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Selected Projects Team members have been involved with prior to joining the ATSL Team

  • Modelling of chemicals for various clients in the USA, Canada, Germany, Middle East, Korea, Trinidad. Clients included Qatar Petroleum, Huntsman Chemicals, Tesoro Refinery in addition to numerous other clients.

  • Supporting RBI Implementation programs for clients such as:

    • Suncor Energy - Circuitizing of P&ID's for Firebag project located in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada

    • BP Texas City Refinery - Circuitizing of P&ID's for selected process units such as Cokers, De-Sulphurization etc.

    • N2000 Plant - Field verification and inspection for fixed process equipment and pressure relief valves in addition to circuitizing of P&ID's and equipment data gathering.

    • BHP Billiton Trinidad - Field verfication and inspection of all fixed equipment and pressure relief valves for the onshore tank farm, in addition to the Angostura, Kairi and K2 offshore platforms.  

Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Implementation

Mechanical Integrity Inspections

  • General offshore platform inspections for Shell Trinidad (previously BGTT), BPTT, EOG Resources Trinidad Limited, Trinmar, Trinity Exploration & Production Limited, Perenco TSP Asset (previously Repsol E&P Trinidad). Over 40+ platforms completed.

  • General onshore facilities inspections for Shell Trinidad (previously BGTT), National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago (NGC), BHP Billition Trinidad. This included tank farm, slug catcher facilities, gathering station and processing facilities and valve stations. 

  • API 14C Safety Systems Gap assessment and inspection of 14 offshore facilities within the TSP Asset

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Pipeline Inspection

  • Co-ordinating the 2007 BHP Billiton Trinidad inspection campaign

  • Co-ordinating the 2006 Shell Trinidad (previously BGTT) Hibiscus pipeline inspection campaign

Asset Integrity Management (AIM) Projects

  • Review of design engineering documents from installation contractor

  • Methodology for core sampling and testing of compressive strength in concrete coated pipe

  • Specifications for FBE coating and pipe remediation

  • Scope of work for FBE coating and pipe remediation

  • Review of rock berm designs and calculations

  • Concrete coating and pipe remediation of export pipelines

  • Review of alignment sheets

  • Pipe inspection Tally sheets

  • Material requisitions for purchase of pipe and anodes

  • Wall thickness and cathodic protection designs

Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)

National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago (NGC)

  • Onshore Topographic survey

  • Cathodic protection design

  • Wall Thickness design

  • Interface with anode manufacturer

  • Specifications, reports and calculations for FEED study and detailed engineering design including flow assurance and mechanical design

  • Witnessed processes at pipe mill, plate mill, FBE coating and concrete coating plants

  • Client representative onboard vessels during anchor installation, pipelay, HDD, Hydro testing, de-watering, pre-commissioning and commissioning operations

  • Client representative onboard vessel during Topside platform installation

  • Client representative during SIT for umbilical, installation, and troubleshooting for umbilicals

  • Client representative onboard survey vessels for pre-lay and post lay survey of pipeline as well as span rectification

  • Client representative during hydro testing of pig launchers for platform

  • Developed tracking registry for technical issues during construction and installation

Shell USA

  • Lead team of design engineers

  • Evaluate shallow water pipelay and trenching and backfilling contractors

  • Development of schedule and cost estimates

  • Review of design reports and client requirements

  • Preparation of RFP documents

  • Design of large diameter export pipeline

  • Client peer review meeting and review of subsea structures design documents

  • Close out of project files and documents

  • Developed scope of works for valves and materials engineers

Pipeline Engineering Projects

TransCanada

Shell Trinidad & Tobago (Previously BGTT)

  • FEED Verification

  • Design Development on-bottom stability analysis and buckle arrestor

  • Design and interface for cathodic protection, on-bottom roughness, curve stability and route planning​​

  • Flow line lateral and upheaval buckling and susceptibility analysis

  • Detailed engineering design

  • ExxonMobil interface

  • EPC schedule basis and development

  • FEED reports

  • Deepwater subsea pig launcher and receiver qualification report

  • Construction schedule, pre-commissioning equipment and power list

  • Strategic Environmental Assessment 

  • Offshore Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for NAD-Serrette, East Coast Trinidad.

