People - The Lifeblood of Fugro GEOS

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCEAN SCIENCES
NO. 18
People - The Lifeblood of Fugro GEOS
Throughout the offshore industry there is much talk of
skills shortages. Huge challenges are faced in finding the
very best people, and ensuring that through a programme
of continuing professional development (CPD) they not
only stay committed, but relish the opportunities that
open up to them for future career development. Fugro as
a group is ensuring they do more than ever to find and
retain staff by these means, and so too is Fugro GEOS.
Managing Director of Fugro GEOS. “Our talented staff of over 200 make
us incredibly proud of our global team. Demand worldwide for the
wide range of services offered by the company has led to an intensive
recruitment campaign, bringing new expertise into the organisation.
“It’s not enough just to ensure we recruit all the right people, we must
also work with them to ensure they maximise and maintain their full
potential,” says Jeff, who has been with the Fugro Group for 30 years, so
knows at first hand the benefits of CPD programmes.
“Talented people are the very lifeblood of our organisation,” says Jeff Coutts,
Industry Speakers
Understanding the end use of
project deliverables to clients
provides vital insight into each
client’s requirements.
Fugro GEOS therefore invites clients
and industry experts to address
project staff and provide glimpses
behind the scenes.
Graduate Training Programme
In the drive to offer its clients
the highest levels of expertise,
Fugro has established the Fugro
Academy, an initiative that provides
a framework for structured training
and career development across the
entire Group. Whilst being proactive
in attracting new recruits, the
Academy encourages and assists
existing
employees
to
further
develop their careers.
Drawing on its knowledge base, the company
has set up an internal Initial Professional
Development (IPD) programme - the first of its
kind in the metocean industry that addresses
the needs of graduates in this way. “We’ve
used training consultancy you:unlimited to
assist us in developing the skills of our subjectmatter experts in the organisation, to design
and deliver the face-to-face and e-learning
training,” states Divisional Director Mark
Calverley, who is leading the Programme.
The training offered by the Fugro Academy
is a combination of three mechanisms: faceto-face, online tutoring and distance learning.
This learning management system allows
Fugro trainers to draw upon a common
library of courses, knowledge and resources
to facilitate efficient transfer of skills and
knowledge throughout the Group.
Fugro GEOS’ strong tie with IMarEST (the
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science
and Technology) ensures that its staff has
access to accreditation by the organisation.
Graham Hockley, the Director of Policy and
Professional Affairs at IMarEST said it was a
pleasure to be working with Fugro GEOS on
the accreditation of their Graduate Training
Programme. It forms part of the process
marine scientists need for registration
as Chartered Marine Scientists. “Most of
the Company’s senior staff already holds
Chartered Marine Scientists status, after
having been individually assessed.”
To complement this, Fugro GEOS has set
up its own Graduate Training Programme.
Intended to deliver a blend of face-to-face
and e-learning modules, the Programme
is designed and facilitated using internal
expertise, to develop graduates’ ability.
Recent presenters include:
• Colin Grant, Advisor and Technical
Authority, BP Exploration, with
a presentation on offshore
structures and extreme weather.
• Dr Peter Janssen from the
European Centre for Medium
Range Weather Forecasts
(ECMWF), who spoke on the
development of the ECMWF model,
the physics behind the model, the
performance of the model and its
verification and calibration.
Interested in presenting at a Fugro
GEOS seminar? Contact us at:
aqua@geos.com
In this issue
New Developments
2
New Projects
4
Education & Outreach
6
HSE & QA
6
Featured Division
7
Personnel, Contacts and Information
8
N ew D evelopments
VIVOL - Online VIV Monitoring
Fugro GEOS in partnership with subsea engineering
company, MCS, recently launched ground-breaking
new technology that will immediately alert offshore
personnel to problems with riser systems before they
become unsafe or lead to costly shut-downs.
The new system is a software and instrumentation package for monitoring
vibration on riser systems – a major problem for operators and drilling
companies operating in high current environments.
VIVOL – Vortex Induced Vibration On-Line – combines riser-mounted
sensors and sophisticated software running on a PC on the drilling
vessel to monitor the levels of vibration which risers are experiencing.
