PROJECT EXPERIENCE

CURRENT OFFSHORE CERTIFICATES

BOSIET / FOET + CA-EBS (OPITO)

GWO BST (Global Wind Organisation)

ENG 1 (Maritime & Coastguard Agency)

OEUK + Chester Step MEDICAL (Offshore Energies UK)

BI-DELTOID SHOULDER MEASUREMENT

DRUG & ALCOHOL SCREENING

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 - Present

Contractor / Freelance

·       Client Representative

·       Project Management

·       Geophysical Acquisition Consultant

·       Party Manager / Chief

1997 - 2008

GARDLINE GEOSURVEYS

Promoted through several roles during my tenure, from Survey Engineer to Party Chief.

RECENT Geohazard Projects

Apr 2025 - May 2025
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE Taiwan)

Lead Client Representative

ECC (Export Cable Corridor) survey for the wind farm SSS, SBP, MAG, & MBES to develop a ground model, support design and geohazard identification, detect two existing pipelines crossing the corridor, and locate any UWCH objects within the proposed route
Oct 2023 – May 2024
RWE & National Grid

Lead Client Representative

P-Cable 3D ultra-high resolution (UHR) seismic survey and multibeam echo sounder (MBES) were conducted, delivering fully migrated data coverage of the entire 582 sq. km lease and Export Cable Routes. The survey utilized the PGS Sanco Swift, towing 8 x 100m long x 12.5m P-Cables, equipped with triple source sparkers and MBES.
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Equinor Energy

Client Representative

• Gardline / Sea Explorer, Norway, NCS.

• Multiple 2D Integrated Geohazard site surveys, with Geotechnical. Close passes around Installations

Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Equinor Energy

Client Representative

• Gardline / Ocean Observer, Norway, Barents Sea.

• Multiple 2D Integrated Geohazard site surveys, with Geotechnical. Deepwater

Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
BayernGas

Client Representative

• Fugro AS / Fugro Galaxy, Norway NCS35.

• 2D Integrated Geohazard site surveywith Geotechnical.

RECENT Exploration Projects

Feb 2025 – Apr 2025
ESSO Nigeria / ExxonMobil

Lead Client Representative

4D, Undershoot, 12 x 5100 towed Streamer. Project within the ERHA field with complex SIMOPS around the ERHA FPSO.
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
Eni UK Ltd

Lead Client Representative

A CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) hybrid survey over the Hewett field employed Iosmetrix Streamers, OBN (Ocean Bottom Nodes), and USVs (Uncrewed Surface Vessels) to achieve UHR (Ultra High Resolution) 3D coverage for future CCS use. The Shearwater SW Amundsen handled Streamer and Source operations, while the SW Vespucci oversaw the OBN on a rope operations. XOcean provided multiple USVs for bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling.
May 2023– Jun 2023
BP

Client Representative

• TGS / SIDDIS MARINER West of Shetland

• Oversight of offshore operations, activities, and data QC.

• 4D OBN over the Clair Field, Node on a Rope survey. Survey within a busy production field, close passes and SIMOPS..

Mar-2023 Apr-2023
Eni. SpA & Egypt

Lead Client Representative & HSE Oversight

• PGS / Ramform Hyperion, Egypt

• Oversight of all offshore operations, activities, and data QC.

• 3D Geostreamer. 12 Streamers by 75m by 8km Triple source. Busy fishing grounds and shipping lanes.

• 3D Geostreamer. 6 Streamers by 75m by 8km Triple source. Ultra Shallow water >18 meters.

Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
Eni. SpA & Cote D’Ivoire

Lead Client Representative & HSE Oversight

• PGS / Ramform Atlas Ivory Coast.

• Oversight of all offshore operations, activities, and data QC.

• 3D & 4D Baseline Geostreamer. 16 Streamers by 75m by 7.5km with three long offset 10km streamers and Wide Tow Triple source.

• Shallow water area within busy fishing grounds and close passes.

Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Eni UK Ltd

Onshore and Offshore Project Oversight and QC

• Start-up and Technical audit of Node and Source vessels.

• Oversight of all offshore operations, activities, and data QC.

• Onshore at Shearwater Geo Gatwick Office. Oversee data quality and operations for Shallow water 3D OBN Node on a Rope for ENI UK Ltd,

• Cardon Capture Storage (CCS) appraisal in the Liverpool Bay Area to reuse and repurpose three depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Apr 2022 – May 2022
Eni UK Ltd

Lead Client Representative

• Shearwater / SW Bly, UK Liverpool Bay

• Oversight of all offshore operations, activities, and data QC.

