Track record

Eight major projects, concept to operations.

Twenty-five years delivered from inside the client's organization: the first-of-a-kind facilities, the safety record they were built with, and every phase each project was carried through. Most project people are either front-end people or execution people. Very few have taken projects from concept selection through FID and on into construction and operations — which is what makes the judgment at either end worth buying.

Proof

Fifteen first-of-a-kinds, delivered from the client's side of the table.

Advisory credibility is not something you claim. It is a record of first-of-a-kind facilities that had to be engineered, permitted and built with no precedent to copy — and the safety record they were delivered with.

Energía Costa Azul LNG Sempra Infrastructure · Mexico · Project Director
  • The only LNG project in the world to reach FID in 2020 — in the middle of the pandemic.
  • The world’s first onshore LNG facility to use the APCI DMR liquefaction process.
  • The world’s first LNG facility to use a hybrid seawater and air cooling process.
  • The world’s smallest onshore footprint for a liquefaction train — which significantly increases the construction challenge.
  • Mexico’s first LNG liquefaction facility.
  • Only the second LNG facility anywhere built with the liquefaction train inside a live operating plant, designed for simultaneous liquefaction and regasification.
Woodfibre LNG Pacific Energy · Canada · Senior Project Director / VP Projects
  • The world’s first net-zero emissions LNG facility.
  • The world’s first LNG export facility driven electrically by renewable hydroelectricity.
  • The world’s largest onshore mega-modules.
  • Canada’s first LNG liquefaction facility to reach FID.
  • Canada’s first project with an Indigenous government, the Squamish Nation, acting as environmental regulator.
Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal CLP · Hong Kong · Project Director & Engineering Director
  • The world’s largest offshore LNG terminal, at 7.1 MTPA import capacity.
  • The world’s deepest subsurface pipe installation by jetting.
  • Hong Kong’s first LNG facility, feeding two power stations totaling 10 GW.
  • One of only three offshore LNG import projects in the world.
Gladstone LNG Santos · Australia · Project Manager, reimbursable scope
  • One of the world’s first modularized LNG facilities — 111 modules fabricated in the Philippines and shipped to Curtis Island.
West Kimberley Power EDL · Australia · Engineering Manager & Lead Commissioning Engineer
  • Australia’s first large-scale diesel-to-gas power transition.
  • A complete small-scale LNG chain: liquefaction at Karratha, road tankers, and four remote regasification terminals with gas-fired power stations.
Kwispaa FLNG Steelhead LNG · Canada · Engineering Manager, then Project Manager
  • Named designer on the Kwispaa FLNG patent — four 6 MTPA floating liquefaction facilities with a 1,000 MW CCGT power station.

24 million work hours without a lost-time injury — 10 million at Energía Costa Azul, 14 million in Hong Kong. Both were under my direct accountability, and on both I set up the client-led safety program before FID and then implemented it through execution. This is not a total across every project on this page. It is the record on the two where the safety system was mine to design and mine to deliver.

What sets this apart

I have been the name on the accountability line.

Most capital project advisers have reviewed megaprojects, audited them, or run a function on one. Very few have been the single named person accountable for delivering one.

Sole project director · EPC execution
  • Energía Costa Azul LNG~$2B · Mexico · 2020–2023
  • Woodfibre LNG~$6B · Canada · 2024
  • Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal~$1.5B · FEED through EPCIC · 2018–2020
Sole accountability · FEED and FID readiness
  • St Charles Clean Fuels~$4B blue ammonia and hydrogen · two parallel FEEDs, reporting to the CEO · 2024–2026
And the result

On Energía Costa Azul and Hong Kong I also set up the client-led safety program before FID and then implemented it through execution. Across those two projects: 24 million work hours without a single lost-time injury. Designing the system and then being accountable for delivering against it are the same argument — the safety record is what that argument looks like in practice.

Answerable to the joint venture for every part of delivery — the estimate, the schedule, the contractor, the regulator, and the safety of everyone on site. That is a different qualification from assessing a project from the outside. It changes what you notice in a schedule, which risks you take seriously, and whether you are willing to tell a board something it does not want to hear.