It does not require any interface with other vessel systems and can be
installed very easily, with minimal impact on other operations.
The heart of VIVOL is motion measurement units located close to the top
of the riser. These are clamped to the riser during deployment, continually
transmitting motion measurements to a Data Acquisition Unit. This unit
includes a data analysis and display computer that processes the data
in real-time and presents the operator with immediate feedback on VIV
levels and fatigue damage rates.
VIVOL can be installed on a drilling riser when drilling begins at a location
with a potential for high currents and therefore a risk of vortex induced
vibration. It can then be removed when the drilling rig moves to a
location where conditions do not pose a threat
to the riser. It is anticipated that operators and
drilling companies will rent the equipment and
software for fixed periods allowing flexibility
and cost efficiency.
For further information contact Alan Dougan:
a.dougan@geos.com
The screen grab shows a sample of the VIVOL
summary page
Squall Warning Service
The
boom
in
rig
and
topside
fabrication in Singapore shipyards
has
resulted
in
a
NOWCASTING
service to warn of impending severe
weather
the
conditions,
severe
squalls
especially
that
can
accompany Singapore’s numerous
thunderstorms. A heavy lift can last
two hours or more and any sudden
and violent increase in wind could
have a major impact on the safety
of the operation, and result in major
damage, if control of the load is lost.
To minimise the risk, or mitigate it altogether,
the yards subscribe to the Fugro GEOS Squall
Warning Service. When heavy lifts, or similar
wind-dependent work, are taking place, Fugro
GEOS meteorologists closely monitor and
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track developing storms and the movement of
established ones. If these will affect a client’s
location, there is immediate notification by
phone and email. The operations can then be
made safe until the squalls pass, when clients
are given the ‘all clear’.
VIVOL sensors mounted on a riser
along the Vietnamese coastline.
For further information contact Rob Cowle:
r.cowle@geos.com
Every morning clients are provided with an
outlook for the day including the likelihood of
storms developing. Some days the risk may be
very high and they proceed with caution, other
days there will be no risk. This early morning
advisory is followed by regular updates as storms
develop, followed, if necessary, by the ‘ALERT’.
This service is also used by Fugro GEOS
clients operating offshore in areas prone to
these severe and sudden events including
West Africa, the East coast of India, the NW
coast of Borneo, the Gulf of Thailand and
Singapore squall-radar image
Wave Energy Resource Mapping
WorldWaves Goes from Strength to Strength
Global Wave Energy Resource Maps for two months - indicating large seasonal variability in the Northern Hemisphere
The renowned Fugro OCEANOR WorldWaves software
package combines data from satellites, in-situ measurements
and wave model data to provide cost-effective, high
quality wave and wind time-series and statistical data
for deep and shallow waters across the globe.
world’s first complete high performance system for shallow water
modelling, globally.
Data has already been sold to various industries including: port
and coastal, offshore oil and gas, marine renewable and shipping.
Complete versions of WorldWaves for any country or region
worldwide are now being marketed; and October 2007 saw the
release of a new version.
The new release is a more complete global wave modelling tool
enabling the highest accuracy directional wave spectra time series
data to be provided globally in a fast and cost-effective way, thanks
in particular to the impressive geographic interface developed by
long-term WorldWaves collaborator Theo Gerostathis at the National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA). NTUA has worked almost
continuously with Fugro OCEANOR on the development of what
became WorldWaves, since 1992.
With funding from the Dutch dredging industry (Royal Boskalis and
van Oord), the new version of WorldWaves is now set to become the
Fugro OCEANOR and Fugro GEOS use WorldWaves on a daily
basis to support their global consultancy work.
Helping Wave Energy Developers
Fugro OCEANOR has a long and
distinguished history of working on
wave energy projects.
“We assist wave energy device developers in
a number of ways,” explains Stephen Barstow,
Senior Ocean Wave Climatologist, Fugro
OCEANOR. “For example, we can identify
areas globally with the
most favourable
resource for a
particular
wave energy device. The WorldWaves software
is ideal for shallow water modelling for sitespecific studies and for local mapping to
identify hotspots.
“At the feasibility stage, local wave measurements
will normally be required to validate the modelling.
