WorleyParsons HQ Magazine (April 2012)

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Canada - a hydrocarbons superpower

Managing Editor Phil Toohey Global Director, Marketing and Research Fort St John

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We take you through the history and current state of play of opportunities and offerings in Canada with an emphasis on heavy oil.

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p.16 The challenges of offshore Arctic trenching Reaching into the outer boundaries of our planet to meet rising oil demand means now exploring Arctic regions. We look at the advances in trenching systems and how they meet the challenges of this difficult environment.

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p.6 Global awards and recognition p.15 The great bridge: from

Canada to China

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How we are helping to facilitate the burgeoning relationship between Chinese investors and Canadian hydrocarbons industry

p.18 Oman: providing EOR

expertise to the

Middle East

p.19 A rewarding collaboration

with Shell

Our recent agreement with Shell will spell better returns in safety, quality and profits for our key customer

p.20 Office intel p.22 Selecting the best: our

global capability

Our London office shows how to

make the most out of our global

expertise by utilizing workshare practices

Message from Brian Evans

In this issue we explore our long history working with customers as a leader in heavy oil development.

Our oil sands business unit is recognized as a WorleyParsons center of excellence in leading and supporting local and global project execution.

The Canadian oil sands sector is undergoing a period of tremendous growth, as investment is pouring in to build plants, refineries and infrastructure for oilfields with a potential of 104 million barrels a day - fulfilling Canada’s promise as an energy superpower.

Canada is well poised for a global leadership role, with a combination of political stability, advanced education, technical prowess and transparency in business dealings. But with rapid growth also comes the need to consider the impacts to the environment. In this area, WorleyParsons is leading the way with new approaches, using our EcoNomicsTM approach to projects, build waste and water sustainability solutions into our long term planning.

Our commitment to excellence in our HSE performance remains paramount.

This is the result of strong programs, investment in initiatives that create behavioral change, and project teams who are receptive to our messages.

I know I speak for all the Hydrocarbons team when I pledge our commitment to continuing to provide you with service that embodies the WorleyParsons values of relationships, agility, leadership and performance.

I wish you and your families all the best that 2012 has to offer.

Brian Evans Managing Director Hydrocarbons

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Focus on Zero Harm

Marian McLean presenting at the Chevron Contractor Safety Forum 2011

Our HSE Director Marian McLean was recently invited to present at the global safety forum hosted by Chevron for its contractors.

The theme of the forum was ‘Safety Vision for The Future – Driving to Zero through Leadership’. In the case of safety, a zero result is the best result we can aim for and is, in fact, the only acceptable result.

In her session, Marian recounted to the audience the key themes that came out of the dialogue sessions between safety leaders on safety culture. The purpose of the sessions were primarily to stimulate dialogue and to leverage the collective ‘horsepower’ of the HSE leadership within Chevron and its contractor group in order to move into the future better prepared to achieve the ultimate HSE goal of Zero.

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Safety is not static Family involvement, ‘evolving through involving’, continual improvement, innovating and rewarding were some of the factors the group of safety leaders felt all contributed to the meaning of ‘safety culture’ revealing that safety culture is dynamic in nature.

Communication and messaging to the front line was seen as a major challenge, as was aligning a corporate safety culture to work groups who are scattered around the globe. Interestingly, it was noted that in the developing world, safety performance was often higher than in the developed world.

“ We are not becoming complacent and continue to benchmark with our peers in the hydrocarbons industry.”

Marian McLean, WorleyParsons Group HSE Director

Sharing experiences In identifying common denominators to safety success, the group agreed that forums such as these were invaluable to collaborating for the knowledge and tools to ensure we reach our safety goals.

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Safety and Environment Awards and Recognition

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Successful application of World first diver-less technology

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A new monitoring technology for measuring the impact of offshore dredging has won WorleyParsons an Environmental Excellence Award.

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Our continued focus on safety keeps paying off with an improved safety performance again in FY2011 and we continue to strive to achieve further improvements across the company.

It was great to reach several significant milestones in two of the world’s more difficult safety environments during the year. We achieved 10 million hours of work without a lost time injury on the Pluto LNG project in north Western Australia, and a similar milestone in our Nigerian business. Our performance when compared to the industry average speaks for itself as showed in the chart above.

However, we are not becoming complacent and continue to benchmark with our industry peers in the hydrocarbons industry. As projects become more complex and resources more difficult to access, we must continuously raise the bar if we are determined to rise to the challenge of achieving Zero Harm.

We won the ‘Golden Gecko’ for developing a specialized instrument that measures how much sediment is being stirred up during dredging, which is vital to the ongoing health of various close to shore marine habitats which can be damaged if sediment build-up goes on for too long undetected.

The head of the WorleyParsons marine science group, Peter Mellor, explained the way it works.

