Curriculum Vitæ STEFANO MERLO Last update: September 2017
Personal Information First name/ Surname: Stefano Merlo Date and Place of Birth: 7th November, 1968 - Rome, Italy Nationality: Italian Gender: Male Marital Status: married, no sons Mobile: +39 333 6178 948 E-mail: [email protected]
Occupation Fields • Project Manager for marine operations execution (Surveys; ROV and Trenching ops; Cable Lay & Maintenance) • Commercial/Technical Manager for marine operations evaluation • Client Representative / Offshore Superintendent • Cable and Route Engineer • Logistic & Technical Manager for Vessel Equipment/ROV/Plough/Survey Equipment
Short CV I have a degree in earth sciences in 1996 (final evaluation 110/110 cum laude ) and I have 19 years of experience in a vast array of offshore marine activities. From 1996 to 1998 I worked as field geologist during Oil&Gas exploration works carried out in Central Italy. In 1998 I began working in the offshore industry as freelance for the geological/geophysical data interpretation and as surveyor and ROV pilot on board vessels/barges involved in the Oil&Gas construction projects relevant to the pipe lay and platforms installation. From 2001 to 2008 I was employed full time for ELETTRA TLC (a Company leader in the submarine cable industry) dealing with both the marine operations – being the Offshore Superintendent during survey, pre lay grapnel run, route clearance, installation, repair and post lay inspection and burial – and the ship and technical equipment management – being a technician involved about ships and equipment maintenance and supervision department. During these years I get also an extensive experience and skills as a cable route engineer, having designed numerous submarine cable systems worldwide. From 2009 I am the H2OFFSHORE’s co-owner and the project and operations manager. With this role I have the responsibility to follow all the operational activities of the Company carried out in office or at sea, from the issue of the bid or technical documents to the issue and/or review of final reports. For the significant projects I continue to be present on board the vessels or barges as Client Representative or Offshore Superintendent.
Educations 1996 Degree in Earth Sciences (Geology). Final eval.: 110/110 cum laude . University "La Sapienza ", Rome, Italy 1987 High School Certificate - Technical Institute of Surveyor - Rome, Italy
Training/Qualifications 2013 FUET Certificate OPITO approved n° 99045858200913005 issued by CFO Ravenna Pavia (Italy). Expiring Date 19/11/2017 2009 BOSIET Certificate OPITO approved n° 108733/99 issued by APT Pavia (Italy) 2002 Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques - MARITIME TRAINING CENTRE (Italy) 2002 Optical Fibres and Measurement System Basic Training - ELETTRA TLC SPA 2001 Cable Engineering Basic Training - ELETTRA TLC SPA 1994 Sedimentations and Tectonics Advanced Course - UNIVERSITY OF ROME "ROMA TRE"
Medical Certifications 2016 Medical Certificate of Fitness for Offshore Work (issued in accordance with Oil and Gas UK Guidelines). Expiring Date 21/06/2018
Work experiences • from 2009 H2OFFSHORE SRL A Company specialized in the field of the ships and marine operations management, providing services for the offshore industries (see details @ www.h2offshore.com ) Position/Responsibility: Co-owner, Project and Operation Manager Last Main Projects supervised from the office: ongoing from Feb-17 Management of personnel (Trenching Technicians) for ZOHR project. Client: SAIPEM ongoing from Jan-16 Consultancy service for EuroAsia Interconnector Project (submarine power cable). Client: EUROASIA August 2017 Consultancy service for Burial Assessment Study for Offshore Wind Farm Export cables. North Sea. Client/Project: CONFIDENTIAL
