I have been working in applied meteorology and oceanography since 1987, primarily in the oil and gas sector. I have extensive experience in metocean data acquisition, analysis, and criteria development in most regions of the world and engineering applications, particularly for floating systems. I have been working on Shell’s floating LNG projects since 2006.
In Australia, I am not only acting as the Lead Metocean Engineer, responsible for development and technical assurance of all metocean-related deliverables, but I also manage Shell’s investment at University of Western Australia in the Shell Offshore Engineering research group and the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub in offshore floating systems (total funding ~AU$20M). This has brought me into closer contact with related disciplines of offshore geotechnics, offshore engineering and naval architecture, both in academia and industry.
I am chair of the Steering Committee of a joint industry project with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to improve tropical cyclone forecasting in Western Australia and co-chair of the Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography.
- Company:Shell Australia Pty Ltd
- Short Bio:Lead Metocean Engineer
- www.uwa.edu.au
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