“It’s a scanner, similar to a computer scanner, fitted inside a clear, cylindrical tube. It scans the mud surrounding the tube and we can tell if the sedimentation has increased or decreased. As the Port Hedland Port has committed to 13 monitoring sites, this is one of the largest marine habitat health monitoring programs ever undertaken in the state.

The Golden Gecko Awards are offered by the Western Australian Government and industry for environmental excellence on projects involving resources.

Peter Mellor from WorleyParsons, with Minister Norman Moore, and Craig Wilson from Port Hedland Port Authority.

Safety Innovation Award from APPEA This year WorleyParsons’ sedimentation scanner and coral transector secured the APPEA Oil & Gas Safety Innovation Award. The robotic unit offers a completely remote controlled marine monitoring system, removing the need for divers to operate in highly hazardous environments with low visibility and other dangers. Provision of a complete diverless solution for marine monitoring is a major step change across the global industry.

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Global

awards and recognition United States and Caribbean

Middle East

Centrica LNG

Bab Habshan-1 Phase 1 Development project

WorleyParsons was recently engaged to conduct pre-FEED studies to develop stranded gas from Centrica’s Block 22 reserves and Block NCMA in offshore Tobago. This project was awarded under subcontract while conducting parallel pre-FEED studies directly for Centrica for an on-shore mid-scale LNG solution.

Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) has awarded WorleyParsons a contract to manage engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC) packages of the Bab Habshan-1 Phase 1 Development project.

The entire CNG pre-FEED scope includes studies for an onshore compression plant in Tobago; subsea pipelines from the plant to a loading buoy; CNG transportation, marine systems, and containment; and CNG offloading systems (multi-purpose jetty) and reception facilities in the selected Caribbean markets.

WorleyParsons’ scope is managed by the London Select Group and will perform studies for the onshore compression and reception facilities, with support from INTECSEA’s Delft office for subsea scope and from the Vancouver office for coastal and marine engineering including jetty design.

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The Phase 1 development consists of 15 oil producers with the associated gathering facilities and 15 water injection wells with the associated injection cluster facilities. However, the full field development will consist of 41 oil producers and 40 water injection wells.

WorleyParsons’ Abu Dhabi office will act on behalf of ADCO by providing services to manage the EPC contractors to be selected.

WorleyParsons’ engagement will span from EPC pre-award stage through to commissioning and performance testing and handover of the facilities to operations.

Bab field is located in a desert area approximately 160 km southwest of Abu Dhabi city. The main processing facilities are located around Habshan.

WorleyParsons Angola and South Africa win GE project Vetco Gray, a GE oil and gas company has awarded WorleyParsons to undertake the facility and infrastructure Basis of Design (BoD) for a proposed new manufacturing plant in Soyo Angola.

The fully developed facility covers a site area of approximately 234 000 m2 (facility site coverage only) which includes a mooring jetty with associated marine works and a variety of manufacturing and assembly facilities.

The plant incorporates manufacturing and assembly facilities relating to components including sub-sea tree well heads manufacturing with related internal and external warehousing and storage; roll through pipe machining facility with external storage areas; turbo machining servicing with warehousing and storage facilities and a facility for receiving and servicing of flexible riser piping and static flow lines with external warehousing and storage areas.

Senior managers from GE (Houston, New York, and Munich) and WorleyParsons Pretoria attended a collaborative framing workshop to assess the financial and technical extent of the proposed green fields facility.

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“ We are delighted ADCO has selected WorleyParsons to be their project management consultant for this large development. The breadth of the Bab Habshan project scope from oil gathering system, oil flow lines and transfer lines, water injection, water header and flow-lines, infrastructure, utilities and automation facilities uniquely showcases our capability to serve our customer’s in managing large projects.”

Jay Ibrahim, WorleyParsons, Senior Vice President, MIddle East

WorleyParsons Egypt wins pipeline engineering study Pipeline Engineering for the Disouq Cluster Development and the North West Khilala gas field. A total of 17 wells will be developed in this Disouq Concession with the aim to increase gas production.

Canadian Oil Sands Awards: Mineable oil sands and heavy oil units

WorleyParsons’ pipeline engineering scope comprises initial design, detailed engineering and procurement support for a pipeline grid of approximately 195 km in length. It is anticipated that the pipeline route will have several crossings under irrigation channels and drains in the Nile Delta region.

A major project involving detailed engineering and procurement for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (Canadian Natural) for its hydro-transport 1/2/3 upgrades at the Horizon Oil Sands facility in northeastern Alberta, has recently kicked off.

Asia Exciting growth in Indonesia Total has award WorleyParsons the detailed design and engineering for 36-PAX Living Quarters Platform (LQP) and Flare Platform in 70 m water depth, together with the brownfields modifications to the existing offshore facilities for the Yadana Subsidence Project. The Total Indonesia contract is to perform detailed design and engineering for 3 Wellhead Platforms for the Sisi Nubi and Peciko Fields located in East Kalimantan. Both projects will be executed from the Jakarta office.

