Dave Auld
Offshore Installation Manager at Apache North Sea Ltd.
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Industry
- Oil & Energy
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Dave Auld's Overview
- Current
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- Offshore Installation Manager at Apache North Sea Ltd.
- Past
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- Offshore Installation Manager at Apache North Sea Ltd.
- Instrument & Control Engineer at Apache North Sea Ltd.
- Operations Supervisor (Maintenance) / Projects Team Leader at Apache North Sea Ltd.
- Education
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- The Open University
- Connections
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174 connections
- Websites
Dave Auld's Summary
22 years industry experience with 19 years in the Forties Field.
Currently OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) on Forties Charlie and Forties Bravo Platforms, and previous to this Forties Echo.
Starting as Instrument Technician and covered posts such as OTL (Operations Team Leader), OIGTL (Operations Intervention Group Team Leader), OSM (Operations Supervisor Maintenance) and PTL (Projects Team Leader) offshore, and also a period onshore and Instrument and Control Engineer.
Specialties
Offshore Projects Execution, Instrument Systems and Commissioning, DeltaV.
Dave Auld's Experience
Offshore Installation Manager
Apache North Sea Ltd.
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APA; Oil & Energy industry
January 2012 – Present (5 months) Forties Charlie / Forties Bravo
OIM located on both Forties Charlie and Forties Bravo.
Offshore Installation Manager
Apache North Sea Ltd.
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APA; Oil & Energy industry
August 2008 – January 2012 (3 years 6 months) Forties Echo
OIM located on Forties Echo during a period of extensive activity on the installation, including;
+Control system upgrade from PLC/Vax to DeltaV,
+Full Accommodation facilities refit and extension,
+Several Hydraulic Workover drilling campaigns,
+Combined operations with the Rowan Gorilla VII drilling rig.
During the RGVII campaign role also included Combined Operation OIM status.
Instrument & Control Engineer
Apache North Sea Ltd.
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APA; Oil & Energy industry
June 2005 – August 2008 (3 years 3 months)
With increased activities ongoing as part of Forties Redevelopment, seconded in onshore projects team. Major projects included Forties Bravo / Forties Charlie DX (Direct Export) and Forties Charlie Control System Replacement (DeltaV) as well as a number of smaller projects on Forties Alpha/Forties Delta.
Operations Supervisor (Maintenance) / Projects Team Leader
Apache North Sea Ltd.
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APA; Oil & Energy industry
June 2003 – June 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Following Apache takeover of the Forties Field and further restructuring, responsible for all maintenance activities (OSM) (FB/FC/FD) and a period as the PTL (FD) responsible for all projects/construction activities.
Operations Intervention Group Team Leader (Control) / OTL
BP
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry
June 2000 – April 2003 (2 years 11 months)
Supervisor for Operations and Maintenance as part of the Forties Cross Field maintenance team. Responsible for all pre-planning of platform visits as well as day to day execution for the controls team scopes.
This period included deputising as Mods and Maintenance Team Leader, then moving into Operations Team Leader on Forties Bravo following field restructuring.
Operations Instrument Technician
BP
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry
August 1993 – June 2000 (6 years 11 months)
Offshore located on Forties Bravo, covering day to day operations and maintenance activities. Period included plant operations and Control Room operator. Several secondments to projects during this period including Forties Fire & Gas System Replacement, and Forties Bravo Minimum Manned Operations as Engineering Coordinator.
Apprentice
BP
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry
August 1989 – August 1993 (4 years 1 month)
BP Apprentice with 2 years multi-dis (Elec, Inst, Mech +Process) generic apprentice training, through @ SETTS (Shell Exploration Technician Training Scheme), Followed by 2 years specialising in Instrumentation, with 4th Year located offshore on Forties Bravo.
Dave Auld's Education
The Open University
Computing
2007
Currently 85% through BSC (Hons) Computing, target completion October 2012.
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