Speakers

Trey Lynch is a Subsea Hardware Engineer with 19 years experience in the Subsea Oilfield Industry.  He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering before working as a design engineer with a subsea production system equipment supplier, specializing in subsea trees and valves.  He moved to BP in 2006 and has since worked in various hardware delivery, engineering and commissioning roles for subsea projects in the Gulf of Mexico.  Trey is currently the Manifold and Connections System Manager in BP’s Global Subsea Systems Organization. 

Wayne attended the University of Houston from January 2006 to 2010 and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and also a Master’s degree in Subsea Engineering in 2016.  Wayne began working with FMC Technologies in January 2008, in the University of Houston Design Center (UHDC).  In June 2010 Wayne was hired (full-time) into the FMC Chokes group.  In the Chokes group Wayne managed choke projects from initial design to field installation, performed on site engineering support for choke issues and designed chokes and interfaces for subsea applications.  In early 2012 Wayne transitioned into the chokes technical sales position.  This included working directly with FMC customers and project teams to develop and establish choke specifications during the quotation customer agreement phase.  In early 2013, Wayne transitioned to the Well Completions Systems (WCS) group from the Choke Product Group, at which time Wayne was assigned the Product Responsible Engineer (PRE) role for WCS Tubing Hangers.  In mid-2014, Wayne transitioned into the WCS Quotes Group.  Wayne is still currently in the WCS quotes group and is responsible for coordinating and working with the central tender team and system engineer to release all preliminary specifications, preliminary structured BOM's and preliminary layouts for new WCS projects.  In addition to the preliminary releases, Wayne is also responsible for submitting the WCS PMPE CTR, Technical Assessment Plans and Design Review Minutes for all WCS preliminary releases.
 

With a BSc in Petroleum Engineering, Mark has gained over thirty years of global experience in Subsea Production & Deepwater Well Engineering. Mark was employed with BP for over 20 years where he held Subsea leadership roles in projects and operations, and is a recognized Subject Matter Expert on the application of Subsea & Wells Reliability Engineering. Within Industry, Mark has chaired the API17N committee on Subsea Reliability & Technical Risk Management and is chairman of the IOGP Well Expert Committee’s BOP Reliability Task Force. In January 2016, Mark was elected to chair the oversight committee for the newly launched BOP Performance JIP which is focused on industry-wide reliability improvements to BOP systems. 

 

Joseph graduated from Texas A&M University in December 2010 and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He began working with Houston Service Industries, Inc. testing multistage and high speed turbo blowers for wastewater industry, ensuring blowers met specification requirements in accordance with ASME test codes, and performing field installations and repairs across the U.S. In August 2012 he joined TechnipFMC with the MPS installation engineering team (jumpers, manifold, pressure caps, SFLs, HFLs), and a year later he began working on completion systems as an installation engineer in 2013 (trees, tubing hangers, intervention systems). Joseph is interested in being a leader and sharing knowledge with others, thus ensuring the technical knowledge can be passed down to future engineers and technicians in the offshore oil & gas industry.

Eric has an Aerospace Engineering degree from Texas A&M University. For 7 years he worked as a contractor for the Shuttle program doing dynamic analysis for cargo traveling in the space shuttle cargo bay, and for the last 7 years he has been with TechnipFMC as a Manifold Project Engineer designing manifold and interconnecting systems for projects run by Shell, Exxon, BP, Tullow and Chevron. Currently, he is the Principal Manifold Engineer for the Manifolds and Interconnecting group where he oversees all manifold projects that the team executes and attends all design reviews. He also reviews manifold specifications.

Manoj is an award winning Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with diverse experiences ranging from data-centric computational engineering analysis to hands-on ultra deep-water offshore installations. He has held key roles on flagship projects for Technip, Occidental, Equinor & Google-X in the Gulf of Mexico, Norwegian and North Sea regions. Manoj’s primary areas of expertise include Hydrodynamics, Hull & Mooring design, Computational Analysis, Data Science, Offshore Installations, Marine Transport, Marine Systems & Operations, Decommissioning, Energy Transition & Project Leadership.  Currently, Manoj works at Occidental Petroleum where he leads key projects in Marine, Naval, Capital & Decommissioning activities for their fleet of 10 offshore deep-water platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Before moving to the United States, he was a Marine Engineering Officer sailing onboard a large ocean-going vessel. Manoj has sailed across most of Northern Europe & Baltic states before leaving his Merchant Navy career. Outside of work, Manoj is an invited speaker and member of numerous Technical Committees in the Houston area. He also loves mentoring high-school kids for Junior Achievement and volunteers at  MD Anderson Cancer Institute during his free time.
 

Jim Seaver works for Shell in Houston as Principal Technical Expert – Subsea, with responsibility for managing the global subsea skillpool, and providing support to subsea projects and assets. Jim has spent all his 40-year career in subsea project delivery within Shell, starting in the North Sea with the Central Cormorant and Draugen developments, followed by assignments in the Far East, with the Malampaya Gas to Power Project and Prelude FLNG, and the US, with Mars A, strategic supplier arrangements and pre-DG3 developments for Nigeria. Jim has previously participated in the delivery of the SUT Subsea Awareness Course in Houston for several years. Jim holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology and an MSc in Production Engineering from Trinity College, Dublin.