Chevron, Indonesia’s single largest oil producer has awarded a five year Improve contract for the supply of overall program management, engineering and construction management services for Chevron’s oilfield assets in Sumatra.

LNG award in China brings environmental benefits China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has awarded WorleyParsons the design contracts for the LNG Cold Energy Air Separation Unit (ASU) project. Located in Ningbo, China, the facility is designed to liquefy air at low temperatures by using cold energy recovered during the LNG re-gasification process, to produce industrial gas products. The facility brings environmental and energy efficiency benefits compared to conventional processes, saving as much as 50% of the conventional energy requirements by using the LNG cold energy to achieve liquefaction and to produce chilled glycol.

“ This is WorleyParsons’ second project win in a row from Canadian Natural and represents our ability to provide great value with our expertise in oil sands project execution.”

Gordon Staub, WorleyParsons, Mineable Oil Sands Operations Manager “I am excited to have the opportunity to apply the lessons learned from Canadian Natural’s previous installations and other projects to ensure that WorleyParsons creates value,” says Carol Parchewsky, Senior Project Manager. “Together, we will deliver safe, cost efficient, relocateable booster pump houses with maximized modularization/off-site construction. WorleyParsons has the culture, experience, and mindset to be successful in a ‘design one-build-many’ approach.”

WorleyParsons is designing five pump stations for the hydrotransport system and will also provide extended engineering.

Devon Energy Heavy Oil Award Work has commenced for the Select (pre-FEED) work for Devon Energy’s Devon Pike 1 facility, to help build capacity up to 105,000 bpd of bitumen.

“The involvement for WorleyParsons in this SAGD work represents our growing leadership in the unconventional oil space,” says Matthew Hamer, Vice President, Business Development, Calgary Operations. “Our involvement for this Select phase will hopefully have us continue working with Devon on the define and detailed phases of the project.”

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Canada

a hydrocarbons superpower ALBERTA Athabasca Oil Sands Area

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WorleyParsons has a 45 year history of supporting the Canadian heavy oil and oil sands producers to become world energy leaders.

A slow beginning leads to a market changer!

The Athabasca oil sands bitumen, once used by the indigenous Cree and Dene Aboriginal peoples to waterproof their canoes, is today providing a viable source of energy to Canada and the global energy market. Commercial production of oil began in 1967, when Great Canadian Oil Sands Limited (now Suncor Energy) opened its first mine, producing 30,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil. Today the lure of accessibility reserves in a politically stable environment has resulted in major development across the three major oil sands regions of Alberta - Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River.

Alberta has proven heavy oil reserves of 171 billion barrels, consisting primarily of bitumen. These reserves make up the

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Oil Sands

COLT: a proud history

WorleyParsons Offices Refineries

In 2007 it was clear to WorleyParsons the dramatic projected growth of hydrocarbons industry in Alberta would require large international firms to execute the anticipated heavy oil and oil sands workload.

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Project success would depend on a comprehensive knowledge of the local environment and international mega-projects. These factors were at the forefront of the WorleyParsons and Colt executives thinking when they joined forcesto merge the Canadian operations together.

Few companies in the hydrocarbons industry were as aligned in their approach to the market as Colt and WorleyParsons. Both were dedicated to creating their operations close to the owners’ assets, employing and retaining the highest quality technical and project personnel and underpinning their business with long term contracts to deliver sustaining capital projects.

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Colt was founded in 1973 and by 2007 had grown to over 4,600 personnel based in five execution centers.

This foundation, created by Colt, has enabled the WorleyParsons Canada business to grow in excess of 7,300 personnel in 19 offices.

Today the business executes projects from across the globe – from Oman to Brazil to Australia – and has strong links to the engineering team in Beijing, China for detailed engineering execution.

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Canada is the sixth largest oil producing country in the world and provides more oil to the US than Saudi Arabia. The Canadian Energy Research Institute estimates capital investment at CAD218 billion over the next 25 years.

International experience and technology leadership The magnitude of the investment across Alberta demands contractors and suppliers with global experience and local knowledge. WorleyParsons has over 30 years of experience in processing heavy oil from fields located in Canada, Oman,

Yemen, China, Venezuela, and the US. The team has designed heavy oil facilities for oil gravities ranging from 6º to 20º API. A key component of these projects is Enhanced Oil Recovery and centers of excellence have been established in Muscat, Oman and Calgary, Alberta.