We can supply the equipment and services for
accurate local wave monitoring. For national and
regional wave energy assessments, the Fugro
OCEANOR deep water WAVESCAN buoys will
be preferred, whereas the SEAWATCH MINI II is
suited for coastal monitoring.”
Fugro OCEANOR has worked for several
leading wave energy companies, including
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd, previously know as
Ocean Power Delivery (OPD), who are building
the world’s first commercial wave power farm
off Portugal. WorldWaves data was used to
carry out detailed assessment of wave energy
resource there.
Recently a global wave energy resource map
was produced using WorldWaves for an ABC
news programme on wave energy in the US. This
clearly shows the highest energy levels are in the
Southern Ocean and westward facing seaboards
of the Atlantic and Pacific, notably Scotland and
Ireland. What it does not show is the variability
of the wave energy resource on different time
scales (hourly, daily, seasonal and from year to
year). This information can be provided together
with the full directional spectra at a site (eg: is
the climate swell or wind-sea dominated), and
on the change in resource from deep to shallow
water. However short-term wave measurements
should also be collected for the best results.
For further information contact Stephen Barstow:
s.barstow@geos.com.
Dr Stephen Barstow and Dr Gunnar Mørk both from Fugro OCEANOR have contributed to the
Wave Energy Resource chapter in a new book ‘Ocean Wave Energy - Current Status and Future
Perspectives’ by João Cruz, Pelamis Wave Power Ltd, Edinburgh, UK.
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N ew P rojects
Fugro GEOS Rises to Thunder Horse Challenge
Installation of ADCP in largest buoyancy buoy close to Thunder Horse
The quest to provide real-time full water column current
measurements for BP’s Gulf of Mexico Thunder Horse
PDQ - the largest Production Drilling Quarters semisubmersible in the world - was met with enthusiasm by
Fugro GEOS Inc, who chalked up ample “firsts” in their
determination to meet the challenge.
“The contract, which has seen the system successfully operating
for nearly one year, involved an extensively detailed system design,
calculation, testing and the building of the first self-contained 38kHz
ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)” explains Caroline Nicholas,
Seasystems Division Manager of Fugro GEOS Inc. “The design
included the repackaging of the 38kHz ADCP electronics into a subsea
housing which are normally mounted topsides, and the installation of
a ruggedised cable to the surface for power and data transmission.
Thermal analysis was undertaken to ensure that the electronics did not
overheat in the subsea housing.” The 38kHz ADCP, which is capable
of the longest profiling range ever achieved, is mounted on the hull of
the Thunder Horse platform on a custom built frame, measuring down
to depths of over 1,000m in real-time.
“Another first was the installation of the first cabled mid-water 75kHz
ADCP,” explains Caroline Nicholas. “Installed at 460m above the seabed
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in approximately 1,860m of water - the ADCP was contained in a 76inch
diameter buoy of 4,000lb buoyancy, the buoyancy supports a strainbearing data cable which connects to a subsea electronics housing
which contains power and data converters. Our third ‘first’ was the
installation of the first cabled seabed 75kHz ADCP in 1,860m of water.”
To ensure data transmission over such long distances, a pre-existing
5,500m of fibre optic cable which runs from the seabed to the Thunder
Horse PDQ platform, was used. Installation of the 75khz ADCPs was
carried out using an ROV vessel. The ADCPs, were lowered into
position from the vessel with assistance from an ROV, which attached
the subsea ADCPs to a preinstalled custom mud mat. Data and power
connections were then made using ROV wet mateable connectors. The
system provides real-time full current data updates every 10 minutes to
Fugro GEOS Weather Monitor software which is then displayed through
the Fugro GEOS ADAM (ADCP Data Acquisition and Management)
web-based system.
“We undertook beam analysis to orient the ADCPs, to avoid any
interference from other subsea structures, and to ensure good quality
data was delivered to the client,” Caroline Nicholas explains. “Extensive
testing has been done and we have found good correlation between all
the instruments. Mission accomplished!”