$20B+delivered
8major projects
24Mwork hours LTI-free, directly accountable
25years, client-side
Direct delivery accountability Not involved in this phase Single point of accountability
Project
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID Readiness
EPC Execution
Operations
St Charles Clean Fuels Blue ammonia and hydrogen · 1.4 MTPA · ~$4B · Louisiana, USA Senior Project Director · 2024–2026Sole accountability · FEED & FID readiness
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Woodfibre LNG LNG export · 2.1 MTPA · ~$6B · British Columbia, Canada Senior Project Director / VP Projects · 2024Sole accountability · EPC execution
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Energía Costa Azul LNG LNG export · 3.2 MTPA · ~$2B · Ensenada, Mexico Project Director · 2020–2023Sole accountability · EPC execution
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal FSRU, offshore platform and subsea pipelines · 7.1 MTPA · ~$1.5B · Hong Kong Project Director · 2018–2020Sole accountability · FEED through EPCIC
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Kwispaa FLNG FLNG · 4 × 6 MTPA · Sarita Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada Project Manager · 2016–2018
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
West Africa FLNG FLNG · 2.5 MTPA · Fortuna, New Age Congo & Cameroon FLNG Project Manager · 2014–2016
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Gladstone LNG LNG export · 7.8 MTPA · ~$10B · Curtis Island, Australia Project Manager, reimbursable scope · 2008–2014
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
West Kimberley Power Project Small-scale LNG & gas power · 200 tpd + 4 regas terminals and power stations · ~$0.5B · Western Australia Engineering Manager & Lead Commissioning Engineer · 2005–2008
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Santos Ltd — Operations Brownfield Projects† Brownfield oil & gas · Moomba & Ballera, Australia Senior Project Engineer · 2002–2005
Pre-FEED
FEED
FID
EPC
Ops
Projects per phase
Pre-FEED2
FEED6
FID7
EPC6
Ops2

† Santos Ltd — Operations Brownfield Projects is early-career operations and brownfield project work. It is shown here because it is where the operations-phase experience comes from, but it is not counted among the eight major projects. Two marks against St Charles FEED: two parallel FEEDs run for separate work scopes. Sectors span LNG export, FLNG, FSRU, FSU and offshore LNG import platforms, blue ammonia and hydrogen, gas power generation, and greenfield and brownfield projects — delivered across Australia, Canada, the USA, Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, France and the UK.

Project detail — open any project to compare configuration, technology, contractor and contracting strategy against your own.