The development of nascent sectors, such as oil sands, are punctuated by technology breakthroughs that lead to more cost efficient and safer outcomes. We are at the forefront of new technology, having participated in numerous research and development and pilot plant projects, including field-scale upgraders. Some of our achievements include: • Designing and installing the first ever zero liquid discharge water treatment system for a thermal heavy oil project Canada - a hydrocarbons superpower hq Magazine

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• Developing and patenting a produced water treating process that eliminates the need for lime softeners • Assisting in the development of a small scale gasifier for use in thermal heavy oil operations •

Utilizing a combination of desalination reverse osmosis and mechanical vapor compression that resulted in near 100% water re-use system in a large middle east steam injection project, and

• Increasing warm lime softening system performance to 20% above its design capacity

From wellhead to refinery WorleyParsons involvement in the Canadian hydrocarbons industry is comprehensive. As customers first commence the development process a wealth of data and experience is made available to ensure that the risks and investment requirements are understood. Critically the optimal prioritization and sequencing of development activities can be determined as the tam draw upon 45 years of local experience.

The schedule for an oil sands project from front-end study to final completion and operation is five to six years as opposed to a thermal heavy oil project schedule of three years. The extended development phase places increased emphasis on the project teams to manage cost, schedule, innovation and risk appropriately. The WorleyParsons mineable oil sands team work across every phase of project delivery. They are currently executing the pre-FEED review and analysis for the expansion of a key bitumen processing unit for the Shell Albian facility in Fort McMurray and the detailed engineering and procurement for Canadian Natural’s Hydro-transport 1/2/3 upgrades at the Horizon oil sands facility in north eastern Alberta.

The work at Horizon is typical of many oil sands projects and has significant global applicability. The delivery of safe, cost efficient, re-locatable booster pump houses with maximized modularization/off-site construction, through a ‘design-onebuild-many’ approach is recognized as a key component of the emerging coal seam gas sector in the US and Australia.

Water management is a major component of every heavy oil and oil sands projects and WorleyParsons Canada water and environmental teams work seamlessly with the hydrocarbons engineers to create innovative and cost effective solutions.

Recently Shell awarded the front-end engineering design and detailed engineering for the water handling facilities for a large recycle water treatment project at its Albian facility in Fort McMurray. The project will see the handling of vast quantities of water to and from a hardness reduction process train supplied by a third-party supplier.

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is a common approach for oil recovery in the region. A pair of horizontal wells are drilled into the oil reservoir, a few metres above the other.

High pressure steam is continuously injected into the upper wellbore to heat the oil and reduce its viscosity, causing the heated oil to drain into the lower wellbore, where it is pumped out.

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“ We offer the full range of project delivery, using high value practices to deliver cost benefits to our customers.”

Randy Karren, WorleyParsons, Managing Director, Canada

While technically complex SAGD projects often require an array of replicated well pads and associated infrastructure. A major advantage for the owners in the Athabasca fields is the presence of WorleyParsonsCord, the company’s construction business in Canada.

Based near Edmonton in four fabrication yards the team are currently executing EPC services on eight SAGD well pads, gathering lines and underground pipelines for Husky’s Sunrise Energy project, fabrication of approximately 100 pipe rack modules for Phase 2B of the MEG Energy’s Christina Lake SAGD project and construction services for the installation of Stage 4 well pads along with associated gathering lines Suncor Energy’s Firebag SAGD facility.

As an extension of the 20 year relationship with Syncrude Canada WorleyParsonsCord was awarded the EPC for tailings treatment facilities at the Syncrude Aurora Mine located north of Fort McMurray.

As in any developing area heading towards boom times, the ability to improve certainty is of great value. As Randy Karren, WorleyParsons Managing Director of Canada, says “The heavy oil and oil sands market has seen good results in recent times through the utilization of lump sum contracting.

While this approach is hardly revolutionary, the strategy can provide a healthy level of tension between owner and contractor teams.

“The ability for a contractor, like WorleyParsons, to run the full gamut from fully reimbursable to full lump sum contracting is important to ensure the selected contract model is the right fit for the customer.

Converted lump sum approach is one which WorleyParsons is using on our Husky Sunrise and the Imperial Oil Syncrude Aurora Tailings Management projects. The key to the success of this approach is achieving and maintaining 100% alignment between the customer and the contractor”.

As competition in the engineering and design areas intensifies, WorleyParsons, thanks to various legacy companies, has been involved in the oil sands business for almost its entire existence.

Randy sees this as a classic win/win situation between customer and contractor: “The experience and proven performance we bring to the table for a diverse range of needs in the oil sands, is well recognized in the industry. The area is full of opportunities to offer our services in partnership for some very exciting projects, pivotal to bringing millions of barrels of oil to markets which are looking at Canada as a major, stable supplier of their oil needs” he said.

“With approximately 5,000 people in our Alberta based business and access to the expertise of thousands more via our global workshare program, we offer the full range of project delivery, using high value practices to deliver cost benefits to our customers.”

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A 20 year partnership - Syncrude Syncrude is the world’s largest producer of synthetic oil from the Canadian oil sands.

2011 marks 20 years of WorleyParsons providing engineering and project delivery services to Syncrude in Canada.

