2010 Speaker Faculty

Carl K. Arnet, born 1956, holds the position as Chief Executive Officer of BW Offshore and APL.

Arnet has been employed as the CEO of BW Offshore since 1 September 2008 and the Managing Director of APL since 1996. Prior to joining APL, Arnet had various positions at Norsk Hydro in the period from 1981 to 1996, including Offshore Installation Manager and Vice President.

He holds a M.Sc. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Management (BI).

Carl K. Arnet is a board member of Nexus Floating Production in addition to holding a number of other board memberships and chairmanships in companies not related to the oil and gas sector.

For the last 35 years, Mr. Lyons has successfully secured the financing for offshore projects in 48 countries. With an emphasis on a long-term equity investment perspective, he has achieved sustainable and break through share holder value for projects involving FPSOs, sub sea infrastructure, next-generation and special-purpose vessels, high-specification rigs, and LNG facilities.

He has secured the front-end development funding required to support game-changing technologies for early-to-production systems, enhanced oil recovery techniques, ultra-deep water drilling, and sub sea robotics; and the capital required to complete corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Lyons has established six technology-intensive companies, including co-founding the energy venture capital company, Scotia Capital Corporation. He has served as Chairman of the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce, Founder & 1st Chairman of the Enterprise Forum, and President of the Marine Technology Society in Canada.

Mr. Lyons is a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He was selected as an honored member of “Who’s Who Among Top Executives in North America” and “Continental Who’s Who’. Mr. Lyons is a Founding Partner and President of Capital Partners Worldwide LLC, an international capital solutions and financial advisory company.

Dr. Arun Kr. Dev is a highly professional naval architect & marine engineer with specialization in ship & offshore hydrodynamics as well as ship & offshore structures. Due to working in shipyards, Dr. Dev has experiences in management of new shipbuildings in terms of design, engineering and project engineering management. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1977 from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka with a First Class First. He then worked a couple of years in a ship design & inspection office (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority – BIWTA) with a Dutch Expert Team in Dhaka. As a young Naval Architect, his first accomplishment was study, completion and publication of the book “Guidelines for Construction of Inland Steel Vessels” in 1980, which was done first time in Bangladesh. Dr. Dev is the pioneering designer of first Bay-crossing coastal cargo vessels (NK Class) in 1980. 26 nos. of 600 DWT Dry Cargo vessels were built based on his single design in Bangladesh and laid the foundation for building coastal cargo vessels in Bangladesh now. He left Bangladesh in early 1981 to work in shipyards (first Jurong Shipyard and then Singmarine Shipyard) in Singapore.

In 1983, Dr. Dev received his ORS (Overseas Research Students) award to do his Master of Science by research in Marine (Offshore) Technology as a PG Research Student at Strathclyde University on a noble topic titled “Motion Characteristics of a Ring Hull Semi-submersible in Waves (numerical & experimental)” and obtained his MSc degree in 1985. In 1991, he again worked as a research scientist in Shiphydromechanics Laboratory of Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), Netherlands, from where he obtained his Doctorate in 1996 on a thesis titled “Viscous Effects in Drift Forces on Semi-Submersibles” working under a renowned professor named Prof. Dr. Ir. J.A. Pinkster. The research works contained extensive numerical works validated with many innovative experimental works carried out at both TUDelft and MARIN.

Since 1997, Dr. Dev worked for more than 10 years in Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd in various positions. He was the Deputy General Manager (Technical) in Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd and also General Manager of Marine Technology Development Pte Ltd, a Company under Keppel Offshore & Marine, where R&D is done for ship design & development. Dr. Dev has also worked as a Structural Engineering designing jackets for offshore Malaysia. Dr. Dev has also worked as a local consultant for NORAD, Norway for design standardization and maintenance of inland steel landing pontoons in Bangladesh in eighties.