St Charles Clean FuelsBlue ammonia and hydrogen · 1.4 MTPA · ~$4B · Louisiana, USA
Joint venture
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (operator and project lead) and International-Matex Tank Terminals
Configuration
Greenfield and brownfield onshore blue ammonia and hydrogen facility; first phase one train at 1.4 MTPA
Technology
Topsoe ammonia
Power
100 MW grid import
Modularization
78 modules
FEED contractors
Hyundai, and S&B Engineers and Contractors
Contracting
EPC&C lump sum, provisional sum and reimbursable — approx. $4B
Woodfibre LNGLNG export · 2.1 MTPA · ~$6B · Squamish, Canada
Joint venture
Pacific Energy (operator and project lead) and Enbridge
Configuration
Greenfield onshore LNG liquefaction, one train at 2.1 MTPA
Technology
APCI C3MR
Power
140 MW hydroelectric grid import — fully electrically driven
Modularization
16 modules including 2 mega-modules, fabricated at QMW’s yard in Qingdao, China
Principal contractor
McDermott International; major subcontractors Kiewit and Ledcor Bird
Contracting
EPC&C lump sum and reimbursable — approx. $6B
Energía Costa Azul LNGLNG export · 3.2 MTPA · ~$2B · Ensenada, Mexico
Joint venture
Sempra Infrastructure (operator and project lead) and TotalEnergies
Configuration
Brownfield onshore LNG export facility, one train at 3.2 MTPA, built inside a live operating regasification terminal
Technology
APCI DMR, with hybrid seawater and air cooling
Power
60 MW on-site (5 × Solar Titan 130) plus 40 MW grid import
Mechanical drives
2 × GE LM6000, 60 MW each
Principal contractor
Technip Energies; major subcontractors ICA Fluor and Bonatti
FEED contractors
Bechtel and Technip Energies — competitive FEED
Contracting
EPC&C lump sum — approx. $2B
Hong Kong Offshore LNG TerminalFSRU, offshore platform and subsea pipelines · 7.1 MTPA · ~$1.5B · Hong Kong
Joint venture
CLP (operator and project lead) and Hong Kong Electric
Configuration
Double-berth offshore LNG platform — fixed multi-jacket substructure and topsides — with permanently moored FSRU, two subsea pipelines, and onshore receiving facilities at two power stations totaling 10 GW
FSRU
MOL Challenger — 263,000 m³ storage, 1,000 MMSCFD regasification
Principal contractor
China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC)
Fabrication yards
COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries, Zhuhai; Chiwan Sembawang, Shenzhen
FEED contractor
Worley Parsons
Classification
Bureau Veritas
Contracting
EPCIC lump sum — approx. $1.5B
Kwispaa FLNGFLNG · 4 × 6 MTPA · Sarita Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada
Developer
Steelhead LNG
Configuration
Four jetty-moored new-build FLNG facilities at 6 MTPA each — two 3 MTPA trains per floater on a QMAX-derived hull — plus onshore gas pre-treatment and power generation
Technology
APCI DMR, air cooled, fully electrically driven
Power
1,000 MW on-site CCGT — 16 × Siemens SGT-800 at 53 MW each, plus 8 steam turbines
Hull & modules
Hyundai Heavy Industries
FEED contractor
Worley Parsons
Classification
Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
West Africa FLNGFLNG · 2.5 MTPA · Fortuna, New Age Congo & Cameroon
Operator
Bumi Armada
Configuration
New-build offshore FLNG — two trains at 1.25 MTPA LNG each, plus 0.4 MTPA LPG and 0.1 MTPA condensate
Technology
APCI SMR
Power
75 MW on-board gas-fired generation (3 × GE PGT25)
Mechanical drives
4 × GE PGT25, 26 MW each
EPC contractors
Saipem, and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (now Hanwha)
Classification
Lloyd’s Register
Bid portfolio
Fortuna FLNG (2.5 MTPA), Congo FLNG (1 MTPA), Cameroon Near Shore FLNG (1.5 MTPA)
Gladstone LNGLNG export · 7.8 MTPA · ~$10B · Curtis Island, Australia
Joint venture
Santos (operator and project lead), TotalEnergies, PETRONAS and KOGAS
Configuration
Greenfield onshore modularized LNG export facility, two trains at 7.8 MTPA
Technology
ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade
Power
70 MW on-site (6 × Solar Titan 130)
Mechanical drives
12 × GE LM2500+G4, 25 MW each
Modularization
111 modules fabricated at AG&P’s yard, Batangas, Philippines
Principal contractor
Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals
Contracting
EPC&C lump sum approx. $9B, plus provisional sum and reimbursable scope approx. $1B
West Kimberley Power ProjectSmall-scale LNG & gas power · 70 MW · ~$0.5B · Western Australia
Owner
Energy Developments (EDL)
Configuration
A complete small-scale LNG chain — one 200 tpd liquefaction train at Karratha, six LNG road tankers, and four remote regasification terminals with gas-fired power stations at Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek
Technology
Salof Refrigeration liquefaction (now Baker Hughes)
Power
70 MW installed — 38 × Caterpillar reciprocating gas engines and 17 diesel engines
Contracting
Discipline-based service contracts, with project management, engineering, procurement and commissioning executed directly by the owner — approx. $0.5B
Santos Ltd — Operations Brownfield Projects†Brownfield oil & gas · Moomba & Ballera, Australia
Operator
Santos Ltd
Configuration
Production engineering support and greenfield and brownfield operations projects across remote gas processing and field facilities, including a facility rebuild following a major industrial incident

Capability

Depth to go with the breadth.

A reviewer is only as useful as the technology and contract structures they actually understand. This is the ground covered first-hand.

Process technologies

  • APCI C3MR, DMR and SMR LNG liquefaction
  • ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade LNG liquefaction
  • Baker Hughes small-scale LNG liquefaction
  • LNG regasification
  • Topsoe ammonia and hydrogen

Asset types

  • Onshore liquefaction and regasification
  • FLNG and FSRU vessels
  • LNG road transportation vehicles
  • Offshore platforms and subsea pipelines
  • Simple cycle and CCGT power generation — industrial and aero-derivative gas turbines, reciprocating gas engines and steam turbines
  • Power systems spanning roughly 1.6 GW: about 1.3 GW of gas-fired generation and 280 MW of grid interconnection and transmission
  • Modular fabrication, to the largest onshore mega-modules built
  • Greenfield and brownfield facilities

Commercial & contracting

  • Bidders list development, RFP and ITT preparation, evaluation criteria and scoring, clarification and bid evaluation, through to final selection
  • EPC&C negotiation and execution above $1B
  • Development and negotiation of joint venture, joint development and time charter party agreements
  • Lump sum, provisional sum and reimbursable
  • Competitive FEED and tender management
  • Claims, variation and change control
  • Project financing and lenders’ assurance

Risk & assurance

  • Enterprise and project risk management
  • Quantified cost and schedule risk analysis, and contingency setting
  • Technical assurance, verification and independent verification units
  • HSSE and quality assurance
  • Regulatory compliance, permitting and environmental approvals
  • Classification societies — Bureau Veritas, DNV, Lloyd’s Register

Delivered across Australia, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, France and the United Kingdom.