March 2016 Consultancy service for Burial Assessment Study for Offshore Wind Farm interconnection cables. Atlantic Ocean. Client/Project: CONFIDENTIAL February 2016 Consultancy service for Burial Assessment Study for Offshore Wind Farm Export cables. North Sea. Client/Project: CONFIDENTIAL
Works carried out on-board: September 2016 Client Rep on board DPV ASTREA during repair works LAVRION-ST.GEORGE ISLAND submarine power cable. Aegean Sea, Greece. Client: TERNA ENERGY GREECE August 2016 Client Rep on board MV FRANKLIN during geophysical survey for COBRA Project (submarine power cable). North Sea; Client: PRYSMIAN April 2016 Client Rep on board DPV AETHRA during jetting ops on MAIB submarine power cable. Mediterranean Sea, Spain. Client: RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA Sept-Dec 2015 Client Rep on board CS ATLANTI and DPV ASTREA during lay, jetting and rock trenching works on LAVRION-ST. GEORGE ISLAND submarine power cable. Aegean Sea, Greece. Client: TERNA ENERGY GREECE Feb-March 2015 Client Rep on board DPV ARGO-1 during rock-trenching ops on MAIB submarine power cable. Mediterranean Sea, Spain. Client: RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA October 2014 Trenching Superintendent on board DPV BOURBON PEARL during trenching operations carried out by FLEXJET II machine on Power/Data Subcable. Project: BURULLUS Ph 9a. Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. Client: SAIPEM UK Jul-Aug 2014 Supervision assistance and management during carousels equipment mobilization (loading of equipment from SAIPEM Base in Rotterdam to M/V.FRAUKE) and during the spooling of umbilicals @ Oceaneering Base in Panama City, Florida, USA. Project: KIZOMBA PHASE 2 PROJECT; Client: SAIPEM UK. Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 Route engineer on board R/V ODIN FINDER during preliminary survey relevant to MONITA Project (Italy-Montenegro Power Cable). Approx. 2x240km length from 150m to 1200m water depth engineered. Mediterranean Sea. Client: GAS/TERNA Jun-July 2013 Trenching Superintendent on board DPV JAYA CRYSTAL during trenching and backfilling operations carried out by FLEXJET II machine on Power/Data Subcable, 3" and 7" Flexibles, 6" Umbilicals and 12" Pipe. Project: BIEN DONG II. South China Sea, Vietnam. Client: SAIPEM UK Jan-Feb 2013 Client Rep on board M/V MIRAERO during PLIB operation of the SJC Segment 10 (Hong Kong - BU5) and 12 (Shantou-BU6) fiber- optic submarine cable. South China Sea. Client:SJC/AXIOM October 2012 Client Rep on board C/S TELIRI during repair operation of the SILPHIUM (Libya-Greece) fiber-optic submarine cable. Mediterranean Sea, Libya. Client: LITC/AXIOM
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October 2012 Client Rep on board C/S TELIRI during repair operation of the SILPHIUM (Libya-Greece) fiber-optic submarine cable. Mediterranean Sea, Libya. Client: LITC/AXIOM May/June 2012 Client Rep on board DPV SENTINEL during ROV Recovery Operations of the cargo (trailers and drums containing hazardous material) lost at sea from the EUROCARGO VENEZIA. Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. Client: ATLANTICA S.p.A. di NAVIGAZIONE February 2012 Client Rep on board R/V MINERVA UNO during Survey operations related to the research and identification of the cargo (trailers and drums) lost at sea from the EUROCARGO VENEZIA. Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. Client: ATLANTICA S.p.A. di NAVIGAZIONE