Contracts for Two Riser Management
Systems from Norway
Developed
by
the
Structural
Monitoring division of Fugro GEOS
and MCS, the market leaders in riser
analysis and associated software,
Tyrihans Field
the IRIS-RMS system is an integrated
riser
management
drilling
and
(C/WO)
risers
system
for
completion/workover
that
calculates
Gjøa Field
a
NORWAY
safe operating envelope using the
unique MCS finite-element model of
NORTH SEA
the riser. Fugro GEOS has won two
recent contracts for the system for
use offshore Norway.
The RMS consists of riser-mounted
instrumentation, cables, and computer
system running the MCS software. IRIS-RMS
interfaces with vessel systems to collect key
data to feed into the software’s sophisticated
finite element predictive model and associated
simulation software. Riser-mounted strain and/
or accelerometer packages are also typically
installed. The system also includes modules to
calculate and display the operating envelope
and drift-off characteristics.
Not only does the system monitor and record
riser loads during operation, it also displays hotspot stresses within the riser and computes the
top tension and tensioner/hook load tension
split. It tracks the fatigue life of each joint in the
riser, and records and displays riser stresses
Location of Tyrihans and Gjøa Fields of Norway
during unexpected/unplanned incidents.
IRIS-RMS warns if the riser is approaching its
design capacity.
one of the biggest development projects on
the Norwegian continental shelf, and due to
come on stream in 2009.
First came a contract for Tyrihans field...
“We are very pleased to win this second IRISRMS contract for a Norwegian field, and to be
working with FMC Technologies, a company
in the forefront of completion/workover riser
technology,” says Divisional Head, Alan
Dougan. “The contract demonstrates that
clients recognise that the IRIS-RMS system,
and especially the automated riser analysis
software, is technologically at the forefront in
this market.”
Fugro was awarded a contract from FMC
Technologies
to
provide
such
a
riser
management system for the completion/
workover riser for Statoil’s Tyrihans Field in the
Norwegian North Sea.
Working in partnership with MCS, Fugro is
supplying its riser management system, IRISRMS, for the project’s C/WO rig. Tyrihans is
Using the MCS Flexcom software, the Tyrihans
IRIS-RMS will interface with the vessel’s existing
system providing data integration; proven
predictive analysis, display, and archiving of
riser-related data.
Fugro is configuring, engineering and
testing the system in its Glasgow offices.
The equipment will then be installed and
commissioned on site. This is the second
Statoil project which has been supplied with
an IRIS-RMS. It was also installed on the
Snøhvit completion/workover riser. “This was
commissioned in 2005, and has proven to be
a valuable operational tool. A second sale to
the same end-client confirms that IRIS-RMS
meets or exceeds the client’s expectations,”
observes Alan Dougan.
…And then came Gjøa
IRIS - Riser Management System display
Hot on the heels of the Tyrihans contract came
another from FMC Technologies to supply an
RMS for a C/WO riser that FMC is supplying for
Statoil’s Gjøa field, offshore Norway – yet further
proof, if proof were needed, of its effectiveness.
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E ducation & O utreach
Shell Step Programme
As part of the Fugro GEOS UK work experience programme,
the company has participated for the first time in the
Shell Step Programme. It is designed to match-up
businesses with students who live in their vicinity, who
are able to undertake projects with which the company
needs assistance or to provide an additional resource.
The two selected undergraduate students started their
8-week programme in June and the experience proved
rewarding for all involved.
“Observed data is accurate but only applicable to the location at which it is
measured due to the complexity of the interaction between the tides and
irregular coastlines. If a model can be validated against observed data in
a region of interest then accurate tidal data can theoretically be produced
for any location. I found the project very interesting; it was good to have
the responsibility of mentoring Sarah, and interesting learning more about
tides,” says Rob Mawdsley, Sarah’s supervisor at Fugro GEOS.
Iain Hindshaw, in his third year studying MEng Naval Architecture and
Ocean Engineering at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde,
worked on: ‘Using spectral partitioning software to examine spectral data
for various regions to gain an understanding of the typical distributions
of wave energy in terms of both frequency and direction’ under Ruth
Lawford’s supervision. The data source was ECMWF (European Centre
for Medium range Weather Forecasting) hindcast data.
Sarah Baker is at Reading University studying Physics and the Universe.