Dr. Dev has recently (2008) joined Newcastle University Marine International (NUMI) - Singapore for its BEng with honours programme in Naval Architecture as its first Director. Before taking up this latest academic career, he also taught at University Technology Malaysia as well as in Singapore Maritime Academy. He has also attended numerous courses on technology, management, leadership, etc. at various programmes over his entire professional career as part of continuous professional development.

Dr. Dev is a Fellow of RINA and IMarEST, a Member of SNAME since 1978, an elected council member of RINA and also the Immediate Past Chairman of the Singapore Joint Branch of RINA and IMarEST. Dr. Dev is also a member of ECOR, Canada and Fellow of SNAMES, Singapore. He is registered as CEng with the UK Engineering Council and CMarTech & CMarEng with IMarEST, UK. Dr. Dev has published many technical papers in international conferences and journals. Dr. Dev was the Chairman of the organizing committee of international conferences on Technology and Operation of Offshore Support Vessels, “OSV Singapore 2005” and “OSV Singapore 2007”, which is a bi-ennial conference started by the Singapore Joint Branch.

Dr. Dev has led many different designs of tugs and OSVs of various bollard pull capacities. One of the large design projects Dr Dev has also led is the design of a 28K DWT FSO (ice class) for LUKoil in Caspian Sea. His design especially is mainly in the areas of hull optimization, structural design, machinery layout and system design, propulsion optimization, DP-capability, accommodation layouts, noise & vibration, increasing deck area and cargo volume, critical machinery selection criteria, etc.

Dr. Dev was born and grew up in southern part of Bangladesh, where he saw boats, motors launches and paddle steamers almost daily since very young in the river flowing past his home town. It perhaps created a lasting impression in his young mind to become so close connected with ships and then offshore structures through postgraduate education.

Prof. R. Sundaravadivelu is from the Ocean Engineering Department, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

He has more than 30 years of experience in teaching, research and consultancy projects in India and abroad. He has guided 17 PhD students and has more than 150 technical publications in International journals and conferences. He has organized many international conferences and also chaired technical sessions in Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering conference conducted by ASME.

He has carried out model studies on Single Buoy Mooring Systems for ONGC, India and new types of deepwater structures like Dry Tree Submersible, Non Ship shaped Spar, etc for Deepwater Structures, Inc. Texas USA. He has developed a Jacket Spar design for offshore desalination and Classic Spar design for Offshore Wind Mill.

He is the member of RINA, ASME, IAHR, PIANC and FNAE (Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering)

Dr. Emmanuel-Douglas is a lecturer and formerly Head of the Department of Marine Engineering at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. He obtained an M.Sc in Marine Engineering in 1980 from the Gdansk Technical University, Poland and a Ph.D at the Cranfield Institute of Technology in 1986. He started his teaching & research career in 1981 at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Lecturer between 1981 and 1983 and returned to the Institution in 1986 after his Ph.D studies. He has wide experience in teaching, research and design of marine systems. He is presently the Director of Industrial Training of the University.

Frank Lim is Principal Director of 2H Offshore, a company that has pioneered technologies for riser systems that are now deployed in deepwater regions around the world. Dr. Lim’s offshore oil and gas career began in 1983 upon graduation in the UK, and continued through numerous projects in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and Brazil, until recently when he turned his interests to deepwater projects in the Asia Pacific, supporting them from the 2H Kuala Lumpur regional office he set up more than a year ago. A fellow of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers, he is a regular author of technical papers and speaker at conferences.