CoSyn Technology is a fully integrated alliance between WorleyParsons and Syncrude, which undertakes a large portfolio of Base Plant and Major Projects supporting Syncrude’s portfolio of expense and capital projects. Through this longterm relationship WorleyParsons has been able to implement specific long-term and ongoing initiatives which have delivered significant savings to Syncrude.

A focus within the contract is providing added value to Syncrude.

We developed the I3 Program (ideas, improvements and innovations) which focuses on value creation.

John Grill, WorleyParsons CEO, and Scott Sullivan, Syncrude CEO, Syncrude’s gift to CoSyn Technology

Each year, various project teams set targets for savings and keep value creation at the forefront of all project meetings.

Since 2000, CoSyn has identified in excess of CAD600 million in project related savings.

In addition to delivering value to Syncrude through project related savings, the CoSyn team has a number of other achievements in 2011 worth highlighting: •

The team achieved a five million Safe Work Hours milestone in April this year

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CoSyn’s Base Plant Projects (BPP) Group was reorganized to align with the new Syncrude BPP Organization Structure

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CoSyn personnel successfully migrated to the ExxonMobil Managed Environment (XME) desktop

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The 2011 I3 target of CAD40 million project savings was exceeded in May

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A global assessment of OneWay™ identified CoSyn and WorleyParsons Edmonton as having several leading practices within our global organization, in particular the application of ‘Safe and Sustainable Engineering for Asset Lifecycle (SEAL)’ processes

During the 20th birthday celebration, Scott Sullivan, Syncrude’s CEO, presented CoSyn with a bison hide, stating it is the most prestigious gift Syncrude bestows.

Inscription: “One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

Our alliance has grown because of your commitment to understand our needs and provide high quality services. Congratulations on your first 20 years. We look forward to a bright future together.”

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Tailings management: real solutions faster While more than 80% of oil sands developments will not require them, tailings ponds – water basins created to hold the suspended silts, clays and hydrocarbon residues of the oil sands extraction process - currently occupy about 170 km2 of northern Alberta. Each one of the many new mines to be opened will need at least one tailing pond as a process vessel.

The technology available to deal with what has been a large environmental issue has developed largely thanks to the industry getting together as part of the Oil Sands Tailings Consortium - a group formed by seven of Canada’s largest oil sands mining companies.

The consortium’s charter is to pool knowledge and technology resources to collaborate on developments that will lead to faster improvements for the tailings issue.

WorleyParsonsCord, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorleyParsons, recently began work on a single EPC delivery contract for tailings ponds at the Imperial Oil Syncrude Aurora mine.

The project is a multi-remediation project where the mature fine tailings are separated from process water and returned to the environment.

A new pump barge equipped with a 5000HP VFD driven slurry pump train is being built as part of the project.

The project scope includes development of the barge configuration, stability analysis, mooring and structural design, design of auxiliary marine and electrical systems, and development of a complete drawing package for fabrication. The project scope also includes the installation of an articulated access bridge which is connected at a ‘shore station’ allowing equipment and personnel to transfer on and off the barge.

Keeping construction and operational costs in mind, our team is also responsible for the procurement of major materials and equipment components to offer exceptional hydrodynamic performance and efficient structural design.

On the Couch with Mark Accadia General Manager, CoSyn Alliance

As part of the CoSyn 20 year anniversary celebration, we asked Mark Accadia to highlight the value that effective alliances can bring to our customers and to our organization HQ: What are the key success factors?

MA: Alignment and common values and goals are necessary for a successful outcome in any alliance. These need to be clearly articulated and understood early on as being the core principles that will set in motion the expectations and rules of engagement that will carry forward when addressing even bigger picture issues requiring even greater universality and solidarity. It is also important to measure performance every step of the way so we can see what is working and what is not working so we can deal with issues before they become problems.

HQ: What are the main challenges?

MA: Keeping everyone on course and true to the fundamental values that were behind the formation of the alliance in the first place is a challenge. In our CoSyn alliance change has occurred in market conditions, the industry, and management. Of course things change and we pride ourselves on being able to adapt to the changing needs of the market, but some of the old fashioned fundamentals the alliance was based on 20 years ago are not negotiable.

HQ: Can you provide an example of an improvement?

MA: There are many examples. One example is how, in the ATR Barge Project for Syncrude, we were able to exploit our global presence and our global expertise. Five of our specialist offices contributed via design to assembly and the WorleyParsons advanced analytic group from Melbourne provided ongoing support for highly specialized engineering problems using computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis techniques.

Another recent example is stage two of the East Mine Seepage Curtain Project where we introduced horizontally directionally drilled technology to cope with groundwater seepage issues previously made cost prohibitive by conventional containment methods.

HQ: Any parting thoughts?