She worked on validating data from the Tide Model Driver (TMD) for
various oil basins around the world. She did this by comparing the model
output to public domain tidal data and performing analysis to see how
tidal elevations and phase compared between the two.
HSE & QA
Four consecutive
safety awards for
Fugro GEOS
Once again Fugro GEOS has scooped
the prestigious safety award from
the British Safety Council (BSC).
A true indication of how the company has
maintained and advanced its safety policies,
plans and commitment to health at the
highest level, in accordance with the BSC
strict requirements.
Left to Right - Rob Mawdsley (Fugro GEOS), Sarah Baker (student),
Ruth Lawford (Fugro GEOS) and Iain Hindshaw (student)
Fugro IOSH HSE
Management
Course
Fugro is fully committed to
Occupational Health and Safety
in
their
work
environment
and encourage it by hosting
internally, in all its offices, the
Institution of Occupational Safety
and
Health
Managing
Safely
Course, which combines and
satisfies the requirements of the
Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health (IOSH).
The course has been developed for managers
within the industry to ensure they are
competent to discharge their safety and health
duties effectively. The structure of the course is
based on seven modules which include: safety
management, active and reactive monitoring,
risk assessment and risk control, health and
safety legislation and hazards.
BSC - Level 1 Certificate in Health & Safety
The BSC has also recognised Fugro GEOS as a competent trainer for its Level 1
Certificate in Health and Safety at Work. This Certificate aims to formalise
health and safety induction training in the form of a nationally-recognised
qualification, accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
(QCA) at Level 1 in the National Qualifications Framework.
Martin Denton, Fugro GEOS HSE Manager, has been given BSI approval to train Fugro GEOS
staff in attaining this certificate. After an intense course covering various modules, a one-hour
examination comprising 40 multiple-choice questions ensures that staff have attained a good
understanding, enough to qualify for the certificate.
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OHSAS 18001:1999
Certified
The Occupational Health and
Safety
Assessment
Series
(OHSAS) specification provides
requirements for an occupational
health
and
safety
(OH&S)
management system, to enable an
organisation to control its OH&S
risks and improve its performance.
Fugro GEOS is now OHSAS 18001:1999
certified, confirming that it has an approved
OH&S management system that eliminates
or minimises risk to its employees, its clients
and third parties - who may be exposed to
OH&S risks associated with their activities.
An Occupational Health and Safety
Management System provides a framework
for managing OHS responsibilities so
they become more efficient and more
integrated into overall business operations.
OHS Management systems are based
on standards, which specify a process
of achieving continuously improved OHS
performance and complying with legislation.
F eatured D ivision
Consultancy Division
The spotlight turns on the Consultancy division of Fugro Global Environmental
and Ocean Sciences (GEOS). Aqua interviewed Mark Calverley the Consultancy
Division Director.
or siting of facilities, through to provision
of detailed operating statistics, fatigue and
extreme design criteria. As more oil companies,
without internal metocean expertise, enter
frontier regions, the greater the need for
advice at the early stage of developments so
appropriate metocean data are collected in
time to ensure early production.
Mark Calverley, Consultancy Division Director
Q:What services does the Consultancy
division offer?
A: We provide objective consultancy based on
knowledge of our client’s activities and the
metocean processes likely to impact those
activities. We achieve this through a strong
global knowledge of regional oceanography
and meteorology, and experience in
supporting a wide range of applications
including operational planning, offshore
engineering design, tow route planning
and wave energy resource mapping. The
Consultancy team has over 200 years’
experience, with an average in excess of 14
years - a very strong knowledge base.
Q:What typical applications are your
services designed for?
A: We offer support to all parts of the oil and gas
industry life cycle ranging from a simple review
and characterisation of metocean processes
to support preliminary planning of operations
- Part 1: Metocean design and operating
conditions. This has involved development
of tools such as Exwan which takes into
account the possibility that the highest
crest height (Hc) or maximum wave height
(Hmax) in N-years may come from other
than the most severe seastate.
We
frequently
supply
WorldWaves
data to coastal engineers to provide
boundary conditions to coastal models
for developments such as ports and sea
defences. WorldWaves data is also used
in our Wave Energy resource mapping
(see page 3), to ensure wave focusing is
exploited. The Trondheim office undertakes
this through application of the SWAN model
within the WorldWaves software.