Mr. Major holds a BSc in Naval Architecture and an MSc in Computer Science from NTNU in Trondheim 1976. Mr. Major has previous experience as Vice President Business Development in Advanced Production and Loading from 1995 to 2005; Technical Director in Ericsson AS from 1994 to 1995; Founder and Managing Director of Semafor Data, later Semafor AS from 1983 to 1994 (Semafor AS was acquired by Ericsson AS in 1994); Independent Consultant from 1979 to 1983; Research Engineer at NSFI, The Ship Research Institute of Norway (now Marintek), from 1976 to 1979. Mr. Major is a Norwegian citizen with residence in Arendal, Norway

Mr. Håvard Devold is Vice President Oil and Gas Offshore for ABB, responsible for development and follow up of ABB business in the offshore market wordwide. Reponsibilities also include ABBmarket development in the Middel East, Russia and the global FPSO market. Håvard graduated from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway with a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He has 27 years of experience in ABB working with various process industries, with main experience in Electrical, Automation and Technology development to the Oil and Gas industry.

JC Hueber has more than 36 years experience in the offshore oil & gas industry; engineering, construction, project and corporate management, strategic planning, capability development, and marketing & sales.

JC began his career in the O&G industry in 1974 with Monaco based SINGLE BUOY MOORING Inc. (SBM). During his service with SBM, he installed many floating systems, notably the 1st world prototype SALS FSO for SHELL Spain on Castellon field in 1977, and the second SALS FSO for ESSO PRODUCTION MALAYSIA (EPMI) on Pulai field in 1978. Then in 1979, he then decided to move to Malaysia, and joined and worked for EPMI on numerous field development projects until 1989. Thereafter, he served PETRONAS CARIGALI for 11 years, involved in several large field development programs such as DULANG and BARDEGG projects, and in corporate strategic planning & capability development ( Hijrah initiatives). Then in 2000, he joined Technip Geoproduction where he was involved in several large projects, inclusive of CTOC offshore field development and the Dung Quat refinery in Vietnam, mainly in project management and commercial proposals. In 2006 when SBM decided to establish their engineering operating center in KL, he re-joined them and developed/expanded their business within SEA region through marketing and sales. In March 2008, he decided to become an independent consultant and helped few Malaysian companies, notably Olio Resources Sdn Bhd.

In May 2009, JC joined Houston based SSP Offshore Inc. and has been since operating from Kuala Lumpur. His main responsibilities are focused in helping in the finalization of the technical development phase of SSP Offshore Inc’s proprietary round shape hull floater technology for FPSO/FDPSO applications, as well as in the current commercialization phase. His geographical targets for marketing the SSP floaters covers Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand, Middle East, and the Caspian region.

JC holds a degree in mechanical engineering from UT of Nice, France. Prior to venture into the O&G industry, he spent 10 years of R&D in the fields of nuclear physics (accelerators of particles) and chemistry-physics at the Scientific University of Nice, France.

JC has now been more than 31 years in Malaysia. Beside his main professional activities, he also dedicates some of his time on a voluntary basis to serve the Malaysian Oil & Gas Services Council (MOGSC) as the Secretary of the “Deepwater Working Group” in support for the local O&G industry and PETRONAS.

Joseph Kilchrist, P. E. - Director Offshore Operations, has three decades of upstream operations experience in the oil & gas industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Louisiana – Lafayette, is a registered professional engineer, and holds an International Well Control Forum combined surface and subsurface BOP stack drilling supervisor certificate. His expertise encompasses technical audits, economic evaluations, contract issues, and legal/regulatory requirements. His outstanding project management skills include analysis, client relations, organization, timelines, and budgetary constraints. Mr. Kilchrist has the demonstrated verbal skills to communicate from the rig floor to the board room. He is an accomplished author with professional papers published in the industry. Mr. Kilchrist’s consulting, drilling / production, and engineering experience spans thirteen states in America, the Gulf of Mexico, offshore California, offshore Alaska, and globally in Turkey, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. He has experience in subnormal, normal, and abnormally pressured environments. Mr. Kilchrist’s management roles have been with the integrated majors as well as independents.