WorleyParsons has completed numerous barge projects including INTECSEA’s current work on a pump barge for Syncrude

MA: Strides toward greater collaboration are critical to orderly and sustainable development of oil sands resources.

WorleyParsons is leading our industry in innovation and design, as exemplified in our Syncrude partnership, with technology the chief enabler of the Canadian oil sands development.

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WorleyParsonsCord With extensive construction experience across Western Canada, WorleyParsonsCord operates in a fully integrated EPC environment or as a stand-alone general construction contractor.

WorleyParsonsCord has an unrivalled record of accomplishment in the oil and gas transmission, gas processing, petrochemicals, power generation and heavy oil sectors.

Three central Alberta module assembly yards, with an annual capacity of 425 modules, have provided projects for customers such as Suncor, Nexen, Devon and CNRL making WorleyParsonsCord a primary provider of modules in Western Canada.

Greenfield constructions are also a specialty evidenced by our successful delivery of projects such as Shell’s Central Processing Facility at Cold Lake. Likewise, our expertise in Brownfield construction work is supported by our history in performing total project delivery in existing facilities, along with our expertise in systemic solutions for outages, turnarounds and shutdowns.

Module Construction - WorleyParsonsCord fabrication yard, Blackfalds, Canada

Our construction service lines include planning and strategies, construction execution and our Improve offering, which focuses on asset services within long term customer relationships.

On the Couch with Jon Fennell Director, Water Resources Canada

HQ: Is water scarcity an issue for the Albertan oil sands?

JF: Although Canada has approximately 9% of the world’s water supply some regions are experiencing shortages – the result of competing interests, overuse, over allocation and changing water balances.

A recent study found that most of Alberta’s fresh water supplies are in the north. In contrast, most people reside in the south leading to an obvious disparity between supply and demand of water. This contrasts with Alberta’s oil extraction activity which mostly occurs in the north where an abundance of fresh water resides.

HQ: Is water supply a concern for resource owners?

JF: In 2009 the hydrocarbons industry accounted for 7% of Canada’s total water market, and while this figure seems small compared to 44% for agricultural industries, the need for fresh water for oil sands projects will increase. The insitu extraction process, required to recover the majority of bitumen, typically uses groundwater supply. In recent years there has been a push towards more deeply buried saline sources, leading to increased cost, energy use and waste.

The potential release of wastes to the aquatic environment from waste management and water storage and treatment facilities has led to concern regarding water quality. To address these concerns monitoring by both Canada’s federal and provincial governments has been underway for some time, and to date no major concerns have been identified.

HQ: How does a Total Water Management approach help?

JF: A Total Water Management approach can identify risks for water resource management and develop and implement strategies to avoid strain on water supplies. The basis of an approach is predicated on identifying opportunities for improved efficiency and reducing, reusing and recycling water in a way that minimizes industry’s footprint.

Understanding the way Canadians use water will likely lead to improvements in managing our water supplies. Adopting better sub-basin accounting and implementing conjunctive use strategies could help. This will require a step outside the traditional approach to water management, and a more holistic management process taking into account sufficient knowledge of supply and demand aspects, influences such as land-use change and climate variability, and associated risks to water security and ecosystem health. This information can be most effectively obtained by integrating the various water disciplines and linking their knowledge and experience to ensure suitable engineering design, effects forecasting and performance monitoring.

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The great bridge: from Canada to China

We have 2,200 personnel in seven offices - Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhe. With a full suite of service provision from feasibility studies to full EPCM, an estimated 75% of our Chinese services have been provided to international firms building facilities within China. We focus on localization, with 98% bilingual personnel and a workplace environment that balances Western and Chinese culture. We emphasize professional development and career advancement, we are an employer of choice and enjoy sustainable profitability and growth in terms of personnel, revenue, and customer base.

If you have been building a team in China for a decade, the strategy can’t be new?

Michael Price, Global Director, Heavy Oil

National oil companies (NOCs) from around the world have long expressed interest in Canada’s energy resources. But, while much of the world was hankered down waiting for recent economic storms to pass, Chinese desire for additional energy sources has meant taking aggressive steps to secure supply by investing heavily around the world and in the Canadian oil sands.

The presence of NOCs in Canada underscores the growing scale at which its oil sands operate. With only 22% of the world’s total oil reserves accessible to private sector investment; Alberta has 52% of that share. In the past six years, China’s international oil companies have spent or pledged more than CAD11 billion in Canada, most of it on Alberta’s oil sands projects In light of these market dynamics, WorleyParsons is enhancing its ‘Bridge to China’ strategy: bridging its language, execution capabilities and existing relationships with Chinese companies and competitors. Michael Price leads our initiative, and provides a ‘view from the bridge’ on how the world’s second largest source of petroleum resources expects to deal with China in the foreseeable future.

What’s your insight on the Chinese economy?