November 2011 Cable Owner Rep on board PSV HIGHLAND ROVER during Touch Down Monitoring of the pipe lay in proximity of the cable crossings. TAMAR FIELD DEVELOPMENT Project. Mediterranean Sea, Israel. July 2011 Client Rep on board PSV ARGO-1 during rock-trenching ops on COMETA submarine power cable. Mediterranean Sea, Spain. Client: STUDIO TECNICO LUIGI MATTIELLO/RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA April 2011 Client Rep on board C/V GIULIO VERNE during the lay of COMETA submarine power cable. Mediterranean Sea, Spain. Client: STUDIO TECNICO LUIGI MATTIELLO/RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA March 2011 Client Rep on board C/V TELIRI during repair n.1 of MEDNAUTILUS Segment 12 fiber-optic submarine cable. Aegean Sea, Greece. Client: LAN MEDNAUTILUS January 2011 Client Rep on board C/V GIULIO VERNE during the lay of COMETA submarine power cable. Mediterranean Sea, Spain. Client: STUDIO TECNICO LUIGI MATTIELLO/RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA Oct/Nov 2010 Project Management on board GSP BIGFOOT-1 during DSL pipeline trenching operations. Black Sea, Russia - Client: SEA TRENCHING/GSP OFFSHORE July 2010 Superintendent on board C/V TELIRI during repair n.7 of COLUMBUS-3 Seg.1 (Mazara-BU) fiber-optic submarine cable. Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia. Client: ELETTRA/TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE August 2009 Route engineering on board R/V ODIN FINDER during preliminary survey for the Italia-Montenegro power cable. Firsts 12Nm off- shore Italy engineered. Client: GAS/TERNA July/August 2009 Project and operations management (via partnership with GAS Srl) in office and on board vessel R/V AURELIA during PLGR/RC operations for HAWK fiber-optic submarine cable. Mediterranean Sea. Client: RELIANCE/FUJITSU March 2009 Project and operations management in office and on board vessel F.LLI FAZIO during PLGR/RC operations for MELITA PROJECT (Malta-Pozzallo fiber-optic submarine cable). Client: NSW
• 2001-2008 ELETTRA TLC SPA - TELECOM ITALIA GROUP A Company operating worldwide in designing, engineering, installation and maintenance of submarine telecommunications fiber optic cable systems ( www.elettratlc.it ) Position/Responsibility: On board • Project Manager/Offshore Superintendent during Survey and PLIB Operations (ROV) • Offshore Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent during Cable Lay and Repair Operations Office • Project Manager Dept.: Technical support during jobs execution • Commercial Dept.: Technical support for contracts bidding • Marine Operations Dept.: Cable and Route Engineer • Technical Dept.: Technical support and logistic assistance for Vessels and Equipment Maintenance (including ROV; Plough and Survey Equipment) • Technical Dept.: ISM (International Safety Management) Auditor for ELETTRA's owned and chartered vessels Main offshore jobs carried out: Period Company Client Work Vessel Position 12/12/2007-21/12/2007 ELETTRA ALCATEL MENA Survey - Vessel mobilization AURELIA Superintendent CAUCASUS - Land and in-shore survey in 10/10/2007-19/10/2007 ELETTRA TYCO SENY STAR Superintendent Varna, Bulgaria (Black Sea) GREENLAND CONNECT - Pre-lay Survey (All 25/06/2007-10/08/2007 ELETTRA TELEGREENLAND segments, Island-Greenland-Canada, Atlantic EXPLORA Superintendent Ocean) ATTICA-MILOS-CHANIA - Lay (Aegean Sea, 19/12/2006-29/01/2007 ELETTRA NSW TELIRI Assistant Supt Greece) ATTICA-MILOS-CHANIA - Pre-Lay Survey 26/09/2006-31/10/2006 ELETTRA NSW UNIVERSITATIS Superintendent (Aegean Sea, Greece) MECMA - Repair n.1 Thira-Iraklion (Med Sea, 13/08/2006-04/09/2006 ELETTRA MECMA Greece) + Repair n.1 Georgia-Russia, Black CERTAMEN Assistant Supt Sea MECMA - Repair n.1 "Ruppione-Propriano (Med 14/07/2006-27/07/2006 ELETTRA MECMA Sea, Corsica, France) + Repair n.3 Janna Link CERTAMEN Assistant Supt (Med Sea, Italy) INFN - Pre-Lay Survey "NEMO Project" (Med 03/06/2006-14/06/2006 ELETTRA INFN ODIN FINDER Superintendent Sea, Sicily, Italy)
