Guilhem ARCIER

Jan. 2007 – to date Subsea 7, Houston, USA,

August 2008 - to date Gulf of Mexico Spool base
Project Engineer

In charge of the bulkhead engineering and construction package.
Miscellneous technical support to the Subsea 7 team.


April 2008 – to date PEREGRINO PROJECT (SUBSEA 7 - Houston)
Installation Engineer

In charge of pull in equipment definition for the Well Head Platform A and B of the PEREGRINO project of Anadarko/StatoilHydro in Brazil and report to the engineering and construction manager.
- Issue winch specifications (2x20 tonnes and 2x50 tonnes winches) for pull in of umbilicals and flexible risers onto the well head platforms
- Evaluation of pull in equipment requirements and definition of a basis of design; sheave, rollers, etc..
- Manage interfaces with the platform contractor (MUSTANG and KEIWIT) and in particular regarding the equipment foundation definition.
- Do a preliminary winches market availability survey and assist the project management contractualy and technicaly for the selection of the provider.

Continue to support the Tombua Landana project in the final engineering activities prior to beginning of the installation campaign.


Oct 2007 – March 2008 TOMBUA LANDANA PROJECT (CHEVRON)
Construction Engineer

Provided assistance to PLET fabrication site for the following:
- Reporting and communication (schedule, progress, miscellaneous technical issues) between the Houston office, the Luanda office and the subcontractors (Algoa Luanda, Angola and Belmet, Cape Town, South Africa).
- Reporting to the client
- Reorganisation, clarification and review of fabrication documentation (welding, coating, ITP,etc…)
- Put in place solutions to improve the delivery schedule (split the scope between two subcontractors)
- Ensure coordination between the two subcontractors
- Support on site to improve fabrication process (change in design)
- Supervision of one construction engineer in Houston

Jan 2007 – to March 2008 TOMBUA LANDANA PROJECT (CHEVRON)
Engineering package Manager.

In charge of coordination and reporting for the Engineering subcontract (OPE- Houston) regarding schedule, cost, progress, review of documentation, etc… to SS7 project management and client for the OPE scope including the following:
- Design Basis
- field layout
- Alignment sheets
- PLET design (structural design for in place and installation loads, stability on seabed, cathodic protection, piping, drawings, etc…)
- Flowline in place design (WT, corrosion, expansion, pipe walking, etc…)
- Static Jumper Analysis and configuration

Provided specific support to the engineering subcontractor to improve:
- PLET design
- Methodology of design and review of design.

Direct supervision of one SS7 design engineer in Houston.


Jan 2007 – Oct 2007 TOMBUA LANDANA PROJECT (CHEVRON)
Interface Engineer

In charge of the interface between SS7 and Chevron. Ensure smooth transfer of information and brought technical support/ clarification to facilitate interface decision. Report of interface progress and potential cost impact to SS7 project management.
Work with the SS7 engineering manager to improve doc control process and technical coordination between the different packages,



May 2006 to Dec 2006 STAT MARINE LLC
Structural Engineer

Mobilized from Europe to support the Stat Marine Engineering department in Houston. Also support the Stat Marine Enginnering office in France on miscellaneous structural studies.
Assist the Stat Marine management in the development of miscellaneous corporate procedures such as the Medical follow up procedure and the Malaria Control Program.
Support the commercial department in the cost estimate to bid for the Erha post EPC jumper installation campaign for ExxonMobil.

Sector: Petroleum - Exploration - Production - Refining

Aug. 2003 – Apr. 2006 TECHNIP, Paris, France,
Structural Engineer, Offshore Branch

TOTAL DALIA UFL PROJECT
Design of a semi automatic sub-sea connection package for Dalia’s FPSO flexible export line (Diameter 18,5inch) (ABAQUS, IDEAS, Mathcad). System designed for tension over 1600kN, shear 400kN and bending 800kN.m, total length of the connection 9m, weight 15t.

The scope included the technical management and design of interfaces both on FPSO and buoy (follow up of subcontractor for the interfaces, welded steel part review etc. ), design of hang-off system (assembly of machined steel part including “locking dogs” and “gap compensator” system), review of lines end-fittings (including the definition for the optical fibres connection), design bending stiffener and bending stiffener fixation.
Static and fatigue analysis for the whole package in accordance with APl, DNV, BV...

Assistance to fabrication site supervision team for:
- Locking docks and gap compensators assembly at LACMIL, and Flexi-France in Normandy, APL and Nymo in Norway.
- Export lines receptacle and pulling sheave as well as other generic technical assistance for manufacturing in Korea.
Check of installation and SIT procedure to check the consistency of the engineering process.
Equipment design for installation: hang-off collar, chain stopper, standard yoke for umbilical and upgrade into a ROV friendly yoke, selection of pulling head concept for export line, following of a subcontracted design (Seal Engineering) of installation pulling sheaves (including chain and wire system) for export line.
Preliminary design of steel export spool and export line installation procedure.

Nov. 2005 – Apr. 2006 KIZOMBA C SURF PROJECT (EXXON)
Structure Team leader (6 persons).

In charge to coordinate the design of the flexible connections and relevant installation aids onto FPSO. This included the design monitoring of End fittings for flexible line, FPSO (SBM turret type) I-tubes, gutter, pulling head and bellmouth.
Provided anodes specification and performed selection between three new systems to hang off buoyancy module onto heavy insulated flexible risers.

Sector: Petroleum - Exploration - Production - Refining

May 2003 – Jul. 2003 AUXIRBAT, Consulting Company, Paris, France,
Finite Element Analysis Engineer, Car Company Branch

RENAULT
Vibratory simulation of suspension for new car with the aim to propose and develop numerical methodology for critical part identification. (NASTRAN, IDEAS, Matlab).

Sector: Automobile

Nov. 2001 – Apr. 2003 ALTEN, Consulting Company, Paris, France:
Finite Element Analysis Engineer, Car Company Branch

PSA
Preparation of acoustic and vibratory simulation to estimate the noise level. (NASTRAN, IDEAS, Pivert, Optima, Matlab).

PEGUFORM
Design of car equipment, (NASTRAN, IDEAS, ANSA, PATRAN-post).

Sector: Automobile