Julian holds a BSc (Hons) in Politics with Economics from the University of Bath. He has acted as lead author on a variety of reports, including Infield Systems Ltd 2009-2013 Leased FPSO Market Report and Infield Systems Ltd 2009-2013 Deep and Ultra-deepwater Market Report, he also contributed to Infield Systems Ltd Floating Production Market Report 2009-2013. In addition to annual market overviews Julian has also worked on a bespoke basis with several leading international fabrication yards, advising on market dynamics and positioning relative to key clients. Julian is also a regular contributor to ‘Offshore Engineer’ and ‘Offshore Magazine’ publications, and has a particular interest in the relationship between developments in the offshore energy industry and prevailing macro conditions.

Mr. Chan is responsible for EOC’s overall financial operations and also heads the Group’s investor relations and corporate services divisions. Before spearheading EOC’s listing on the Oslo Bors in October 2007, Mr. Chan was the Assistant General Manager (Marketing and Corporate Finance) at Ezra Holdings Limited where he helped to initiate and oversee several of the company’s financing deals since its IPO in August 2003. Mr. Chan has more than 8 years of experience in commercial and corporate banking, having held several positions at United Overseas Bank Limited. He holds an MBA from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University.

Corporate Profile
EOC Limited (“EOC”, “Group” or the “Company”) is the leading owner and operator of floating production, storage and offloading (“FPSO”) and offshore construction services contractor based in Asia. We add value throughout the life cycle of oil and gas production, from exploration, through facility development, production, operations, maintenance and abandonment. We operate throughout Australasia and the Middle East in 4 focused business segments, namely:

• Floating production storage and offloading systems;
• Pipe lay, heavy lift, transportation and installation;
• Accommodation barges and marine support services; and
• Engineering and project management of turret mooring systems, heavy lift, transport and installation.

The unique integration of engineering, offshore construction, operation of FPSOs and marine support vessels differentiates EOC from its competitors. By offering synergies and cost savings through the life of the field development, EOC is able to competitively position itself as an integrated solutions provider for the offshore energy sector.

Incorporated in February 2007, EOC is a spin off from Ezra Holdings Limited, the leading Singapore based Anchor Handling, Towing and Supply vessel operator in Asia Pacific. EOC is headquartered in Singapore and has a healthy string of long term contracts with multinationals, national oil companies and independent operators. Currently, the Group is the owner of three heavy lift construction and accommodation units (one with pipe laying capability), and one FPSO which was delivered in August 2008.

FPSO Projects
Lewek Arunothai – gas compression unit operating in the Gulf of Thailand
Chim Sao FPSO – expected First Oil in July 2011, currently undergoing conversion works in Keppel Shipyard

Simon has extensive experience working as a chemical engineer in the local and international process industry. In this capacity he has provided process safety expertise to major hazard facilities. Subsequently he has worked as a senior regulator administering legislation governing activities of a wide range of industries.

Simon leads the national regulatory operations of NOPSA which are carried out by five teams of occupational health and safety inspectors based in Perth and Melbourne.

David Galbraith has over 30 years experience in the offshore industry working with both contractors, consultancies and with operators. He is a civil engineering by training and member of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Energy Institute. His offshore career began with 10 years in design contracting which included green field and brown field designs, fabrication and installation supervision and operational support. This was followed by 12 years with Mobil North Sea Limited during which time he was responsible for all structural aspects of their European offshore structures. During this period he was seconded to the joint industry Offshore Decommissioning Communications Project lobbying opinion and decision makers following the first attempt to dispose of Brent Spar.

In 2000 he returned to consultancy with his own company which he sold in 2006. One particular project during this time was the preparation of the UKOOA / HSE Fire and Explosion guidance.

He has been heavily involved in the preparation of ISO standard where he is Convenor of ISO TC67 SC7 WG3 and project leader for ISO 19902 and for the forthcoming ISO 19901 3. HE has a number of industry firsts to his credit including the first use of carbon fibres for strengthening structural steelwork and the first diverless structural repairs.

He joined Sigma Offshore Ltd in late 2008 where he is Chief Technology Officer.