Gulf of Mexico Delivery Manager | Shell Exploration & Production Company | New Orleans, USA | June 2017 to May 2018

 

• Develop & Lead new formed business / continuous improvement team (“Fit for the Future”) for the world’s market leading deepwater production operations in the GOM

• Operationalize business improvement targets including the longer term continuous improvement strategy and leverage learnings 3rd parties and Shell group.

• Stretch annual business improvement targets for the business realized (confidential)

• Interim manager for adaptation and implementation of the new global asset / business management system.

 

 

Global Manager Upstream Integration Program Office Integrated Gas

& Lead Bangalore P&T HUB Business Improvement

| Shell India Ltd Bangalore, India | July 2015 to June 2017

 

Global Upstream Integration Manager:

• For the Global Upstream Gas Portfolio for Shell embedding of the corporate business improvement program focussed on competitiveness & new ways of working maximizing leverage & synergies from elsewhere within the Shell business.

• Develop additional initiatives and/or acquire externally additional initiatives for the same portfolio to ensure competitive targets are met. (Confidential)

• Interim lead facilitating Global Technology Deployment in Upstream Gas to course correct when original targets not achieved.

 

Projects & Technology HUB Improvement Lead:

• Lead the start-up, implementation and progression of the business improvement plan and resulting strategy refresh for the Bangalore Projects & Technology HUB (1 of 3 globally, Focus: ways of working, digitization, technology, new energy and competitiveness at low oil price)
   

 

Front End Development Manager / Field Development Planner, Majnoon Project (Iraq) | Shell India Ltd  Bangalore, India | December 2012 to June 2015

 

• ·Delivery of the integrated concept development and associated feasibility studies for contracted developments in the Hawizeh Marshes / Ramsar (40% of the total Hydrocarbons, protected wet lands, biodiverse, culturally sensitive, remnants of war).

• Delivery of the integrated development plan incl. pilot proposals for contracted Waterflood (Production increase from 600 to 1000 kbbl/day).

• Managed up to 180 resources to deliver the various scopes without any direct reporting lines (Matrix Organization)

• Coordinate the Bangalore based discipline engineering support to all Majnoon project & asset scopes.

• Bangalore office lead for task force to improve ways of working & integration between various project and venture teams in Bangalore, Dubai & Iraq.

• Coordinator Technical Decision Panel: integrated decision-based planning process for all integrated technical decisions in the US$30 Billion project.

• Bangalore Discipline Focal point for Field Development planning including responsibility as (regional) location coach in training people in Shell’s project management & development processes, project risk management & decision quality.

Sr Field Development Planner, AERA Projects | Shell Int. Exploration & Production Inc Houston, USA | February 2011 to December 2012

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Two Teriary Recovery Projects, Ventura CO2 and Belridge Diatomite Steam Drive for AERA JV

• Integration (five geographical locations), and delivery of multidisciplinary technical evaluations per project including a successful feasibility review and decision to continue maturation of the project ( ‘best in class’ awards).

• Recognized induction of AERA team members in Shell project management processes & associated requirements, standards & guides

• Delivery of a due diligence exercise on Belridge performance by AERA 

• Manage all support from Economist & project services/controls disciplines

• Global Shell coordinator for field development planning tool (Wellspring)

• Location coach for Houston Projects & Technology HUB for Shell’s stage gated project development process, project risk management & decision quality.

 

 

Project Services Coordinator & Estimator | Shell Int. Exploration & Production Inc Houston, USA | September 2008 to January 2011

 

• Shaped the opportunity and became resident subject matter expert on standardization of deepwater oil & gas facilities (special recognition awards, Phoenix, Vito & Appomattox Projects)

• Recorded contributor to the technical work and business case underpinning patent submission for Close Proximity Wells.

• Functional delivery for the project controls disciplines: improved assurance, internal quality delivery, set up performance measurement systems and update of global cost estimating tools.

• Discipline focal point internal and external benchmarking (Upstream Projects Americas).

• Cost estimates for deepwater projects globally in support of investment decisions

 

 

Sr Contract Engineer, Offshore | Sakhalin Energy International (Shell JV)

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | January 2007 to September 2008

 

• Leading contracts management support for the offshore facilities scope for the Mega Sakhalin Phase II project (>US$20 Bn total) on location during hook up and commissioning of the project and transition to an operational organization.

• Total portfolio of some 100 contracts (1/3 > USD 1 Million each, 6 contracts > USD 20 Million each) and all equipment purchase orders.

• Responsible for transition and/or close out of contracts & procurement from site offices (Croydon, UK & Goeje, S Korea) to Yuzhno (Sakhalin)

• Submissions for CBC (Capital Budget Control panel including all partners/Gazprom) for contingency release to fund additional work scopes.

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