23/01/2006-08/03/2006 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.8 "IC-1 Seg.9; Seg.6" + PLIB TELIRI Superintendent
MECMA - Repair n.13/14/14b "Lic-Lin-Lamp" + 17/10/2005-08/11/2005 ELETTRA MECMA PERTINACIA Assistant Supt PLIB 09/04/2005-14/05/2005 ELETTRA NSW JANNA - Lay Seg.2 + PLIB TELIRI Assistant Supt 27/02/2005-18/03/2005 ELETTRA NSW JANNA - Lay Seg.1 + PLIB TELIRI Assistant Supt 14/01/2005-29/01/2005 ELETTRA ASN MEDCABLE - In-shore Survey Annaba ODIN FINDER Assistant Supt MAREOCEANO 11/10/2004-30/11/2004 ELETTRA ASN AJACCIO - Pre-Lay Survey Superintendent CERTAMEN 15/09/2004-23/09/2004 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.1 "Crete-Karpathos" TELIRI Assistant Supt 26/08/2004-30/08/2004 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.8 "Licata-Linosa" TELIRI Assistant Supt 20/08/2004-25/08/2004 ELETTRA NSW JANNA - Pre-Lay Survey phase 2 UNIVERSITATIS Superintendent 27/07/2004-05/08/2004 ELETTRA NSW JANNA - Pre-Lay Survey phase 1 UNIVERSITATIS Superintendent SMW4 - Pre-Lay Survey Mediterranean 08/06/2004-20/07/2004 ELETTRA ASN CERTAMEN Superintendent segments 16/05/2004-20/05/2004 ELETTRA ASN SMW4 - In-shore Survey Palermo MAJA Superintendent 19/03/2004-10/04/2004 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - BU2 reconfiguration + PLIB PERTINACIA Assistant Supt VODAFONE - "Malta-Sicily" In-Shore and 04/11/2003-22/12/2003 ELETTRA ASN ODIN FINDER Superintendent Pre-Lay Survey
04/08/2003-06/09/2003 ELETTRA PIRELLI FARICE - Lay Seg. "Faroe-BU" e "BU-Iceland" PERTINACIA Assistant Supt
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OTE - Lay "Kerkira-Plataria" and "Patmos- 24/06/2003-05/07/2003 ELETTRA OTE TELIRI Assistant Supt Samos" 22/05/2003-20/06/2003 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.27 "FLAG Segment C" TELIRI Assistant Supt 22/04/2003-05/05/2003 ELETTRA - ELETTRA - PC PERTINACIA Sea Trials PERTINACIA Assistant Supt 07/04/2003-13/04/2003 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair "Otranto-Ftelia" TELIRI Assistant Supt 01/04/2003-03/04/2003 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.1 "INFN" TELIRI Assistant Supt 17/02/2003-01/03/2003 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.6 "IC-1 Seg. 4" TELIRI Assistant Supt 05/02/2003-10/02/2003 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - Repair n.6 "Linosa-Lampedusa" CERTAMEN Assistant Supt SAS-1 - Pre-Lay Survey "Jeddah-Port Sudan" 28/10/2002-26/11/2002 ELETTRA ASN CERTAMEN Assistant Supt (Red Sea) 13/06/2002-01/07/2002 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - PLIB Seg.10 MAREOCEANO Assistant Supt 23/04/2002-05/05/2002 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - PLGR Seg.10 MAREOCEANO Superintendent 14/03/2002-10/04/2002 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - PLGR Seg.3, Seg.8 MAREOCEANO Superintendent 02/02/2002-12/02/2002 ELETTRA MECMA MECMA - PLIB "Capri-Ischia" PC CERTAMEN Assistant Supt 24/10/2001-30/11/2001 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - PLIB Seg.7, Seg.6, Seg.4 MAREOCEANO Superintendent 06/10/2001-11/10/2001 ELETTRA INFN INFN - PLIB MAREOCEANO Superintendent MEDNAUTILUS - PLIB Seg.1, Seg.2, Seg.4 14/08/2001-05/10/2001 ELETTRA ASN MAREOCEANO Superintendent MEDNAUTILUS - PLGR Seg.7, Seg.6 MEDNAUTILUS - BAS Survey Seg.2, Seg.3, 05/06/2001-21/06/2001 ELETTRA ASN SENTINEL Assistant Supt Seg.10 25/05/2001-27/05/2001 ELETTRA ASN MEDNAUTILUS - Shore End Seg.1, Seg.7 CERTAMEN Assistant Supt