  • Post-drill monitoring surveys at Chachalaca, Coconut, Cannonball, Mahogany, Ibis and Immortelle/Flamboyant. 

  • Marine Environmental Study and Barium Assessment of the Savonette study area. 

  • Offshore Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Savonette, East Coast, Trinidad.  

BP Trinidad & Tobago

Petro-Canada

  • Drill Cuttings Discharge Monitoring Study at Bene-A​

  • Post Drill Monitoring Study at Bene-1

  • Drill Cuttings Discharge Monitoring Study at Sancoche-A

  • Post Drill Monitoring Study at Sancoche-1

      Oceanographic data collection at beaches in Grenada

  • Grande Anse Beach

  • Bathway beach

  • Telescope beach

  • Petite Bacayay beach

Marine Environmental Baseline

  • Construction of a New Landing Stage, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad. 

  • Desalination Plant at the Marine Area, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad.  

Assessment of Living Shorelines structures & initiatives

  • Pensacola Florida â€‹â€‹

  • Mobile Alabama

  • Biloxi Mississippi 

Canadian Superior Energy

  • Environmental Baseline Survey for Intrepid 5 (c) Exploration Well, East Coast, Trinidad

Miscellaneous Environmental Studies

  • Marine Environmental Study at Chatham, Trinidad. 

  • Environmental Scoping Study, Port Development at Little Bay, Montserrat. 

  • Dredging and Disposal of Dredged Material offshore La Brea, Trinidad

  • Dredge Spoil Assessment Report for Atlantic LNG. 

  • Investigating the Flushing time within the Buccoo Reef/Bon Accord Lagoon. Tobago 

  • Oceanographic data collection at Dhein`s Bay, Chaguaramas, Trinidad 

  • Physical Modelling of soft engineering structures within a wave flume 

  • Assessment of erosion along shorelines in Tobago 

  • Flora Assessment, Aripo Savannah. Trinidad 

  • Fauna Assessment, Chaguaramas, Caroni Swamp, Chacachacare Island

  • Construction and Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring at Guapo Shoreline Protection Project.

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the establishment of Port Facilities at Galeota, Trinidad

Environmental Projects

  • Involved with new project initiatives pertaining to corrosion, materials selection, materials performance and mechanical integrity management.

  • Supported applied R&D program with regular workshops per corrosion modeling, flow assurance, inter-disciplinary exercises, findings leading to studies for Petrobras & Trinities O&G.

  • Development, delivery of corrosion, materials, mechanical integrity, training modules for BP (Alaska, Houston & Trinidad via webinar at BP Training Site Westlake, 2016).  

  • Vars project initiatives in corrosion and materials performance, incl. best practice corrosion modeling, lab & field testing, corrosion monitoring, corrosion management, FFS, CP/coatings.

  • BP Hopkins project supporting deliverables for corrosion and integrity management.

  • Stone Derbio, proposals for weld corrosion, CP/Coatings, preservation, and mechanical integrity

  • BP Thunderhorse South Expansion, Corrosion and Integrity management detail Incl. correlation of modeling, field, lab qualification data, attendance at BP working party meetings and PHHSR workshops.

  • BP Atlantis Water Injection corrosion and integrity management; application of best practices.

  • Kodiak subsea tie back ; multi-disciplined third party reviews per materials, corrosion, CP/welding.

  • Kodiak integrated systems fitness of purpose for topsides, subsea, downhole, and preservation studies.

  • ExxonMobil Scarborough project design and corrosion management, incl. corrosion monitoring workshops.

  • Newfoundland Research and Development Corporation(RDC) harsh conditions Safety and Integrity.

  • BP Corrosion strategy and Inhibitor qualification  for Thunderhorse South Extension (THSX).

  • BP Juniper Asset, Trinidad, transitional phase, materials, corrosion/erosion and integrity.

  • Chevron Greater Longui Area (GLA) West Africa. materials selection and top of line corrosion.