• 3D HR Q Marine 4 x 2000 towed Streamer.

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage in the Liverpool Bay Area to reuse and repurpose depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs. Two surveys were acquired in parallel by shooting with tides in shallow Water, TSS shipping lane and utilizing current for close passes of installations.

Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Eni Angola

Lead Client Representative

• Shearwater / Amazon Conqueror, Angola, Block 15

• 4D Isometrix, 14 x 6000 towed Streamer. Two projects within a busy production field, within the lower Congo basin, complexed SIMOPS, High flowing currents and mixed fresh and saltwater bodies, high levels of FAD’s and in sea debris.

Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
Var Energi AS

Lead Client Representative

• PGS / Ramform Hyperion, Norway, NSC Block 25

• 4D GeoStreamer Streamer. Project within a busy production field, with complexed SIMOPS, hazardous area with multiple close passes within safety zones.

• Magseis / Normand Prosper / Sanco Spirit, Norway, NSC Block 25

• 4D OBN Survey with ROV Node deployed. Dual source shooting Vessel Sanco Spirit. Project within a busy production field and combined with SIMOPS

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Eni Vietnam

Lead Client Representative

• Shearwater / SW Vespucci, Vietnam, Block 116

• 3D Triple Source, 8 x 8000m streamers. Heavy fishing area / hazardous area with multiple close passes.

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Cuu Long

Lead Client Representative

• Polarcus / Alima & Asima, Vietnam, Block 15

• 3D Triple Source, Undershoot, 6 x 6000m streamers. Hazardous area with highly active fishing grounds.

Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
BGPO

Company Representative / Quality Control / Party Manager, BGPO

• BPG Crest Argus 2 / DKFT 2, Brunei.

• 3D & 4D OBN Node on a Rope survey for BSP (Shell Brunei). Survey within a busy production field with over 3000+ close passes and complex SIMOPS. Oversee the project Data Quality Control and client liaison

May 2025 - June 2025
TGS MC Europe

Lead Client Representative

3D & 4D Baseline Geostreamer. 14 Streamers by 75m by 7.5km with two long offset 10km streamers and Wide Tow Triple source.
July 2025
VAR

Lead Client Representative

4D GeoStreamer Streamer. Project within a busy production field, with complexed SIMOPS, a hazardous area with multiple close passes within safety zones.

RECENT Renewable Energy Projects

Jul 2024 – Sep 2024
RWE

Lead Client Representative

Wind Farm, UUHR3D & MBES coverage of the Dublin Array lease site and Export Cable Routes. The survey utilized the Geo-EEL and TTS UHR3D streamers, 4 x 100m long x 8m, equipped with dual source Sparkers and MBES.
Oct 2023 – May 2024
RWE and National Grid - COMMUNITY OFFSHORE WIND, LLC,

Lead Client Representative

P-Cable 3D ultra-high resolution (UHR) seismic survey and multibeam echo sounder (MBES) were conducted, delivering fully migrated data coverage of the entire 582 sq. km lease and Export Cable Routes. The survey utilized the PGS Sanco Swift, towing 8 x 100m long x 12.5m P-Cables, equipped with triple source sparkers and MBES.
July 2023 - Oct 2023
Eni UK Ltd

Lead Client Representative

A CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) hybrid survey over the Hewett field employed Iosmetrix Streamers, OBN (Ocean Bottom Nodes), and USVs (Uncrewed Surface Vessels) to achieve UHR (Ultra High Resolution) 3D coverage for future CCS use. The Shearwater SW Amundsen handled Streamer and Source operations, while the SW Vespucci oversaw the OBN on a rope operations. XOcean provided multiple USVs for bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling.
Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Eni UK Ltd

Onshore Project Oversight and QC

Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) in the Liverpool Bay Area with the aim of reusing and repurposing three depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs for future CO2 storage. Initiated and conducted a technical audit of Node and Source vessels in port. Oversaw the data quality and operations for the shallow water 3D OBN project from the Shearwater Office in Gatwick, UK.
Apr 2022 – May 2022
Eni UK Ltd

Lead Client Representative

• Shearwater / SW Bly, UK Liverpool Bay

• 3D HR Q Marine 4 x 2000 towed Streamer.

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage in the Liverpool Bay Area to reuse and repurpose depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs. Two surveys were acquired in parallel by shooting with tides in shallow Water, TSS shipping lane and utilizing current for close passes of installations.

May 2013 - Jul 2013
Forewind Ltd

Client Representative

• Gardline / Vigilant, UK - Dogger Bank

• UHR 2D Hydrographic survey for offshore wind farm. Shallow water.

