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New bend stiffeners will be deployed on the Quad204 project.

A study was undertaken to predict fowlines led to the decision to clad Andrew Train is the frequency of fow-induced pulsa- all the new fowlines with corrosion the project director tions within the development and give resistant alloy in order to mitigate this for the offshore an understanding of the susceptibility problem in the future. program element of of the existing structures to fatigue When work was frst starting on the the BP Quad 204 failure. Work is now underway to Schiehallion development, the west of project. He has determine how suitable supports can Shetland area was frequently referred worked with BP for be installed by ROV onto the existing to within the oil and gas industry as 23 years in various structures while they are in place on the Atlantic frontier. roles, including the seabed: this will be a challenging In the early 1990s, Schiehallion was project engineering, process. pioneering, not just for BP but for the commercial management and project

With respect to the new equipment industry as a whole, and it was instru- management. He has a degree in Civil it is comparatively straightforward to mental in helping to develop a great Engineering from the University of tackle this—additional bracing can deal of deeper water capability, which Strathclyde and an MBA from the be designed alongside the new equip- in turn enabled other deep water University of Warwick. ment, onshore and prior to installation: developments around the world to be this is still a complex task but achiev- undertaken. Bob MacDonald, able when considered early enough in It is hoped that Quad 204 will have regional director, the design process. a similar impact today, in terms of Wood Group Kenny

It should be noted, however, that the pushing forward the frontiers of what (North Sea), started fact that this is a redevelopment has is possible, and how things are done his career in the not only brought challenges but also with respect to feld life extension and subsea industry 20 some benefts in so much as it has been subsea redevelopment. years ago. He holds possible to factor in valuable informa- The oil and gas industry is being a degree in engi- tion, lessons learned and experience called on to apply increasing levels neering technology gained from the existing development of ingenuity to tackle increasingly and a masters in offshore engineering, into the design of the new facilities. complex developments: Quad 204 has both from Robert Gordon University,

For example, fve new fowlines are brought together a world-class team Aberdeen. He has held a wide variety being added to the development, and in terms of subsea knowledge and of roles within the subsea sector, 10 of the existing production fowlines expertise and should go some way working extensively offshore and needed to be replaced as a result of towards building a capability that can latterly on overseas assignments in corrosion. The experience and assess- be applied to other projects around the Europe, North and South America and ment of corrosion in the existing world. in the Middle East.

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