Exhibition Directory & Conference Programme - Subsea UK

Brian Green
General Manager,
First Subsea
Deepwater Mooring - Going Deeper, Getting Leaner
(Parallel Session C - 11:55)
Following his graduation from Aberdeen University as a scientist,
Brian Green has 30 years’ experience in the offshore industry.
He has been a director and general manager of various innovative
businesses since 1990. As general manager of First Subsea Ltd,
he is responsible for the continued growth of the Ballgrab ® subsea
connection systems business and development of new niche markets
such as riser technologies and marine renewables.
Brian is a keen supporter of industry bodies such as the Society for
Underwater Technology and has played a key role in various Subsea
UK initiatives. In 2010 he was co-opted to the board of Subsea UK,
the UK’s leading industry body for the British subsea industry. The
appointment recognised Brain’s contribution to the UK’s subsea
industry and the leading role of First Subsea in deepwater mooring
worldwide. Brian is representing the views of Subsea UK’s North West
of England membership on business and safety issues.
Sam Hanton
Chief Surveyor, Nautronix
Optimising acoustics for deepwater vessel
positioning
(Parallel Session B - 11:15)
Sam is Chief Surveyor at Nautronix and is responsible for all of
Nautronix’s survey and positioning activities, as well as having
input into system developments. He joined Nautronix in 2008 from
Subsea 7 where he had held a number of survey related positions
over a period of 10 years.
Sam initially worked offshore on a range of survey and construction
vessels before moving onshore as project surveyor in Subsea 7’s
Norwegian office. He then moved into the lead survey role for the
region before joining Nautronix after the successful use of their
NASNet ® positioning system on the Agbami project.
Sam graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a
degree in Surveying and Mapping Science. He is a Chartered Surveyor
- a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and an
elected member of IMCA’s Offshore Survey Division management
committee.
Andrew Hunt
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd.
Future installation aids
(Parallel Session A - 14:00)
Andrew Hunt is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds the
position of Principal Engineer (Renewables) at SMD, a subsea
engineering company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Andrew graduated from Loughborough University of Technology
in 1994 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He began his
engineering career within the Aerospace sector working for a large blue
chip company on a range of civilian and military projects including the
Joint Strike Fighter.
Joining SMD in 1997 as a Design Engineer he has been involved in
all aspects of subsea vehicle manufacture from design, procurement,
assembly, commissioning, test, installation and operations. After a
short break working for SMD’s then sister company PEL designing
hardware for clearing landmines, he returned to SMD to lead the TidEL
project. This in turn led to the collaborative project between Atlantis
Current Resources and SMD to deliver the AK1000 tidal turbine in a
remarkably short timescale.
The combination of designing and manufacturing marine energy
converters and with SMD’s existing subsea vehicle knowledge has
opened up a whole new world of subsea engineering opportunities.
In his presentation, Andrew will explore the possible shape of things
to come for subsea vehicles for assisting in the installation of marine
energy converters in the future.
Paul Jones
Chevron
Building subsea capability
(Morning Session - 09:25)
Paul Jones is Manager of Chevron’s Subsea Unit in ETC,
responsible for over 150 globally based staff working in Technology
Development, Project Development and Execution, and Internal
Consulting to Chevron’s Upstream Operating Companies.
During his 26-year career in Chevron he has held positions in Chevron’s
R&D and operating organisations including a secondment position
with the Kuwait Oil Company. From 2007-10, Paul was the Manager of
Chevron’s Global Technology Center in Perth, Australia, and a Director
of Chevron Energy Technology Pty Ltd.
In 2005 he was the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
Projects, Facilities and Construction Award for distinguished
contributions to Petroleum Engineering.
In October 2007, Paul was elected to Society of Petroleum Engineers
Board of Directors.
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