May 2012 - Jun 2012
Forewind Ltd

Client Representative

• Gardline / Tridens 1, UK - Dogger Bank

• UHR 2D Hydrographic.

• HVDC Cable corridor survey for offshore Wind Farm

Full Project listing can be found on my LinkedIn page under Experience.

EDUCATION

2023

IOSH - Managing Safety

Responsibilities for health and safety, hazard identification, assessing and controlling risks, accident investigation and measuring performance.
2022

PRINCE2, PROJECT MANAGEMENT

A comprehensive curriculum in project management methodologies.
2016

PADI Scuba diving Instructor

Full Diving instructor, train and assesses competence of underwater divers under PADI and SSI
2002 - 2003

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Systems Engineer in Microsoft Windows NT operating systems, related desktop systems, networking, and Microsoft's BackOffice server products and other integrated IT systems.
1997-2000
CITY COLLEGE NORWICH

Higher National Diploma (HND), Electrical / Electronic Engineering

A comprehensive curriculum in engineering design, research, mathematics, industrial systems, industry IT applications, and professional engineering management

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

Mainstream survey packages in current use by the major survey contractors. In summary:

QC Software

• Checkpoint V2 Advanced Power User and project setup for single and Multiple Vessel

• Multiseis and Multistudio Advanced User and Project setup for single and Multiple Vessel

• QGIS, ArcGIS, Suffer, Global Mapper GeoMetis MX, AutoCAD

• All forms of MS Office and MS Windows, Linux.

Ocean Bottom Nodes

• Magseis Farfield Nodes multiple generations

• Geospace OBX

• Node On a Rope (NOAR) deployment and recovery

• ROV Node deployment and retrieval

Sources & Controllers

• Single, Dual, Tripel, Wide Tow

• Bolt, TI Sleeve, G & GI guns, Shearwater Harmony source

• TRIACQ, Seamap GUNLINK / SOURCELINK 4000, 2500. BIGShot, GASGC, Long Shot & Hotshot

• Hull mouthed & Deep Tow HV Sparkers, Boomers, Pingers

Recorders Systems

• Q-Marine TRIACQ, Isometrix

• gAS/Viper GeoStreamer

• ION DigiSTREAMER

• Sercel SEAL CMXL 408/428

• Geo Eel, P-Cable, HydroSciences HTi NTRS2, Geometrics

• CODA, Delph Seismic, Isis Sonar, Fugro Glog / Gplot, Edgetech

Streamer Cables

• Q-Marine & Isometrix

• GeoStreamer

• P-Cable multi Streamers

• Sercel Sentinel Solid

• ION DigiSTREAMER

• Geo Eel

• HydroSciences SeaMUX

Positioning Systems

Concept - Spectra & Orca NRT / Sprint, Reflex, CGG: SeaProNav, Shearwater TriNav, Fugro: MultiFix and StarFix, Gardline: Voyager 5, QUINCY. All types of GNSS and RGPS. In-Water Positioning systems; Sonardyne USBL, Kongsberg HiPAP Nautilus, DigiRANGE, DigiCOURSE, BuoyLink and GeoTrack.

Side Scan Sonars

Multiple Tow fish from Edgetech, Klein, GeoAcoustics, Datasonics Sidescan & Chirp combine deep tow.

Profilers, Echo Sounders & Multibeam Systems

Kongsberg SBP300, R2Sonic, Simrad EA & EM systems, Knudsen profiler / Echo sounder, Odom Echo sounder, Probe 5000, Mini Air Guns, Sub & Surface tow Boomers, Deep Tow Sparkers, Deep tow, and surface tow Boomers.

Magnetometer & Gradiometers

Geometrics, Aquascan, Marine Magnetics Seaspy, Gravity meters

Geotechnical

CPT, (Cone Penetrometer Testing), Kullenberg Piston coring, Gravity Coring, Vibration Coring, Box Coring, Grab Sampling, Heat Flow Conducive Probe, Deep water sampling.

Oceanographic

Tides Gauges, Current Meters, Wave Buoys, Acoustic Release Transponders

Environmental

Oversee offshore sampling and environmental studies, coral investigation, Kongsberg Drop camera, Seatronics DT6000 Camera system, Water Sampling systems and wide selection Environmental Sampling procedures

ROV / AUV / Other

Work class ROV’s pipe and cable surveys using Innovatum Smart Track & Pro Track, Rock Placement with Fall Pipe ROV. Fugro AUV