  • Ocean-flow Star Engineering Services Inc. Review of materials and design Kodiak subsea asset)

  • Chevron Workshop Consulting per Corrosion Management Strategy Lianzi Offshore West Africa. 

  • Marine Well Containment (MWCC) Including development of long term storage plans.

  • BP Corrosion Management detailed strategies for THSX) select phase.

  • Maersk Chissonga high level Corrosion Management Strategy (CMS) design competition.

  • Shell Permian Basin, West Texas; Corrosion Management for unmanned production facilities.

  • Development of Corrosion Management Strategy (CMS) for Repsol – COEVA ptroject

  • Development of departmental Corrosion Management Strategies guidelines and work process.

  • Corrosion and Pigging studies: White paper for PDVSA APS phase.

  • Corrosion integrity management SME support for BP Thunderhorse: Flowlines, Riser reliability

  • Risk and IM support for BP Atlantis flowlines, review historical corrosion modeling work.

  • Re-write of the CP specifications for CVX Corporate standardization

Miscellaneous Projects executed by Dr. Binder Singh

Corrosion Management & Materials Technology

  • Project management for various, Oil and Gas concept, FEED, detail design projects.

  • CP/coatings third part reviews of integrated systems designed by different vendors, e.g. the Independence Hub.

  • Performance of established coatings FBE, 3LPP/3LPE, thermal spray aluminum (TSA), marine.

  • Shell & ExxonMobil; corrosion, inspection, IM, failure, testing, field trials, CP/coatings, for GOM assets.

  • In-Service Inspections, offshore GOM, overseas investigations Russia, Brazil, India, UK, etc.

  • Risk based integrity programs, inspection matrices, and corrosion modeling applications.

  • Troubleshooting; topsides (pumps/heat exchangers), subsea risers/flowlines/stress joints, umbilical’s (Seacat & ROV tethers), multiple failure investigations and solution developments.

  • Assessments of unexpected material responses, subsea metal/metal seal failures, abnormal CP, coatings performance under deep and shallow subsea environments.

  • Supporting INTECSEA project staff to review drawings, materials, corrosion and CP/coating systems for the Canyon Express project.

  • Design and execution of bespoke tests for Oceaneering ROV umbilical corrosion issues: unique flow rig inhibitor evaluation. Involved design and construction of a flow loop, commissioning, and performing test trials with selected filming inhibitor, Reporting and implementing recommendations with client.

  • Supporting the BP Mardi Gras pipeline project at LR offices

  • Marathon, CP & TSA instrumented buoy sea trials, crevice corrosion testing for CRA fasteners (SPAR),

  • Shell Deepwater GOM subsea metal to metal seals integrity project, developing refrigerated cold electrochemistry trials to formulate solutions for CRA`s and CP interactions.

  • Offshore I-Rod cold brittle testing via bespoke procedures, to successful application conclusions

  • Shell Liaison –Development of applied corrosion testing, and thermal imaging of defected pipe spool trials, via artificially induced heat transfer.

  • SES plus multi operator development of working solutions to counter bolting/fastener hydrogen embrittlement/cracking, under chloride corrosion fatigue, with and without CP Utilizing near full scale component tests at vendor site.

  • Critical assessment per drastic early wind turbine coatings failures offshore Irish Sea.

  • Corrosion Risk & IM support for BP Mad Dog phase2 with focus on Hull & Moorings. Similarly for Chevron Jack St Malo, Luva, Petrobras Cascade-Chinook, and MWCC integrity engineering.

  • ISO 19901 Structural Integrity Management (SIM) Industry Committee member (Pub for 2017)

  • Supported Statoil, Chevron Jack St Malo, Luva and Petrobras Chinook- Cascade projects

  • Development of Corrosion, Integrity, CP, Coatings, threshold KPI`s for Petrobras CC.

  • Assessment of Mad Dog 2 Corrosion Management Strategies via PEER group reviews

  • Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC)- integrated strategy detail per long term (25 yr+).

Asset

         Integrity

                           Management.         

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