China is the second largest economy in the world and indications suggest it will surpass the US very soon to be the primary economic engine of global growth. During the global financial crisis, China accelerated infrastructure investment, which benefitted resource exporting countries. Now China’s focus is to enhance its domestic market. This will present enormous opportunities for resource companies globally and the EPCM companies that support them. At the same time, Chinese companies have been making core investments in resource acquisitions across many areas and notably in heavy oil.

What kind of strategy does WorleyParsons currently have in China?

WorleyParsons has been building its team for a decade in China.

No, it isn’t new, but the focus is new. Our China offices are increasingly being utilized as high value execution centers to perform work for Chinese owners and align ourselves with Chinese EPC companies and design institutes. This strategy is a key differentiator for our heavy oil business. We also have a key liaison and leader abroad. Brad Andrews is the Executive Vice President of WorleyParsons China operations, and resides in Beijing. Brad is originally from Canada and has tremendous experience in the Albertan oil sands, having opened and grown our office in Fort McMurray - the heart of the oil sands activities.

How else is WorleyParsons building a relationship with the Chinese?

WorleyParsons has regular collaborations with Chinese owners and partners. We also hold regular delegation trips to and from our offices within China so we can understand how their offices work, how they help us, and how we can help them.

What aspects of your experience do you feel is most relevant to this portfolio?

The recent relevant work experience was gained from MEG Energy and Husky Energy. With MEG, I helped bring its Christina Lake oil sands property from planning and development through to commercial production success. With Husky I was responsible for coordinating their oil sands business plan. In this role I saw that all resource companies face the challenge of how to accelerate and innovate whilst managing risk of cost escalation and schedule overruns. In terms of the Chinese connection, CNOOC was an early investor in the oil sands and invested at a critical time in MEG Energy’s development. Husky Energy has majority ownership by Chinese investors.

So why leave the ‘owner side’ of the business?

I guess I didn’t see it as ‘why leave the owner side’ as much as ‘why did I want to join a global project delivery service provider’?

I love a challenge, I love building relationships and I love to travel. I have been to China many times over the last seven years. Chinese history is amazing. And the people are incredibly entrepreneurial and hospitable. I feel energized when I am in China and I look forward to applying that energy and my skill set to helping many owner companies inside and outside of China.

Michael Price is our newly appointed Global Sector Lead, Heavy Oil and Director, Bridge to China. He can be contacted at Michael.Price@worleyparsons.com or on +1 587 899 1689.

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The challenges of offshore Arctic trenching

The rising demand for oil and gas combined with decreasing easy recoverable reserves drives our industry toward the boundaries of remote areas, like deep water, and Arctic regions.

In particular, the cost effective recovery of a significant portion of Newfoundland and Labrador’s known oil resources is often challenged by reservoir complexity. Increased production from known oil in place presents a major economic opportunity for the offshore industry and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada.

But there are distinct and unique aspects of pipeline design for offshore arctic environments. Unique pipeline design aspects for Arctic conditions include analysis of the potential effects of Arctic-specific environmental loadings (ice scour, permafrost, termperature effects, strudel scour, permafrost), and the effective use of limit state design for extreme loading conditions.

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Ice scour Ice scour or gouging of the seafloor is a near-shore feature for most northern continents. Sea ice is driven by wind and current forces and tends to pile up creating a pressure ridge. This pressure ridge has a keel extending below the water surface and it moves with the ice sheet. Occasionally, these ice keels intrude into water with depths less than the ice keel draft and form a gouge in the seafloor soils. A pipeline on the seafloor in such an environment may not be able to withstand the ice contact loadings and typically must be buried below predicted extreme ice keel scour depths for protection. Further, the pipe must be trenched sufficiently beneath the influence zone of soil displaced below the ice keel to limit pipe bending.

Permafrost An offshore pipeline transporting oil or gas to shore will need to transition through a shore crossing. In some Arctic applications, the shore crossing will have soil ice-bonded permafrost underlying the pipeline. When the pipeline becomes operational, the temperature of the pipeline will typically increase warm surrounding soil and create a permafrost thaw bulb. This may result in permafrost thaw consolidation and pipeline settlement. If the settlement area is adjacent to an area, which is thaw stable, the result is a highly loaded pipeline span. This differential settlement can induce considerable bending strain in the pipeline and must be accounted for in design.

holes in the ice sheet. If the drainage rate is high, hydrodynamics (high velocity currents) at the seafloor can scour seabed sediment and potentially expose and impose high current loads on a pipeline. This phenomenon is known as strudel scour and may result in unacceptable pipeline spans.

Limit state design application Limit state design applications for an above ground Arctic onshore pipeline may include internal pressure, wind-induced vortex induced vibration, corrosion and expansion (due to warm pipe contents). Limit state design applications for offshore buried Arctic pipelines may include internal pressure, ovalization (due to displacement controlled bending) and unstable weld flaw propagation due to tensile bending strains.

