre-FEED, engineers. A significant number of our engineering workforce FEED, Detailed Design, and Execution Phase. Consulting have PhDs in specialist areas a such as fluids, structures and forms an important part of our day to day problem solving soils, including specialisation in FE modelling. service to our clients, often on a 24/7 basis supporting offshore operations or helping them resolve critical design, Track Record installation or failure problems helping to re-mobilise We have an extensive track record with Oil and Gas majors, construction or re-start production. NOC’s, mid-size and smaller independents as well as all of the major installation contractors, survey contractors, rock Providing design engineering and burial contractors and subsea equipment suppliers. Our and consulting services at all projects are global, from the North Sea, North Africa and the Mediterranean to the Middle East, Asia, West Africa, Canada, phases of projects US GoM and Mexico. t: +44 (0)1483 738 500 e: [email protected] Part of the Petrofac Group www.kwltd.com 3 Rev.13 / 02.13 CAPABILITY STATEMENT I INTRODUCTION Contents 1 Corporate Information This document represents an Key Personnel overview of the capabilities, Quality Management System (QMS) services and track record of KW Ltd. Contact KW 2 Services Section 1 provides information on Design of Subsea Pipelines KW’s key personnel, QMS and how Design of Subsea Structures to contact us. Installation Engineering Survey and Routeing Section 2 details our technical expertise. Upheaval Buckling and Out-of-straightness Analysis Lateral Buckling and Pipeline Walking Section 3 contains a series of maps High Pressure and High Temperature Systems showing a selection of engineering Pipe-in-Pipe projects completed worldwide. Advanced Engineering: FE Analysis Geotechnical Engineering and Soils Section 4 provides a track record of Inspection, Repair and Maintenance Services (IRM) a selection of KW’s projects. Pipeline Integrity Management Flow Assurance Mooring Analysis Riser Systems Subsea Umbilical and Cable Systems Subsea Control Systems Riser Design and Reassessment Research and Development Training Courses, Seminars and Publications 3 Project Experience Global Experience North Sea and Norway Mediterranean and North Africa 4 Track Record Conceptual and FEED Detailed Design Structural Design Owner Engineer Upheaval Buckling and Out-of-straightness Analysis Lateral Buckling and Pipeline Walking High Pressure High Temperature and Pipe-in-Pipe Deepwater Project Highlights Integrity Management Project Highlights Mediterranean and North Africa Projects Mexico Projects Norway Projects t: +44 (0)1483 738 500 e: [email protected] Part of the Petrofac Group www.kwltd.com 4 Rev.13 / 02.13 CAPABILITY STATEMENT Corporate Information 5 1 CAPABILITY STATEMENT I CORPORATE INFORMATION Key Personnel Andreas Kyriacou Knut Dahl-Stamnes Andreas has over 20 years’ offshore oil and gas experience Knut has 30 years’ professional engineering and project and four years’ research related experience. He has spent management experience in the international Oil and Gas most of his career in corporate positions within major industry working for BP, a major integrated operating contractors Saipem and Brown and Root, working as company. He is experienced in conceptual FEED, and Engineering Manager, Commercial Manager and Business project execution/delivery with a focus on planning, design, Development Manager within the field of construction procurement of services and materials, construction, and of offshore pipelines and more recently in floating LNG installation of subsea/topsides oil and gas infrastructure facilities. Andreas joined KW in the summer of 2006 and is and facilities. Knut joined KW in October 2011. now Managing Director of the group. Narendra Katechia (Nandy) Kevin Williams Nandy has over 20 years’ experience in Subsea FEED, Kevin has over 25 years’ offshore pipelines engineering, engineering design, manufacturing, testing, installation design and consulting experience and three years’ research and commissioning support experience in shallow/ related experience. He has worked in senior technical and deepwater, Electro /Hydraulic /Multiplex, FPSO and operations positions within JP Kenny, Advanced Mechanics Workover Instrumentation / Control & Umbilical Systems. and Engineering (AME) and Andrew Palmer Associates Main projects worked on include: Agip-Toni, Phillips Judy- (APA) before joining KW in 2000 where he is the group Joanne, Conoco McCulloch and Amerada Hess Durward/ Technical Director and Chief Engineer. Kevin has been Dauntless, BP East Foinaven, Bruce Phase II, Shell involved in review and development of design codes and Malampaya, Saffron Scarab Project, ENI K2 Gulf of Mexico guidelines and is often called to act in peer review and audit development, Block 17 Gas gathering System, Moho capacity and as a technical authority for BP on specialist Bilondo, Total Akpo, South Cost Gas Development and pipelines projects. Don West & Southwest, Kashagan EPC2/3, Phase II FEED, BP Balakhany development, BP block31PSVM, Addax Khaled Kamhawi Wori extension and Hess South. Khaled has over 20 years’ offshore pipelines engineering, design and consulting experience and five years’ research Liam Finch related experience. He has worked within the engineering Liam has 20 years’ experience in practical and supervisory groups of major contractors such as EMC (Saipem/Brown roles as Flow Assurance consultant and Lead Engineer and Root), Pirelli and engineering houses such as JP on many challenging detail design projects, FEEDs and Kenny and Mentor. His technical expertise lies in subsea studies with major clients. He is an experienced Lead Flow geotechnics and pipe-soil interaction, an area that he Assurance engineer on offshore shallow/deep water and further developed during his time at SAGE Engineering HPHT field development projects, managing project teams before eventually setting up KW Ltd in 1999. He now acts of up to 20 specialists. He typically achieves integration of as a consultant in specialist work related to geotechnics as key sub-surface and surface-level data by using industry- applied to foundation design pipe burial and trenching, out standard simulation tools such as: OLGA, Pipesim and of straightness and general subsea pipeline engineering. Gap/Prosper and North Sea oil projects include Bentley EP and Stella Ithaca. Over the last few years he has utilised his Dave Bennett skills in Flow Assurance to resolve complex problems such Dave has over 26 years’ experience in the offshore and as heavy viscous, problematic emulsions and skin effect subsea engineering sector,
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