Q:Which are your main client sectors?
A: The oil and gas industry, coastal engineering
and wave energy.
Q:How do these clients benefit from
your services?
A: Primarily the provision of fit-for-purpose
data in formats readily utilised by nonoceanography / meteorology technical
specialists. Our products are accepted
by classification societies providing an
easy passage through FEED (Front-end
Engineering and Design) and final design.
Other tools include our powerful World Wave
Atlas
(www.oceanor.com/products/wwa.
htm) and WorldWaves. We have developed
“Weather Windows” software offering a
statistical description of the likely impact of
metocean conditions on offshore or coastal
operations enabling the risk associated
with weather downtime and the operability
of facilities such as LNG berths and CALM
buoys to be assessed.
Q:Where
does
operate from?
your
division
A: We have consultants in Wallingford UK,
Trondheim and Houston. In general the
offices service their regional markets. The
Wallingford office also services the Middle
and Far East markets. Trondheim services
the Norwegian oil and gas market and also
provides WorldWaves data, wave energy
and coastal wave modelling globally.
Q:What tools and techniques are
provided by your division?
A: Fugro GEOS’ range of tools is designed
to meet the requirements of ISO19901-1,
Specific requirements for offshore structures
Consultancy Team in Houston
Q:Any new developments in your
division?
A: We continually develop and expand our range
of services to ensure a competitive service.
Recently we undertook further development
of our spectral characterisation tool, which
provides time series of spectral parameters,
enabling clients to undertake analysis in the
frequency domain. We are redeveloping
our core extreme value analysis tool,
‘Data Manager’ in the Matlab environment,
extending its capability to provide simple
work flows for standard analyses.
Consultancy Team in Wallingford, UK
Being aware of changes in technical
approaches within the industry is crucial.
The Houston office’s involvement in
reviewing and commenting to the committee
developing API 2INT - MET, Interim Guidance
on Hurricane Conditions in the Gulf of
Mexico is a recent example.
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MD’s Comment
We would like to thank those of
our clients who were kind enough
to assist us with the customer
perception survey carried out on our
behalf earlier in the year.
These surveys, which we undertake on a regular
basis, provide important feedback to us regarding
how well we are serving your needs. This year
we were pleased to learn that the majority of the
recipients gave us a satisfaction rating of 8 or
9 out of 10. In particular, the professionalism
and dedication of our staff was mentioned as a
major factor in choosing Fugro GEOS to work on
your projects. Equally important to us, however,
were the items you identified where we could
make improvements to our service levels and we
assure you that we will work hard to incorporate
these suggestions into our business model.
As you will read on the front page of this issue of
AQUA, one of the major initiatives that we have
launched recently has been the Fugro Academy,
Long-term Employees
30 Years
Jeff Coutts, Managing Director
25 Years
Personnel Movements
a Fugro-wide training initiative that provides
global opportunities for staff training at both
management and technical levels. Combining
classroom or workplace and web-based learning
packages, our people can access the courses
from anywhere in the world and programme their
individual learning experience at their own pace.
Within Fugro GEOS, we have taken this
concept a step further and, in association
with IMarEST, have formulated a web-based
training programme that allows our graduates to
progress to Chartered Marine Scientists status
under the auspices of IMarEST. We believe that
by allowing our staff to enjoy this continuous
personal development, we ensure that the
highest calibre recruits are attracted to our
company, and ultimately the best possible level
of service will be provided to our clients.