• 1998-2000 Free-lance Consultant for offshore operations Main offshore jobs carried out: Period Company Client Work Vessel Position ALPAL - Pre-Lay Survey "Palma-Algeri" 13/04/2001-24/04/2001 ELETTRA PIRELLI ODIN FINDER Assistant Supt (Mediterranean Sea) ALPAL - Land and In-Shore Survey Palma de 03/04/2001-12/04/2001 ELETTRA PIRELLI - Assistant Supt Majorca side (Mediterranean Sea) MEDNAUTILUS - Pre-Lay Survey "Egyptian by 05/03/2001-28/03/2001 ELETTRA ASN pass", "Chania–Athens (X point)", ODIN FINDER Assistant Supt "Athens–BU2" (Med. Sea) ISLA LINK - Pre-Lay Survey "Valencia-Palma" 14/12/2000-11/01/2001 ELETTRA ASN ODIN FINDER Assistant Supt (Mediterranean Sea)
21/09/2000-14/10/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/CEPSA "Cepsa Huelva" Sealine Repair (Atlantic Ocean) CASTORO II Surveyor
16/09/2000-20/09/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/CEPSA "Cepsa Huelva" Sealine Repair (Atlantic Ocean) CAPO FRASCA Surveyor
ROV Platform inspection "Ivana D" (Adriatic 18/08/2000-02/09/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/INA CASTORO II ROV Pilot Sea) ROV Platform inspection "Ivana D" (Adriatic 20/07/2000-28/07/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/INA CASTORO II ROV Pilot Sea) Lay and Positioning of "Clara Est" Platform 07/03/2000-30/03/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP PEARL MARINE Surveyor (Adriatic Sea)
Lay Pipeline "Annalisa-Brenda" and Positioning 29/11/1999-15/01/2000 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP CASTORO II Surveyor of "Annalisa" Platform (Adriatic Sea)
Pre-Lay Survey Pipeline "Annalisa-Brenda" 20/10/1999-21/10/1999 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP ROSSELLA Surveyor (Adriatic Sea) ROV Inspect. Pipeline "Garibaldi K-Ivana A" 18/06/1999-18/07/1999 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/INA MAESTRALE UNO ROV Pilot (Adriatic Sea) Lay Pipeline "Barbara B-Barbara NW" (Adriatic 19/04/1999-18/05/1999 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/INA CRAWLER Surveyor Sea) SAIPEM Pre-Lay Survey Pipeline "Ventimiglia-Imperia" 16/03/1999-24/03/1999 GEPOMAR BARBARA Surveyor Reg.Liguria (Tyrrhenian Sea) 10/11/1998-28/12/1998 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP Lay Pipeline "Bonaccia" (Adriatic Sea) CRAWLER Surveyor ROV Inspect. Pipeline "Civitavecchia-Montalto" 20/09/1998-05/10/1998 GEPOMAR ENEL E.MORACE ROV Pilot (Tyrrhenian Sea) 10/08/1998-18/09/1998 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP Lay Pipeline (Adriatic Sea) CRAWLER Surveyor 25/06/1998-14/07/1998 GEPOMAR SAIPEM/AGIP Lay Pipeline "Garibaldi B-D" (Adriatic Sea) CRAWLER Surveyor
• 1997-1998 ENTERPRISE OIL LTD/UNIVERSITY OF ROME Oil&Gas exploration in Central Italy/Structural geology studies
• 1997 LASMO PLC (Italian Branch) Oil&Gas exploration in Central Italy/Structural geology studies
• 1996 ITALIAN ENGINEERING AND CONTROL SRL Tests and Controls on civil engineering structures
Personal Skills Very good relationship with Clients and work team members High competence on problem solving and work team management High flexibility, Self motivation
Language Skills Italian Mother tongue English Fluent (understanding, reading, writing and speaking)
Computers Skills Very good knowledge of the following software: Windows; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Project; Makai Plan; Makai Lay; Intelliscan ARCS for GIS; MaxSea
Availability Full availability to travel abroad for extensive period Full availability to work either on board and abroad
References Available upon request
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