Jeff Coutts
Fugro GEOS Managing Director
Where to See Us
• Oceanology International 08 - London
Mark Wimshurst, Commercial Director
• MEOST 08 - Abu Dhabi
20 Years
• OTC 08 - Houston
Andy Moore, Technical Manager
Tracey Lyons, HR Manager
Garry Mardell, Operations Director
Roar Hagen, Senior Engineer
Where to hear us:
Refer to www.geos.com for updated information
Contacts
Fugro GEOS Ltd
Fugro House, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire OX10 9RB, UK
• Tel: +44 (0)870 402 1500
• Fax: +44 (0)870 402 1599
• Email: uk@geos.com
Fugro GEOS Inc
PO Box 740010, 6100 Hillcroft (77081), Houston,
Texas 77274, USA
• Tel: +1 713 346 3600
• Fax: +1 713 346 3605
• Email: usa@geos.com
Fugro GEOS
PO Box 43088, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Tel: +971 2 55 45 101
• Fax: +971 2 55 45 059
• Email: gulfmet@geos.com
Fugro GEOS Sdn Bhd
11th Floor, Wisma Genting, 28 Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Tel: +60 3 2164 6210
• Fax: +60 3 2162 9242
• Email: meto@geos.com.my
Fugro GEOS Pte Ltd
PO Box 5187, Loyang Offshore Supply Base, 125 SOPS
Avenue, Loyang Crescent, 508988, Singapore
• Tel: +65 6543 4404
• Fax: +65 6543 4454
• Email: singapore@geos.com
Fugro OCEANOR AS
Pir-Senteret, N-7462 Trondheim, Norway
• Tel: +47 7354 5200
• Fax: +47 7354 5201
• Email: oceanor@oceanor.com
Fugro OCEANOR AS
Luramyrveien 29, N-4313 Sandnes, Norway
• Tel: +47 5163 4330
• Fax: +47 5163 4331
• Email: mail@oceanor.com
Fugro GEOS Ltd (Glasgow)
Structural Monitoring Division,
1 Queenslie Court, Summerlee Street, Queenslie,
Glasgow, G33 4DB, UK
• Tel: +44 (0)141 774 8828
• Fax: +44 (0)141 774 6112
• Email: fsm@geos.com
For additional contact details, please refer to our
website: www.geos.com
Should you need more information on any particular article in this issue of Aqua or would like to
make any comments or suggestions, please email us at: aqua@geos.com
New Staff
Wallingford - UK Office
Principal Offshore
Engineer
Senior Marine Forecaster
Oceanographer
Seacast Operations
Manager
Oceanographer
Junior Marketing Designer
Oceanographer
Oceanographer
Oceanographer
Oceanographer
Oceanographer
Junior Forecaster
Management Accountant
Jill Bradon
David Bennett
Michael Brewer
Maikel Laukens
Robert Mawdsley
Peter Thorns
Jagadish Vallarampara
Yao Yao
Vincent Gleizes
Clare Usherwood
Rachel Hutchinson
Anne-Marie Osborne
Janice Cleverly
Glasgow - UK Office
Engineer Admin Assistant Admin Assistant
David Wright
Isabel Westwater
Shiona Sainsbury
Trondheim - Norway Office
Product Quality Manager Hans Ørnes
Sandnes - Norway Office
Senior Metocean
Specialist
Engineer Workshop Service Engineer Service Engineer Service Engineer
Project Secretary
Véronique Cochin
Kent Ek
Jan Helge Nilsen
Johan Martin Olsen
Trond Sommerstad
Rune Grønnevik
Ann Helen Oliversen
Singapore Office
Administrative Officer
Sarah Ting
Oceanographic Engineer George Vithayathil
US Office
Oceanographer Project Oceanographer
Oceanographer Oceanographer
Keith Dupuis
Chris Fuller
Jordan Payne
Amy Pyle
UAE Office
Junior Forecaster
Junior Forecaster
Marine Forecaster
Marine Forecaster Francis Araniador
Winnie Gatab
Pieter Pretorius
Herman Ngohayon
Staff Movement / Promotions
Wallingford - UK Office
Marine Forecaster
Principal Oceanographer
Financial Controller
Senior Oceanographer
Software Applications
Manager
Senior Oceanographer
James Burn
Mark Crawshaw
Jane Evans
Lisa Feighery
Richard Fleet
Alex Keibel
Glasgow - UK Office (Grade Promotions)
Facilities & QA Rep
Operations Manager Project Engineer
Susan Gordon
Gordon Hamilton
James MacKenzie
Singapore Office
Senior Forecaster
Tender Assistant
Aila Agular Bayaca
Teresa Teo
UAE Office
Operations Manager
Johan Vlassenbroeck
US Office
Tender Co-ordinator
Project Engineer
Ross Jones
Mitchell Scoggins