More challenges come from the the presence of all-year ice; a short summer season; the non-existence of nearby infrastructure and the Arctic’s vulnerable nature and ecosystem as well as trenching equipment limitations to water depth and trench depth, and from storms and blizzards that cause delays and interruptions in transportation, which lead to cost overruns.

The industry is searching for ways to cope with the difficulties that an Arctic environment brings and to come up with a valuable trenching and burial solution.

WorelyParson subsidiary, INTECSEA in Canada, has been awarded a contract by Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada (PRAC) for Phase 1 of a Joint Industry Project (JIP) for the Development of a Trenching System for Subsea Pipelines, Flowlines and Umbilicals in Ice Scour Environments.

Temperature effects When a pipeline is operated at a temperature higher than the ambient temperature during installation, the pipeline will attempt to expand longitudinally (thermal expansion). A long pipeline in contact with the soil, buried or unburied, is not entirely free to expand due to the restraint provided by the surrounding soil.

This can lead to excessive axial compressive forces and upheaval buckling if not adequately addressed by the pipeline design and construction procedures.

“ This is an important step forward in the ability to safely and efficiently install pipelines and flowlines in ice scour environments.”

Mike Paulin, INTECSEA, Operations Director

Strudel scour Nearshore Arctic zones typically develop a bottomfast ice sheet during the winter season. If an onshore river flow encounters such an area during the spring breakup, the river water will overflow the bottomfast ice sheet in the nearshore zone. This overflow water will spread offshore and drain through cracks or

The trenching system is relevant to Arctic and Subarctic waters wherever ice gouging is an issue. INTECSEA will be responsible for the management of Phase 1 of the JIP and the provision of consulting services to support the program. The JIP is sponsored

by Hibernia, Terra Nova, White Rose and Hebron Projects.

The goals of the new trenching system will allow: •

Trenching to depths greater than current industry norms (burial depths greater than three meters, with potential trench depths as much as seven meters)

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Trenching in soil conditions that are difficult and highly variable, including the presence of boulders

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Trenching in water depths beyond the majority of trenching requirements (water depths up to approximately 300 m)

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Operating in harsh marine conditions (for example, the Western North Atlantic)

The JIP is planned to be a research and technology development project with four phases. The objective of the project is to prove a trenching system that is capable of meeting the above requirements and concluding with a full scale field demonstration project in Phase 4. The goal of Phase 1 is to shortlist a number of potential technology solution providers who will carry out more detailed engineering and feasibility studies in Phase 2.

The work will be performed at INTECSEA’s office in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Oman: providing EOR

expertise to the Middle East The productivity of oil and gas reservoirs in Oman has become increasingly challenging, with some approaching completion of their natural productive life.

As primary and secondary recovery methods have been expended, production companies have sought to deploy tertiary technologies such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to augment production levels over the coming years. It is anticipated that these tertiary recovery methods will become a major component of future developments in the Middle East.

Michael Dunn, Location Manager Oman, said, “We are delighted to be at the forefront of EOR in Oman, and expect to export these services to sister offices in the region in the future; for the benefit of global and regional customers.�

Important achievements have included the recent successful completion of the Engineering and Maintenance Contract in South Oman for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). With over 600 projects executed and a multimillion total contract value over six years, the office has enhanced its capability to provide concept development through to detailed design and construction management.

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Al Noor MGI Phase 3A & Sakhiya Miniflood WorleyParsons is executing engineering and procurement services for a Miscible Gas Injection (MGI) application at Al Noor reservoir and Gas Miniflooding for Sakihya reservoir.

The objective of the Al Noor MGI Phase 3A project is to provide EOR through MGI facilities. The gas will be supplied from Al Noor Production Station via a new trunk line from the proposed new gas dehydration unit and gas injection compressor to two new injection wells.

The objective of the Sakhiya Miniflood A2C project is to keep the Harweel 2AB facilities operating at their full potential by mini flood of the Sakhiya reservoir with three new injection wells.

A rewarding collaboration with Shell The Enterprise Framework Agreement for the provision of EPCM services in the Americas.

Abu Butabul Phase 1 This project is a greenfield development of a gas/ condensate reservoir and was initiated in 2010 by Oman Oil, their first project in Oman.

Phase 1 includes 60 gas/condensate wells and 3 water wells, reverse osmosis plant, well pads, water pipeline, evaporation ponds, gathering system of approximately 110 km duplex stainless steel dry gas and condensate export system, 85 km of export lines, water treatment plant, infrastructure, utilities and camps.

WorleyParsons completed FEED in December 2011 and is now working on the detailed design. Workshare arrangements are in place with Perth and Abu Dhabi offices, with the Perth office involved in the review of the gas processing plant.

Amal Steam Surface Facilities The Amal Steam project commenced in 2009 as a key EOR project for PDO. This project involves provision of EPCM services for the facilities consisting of a water treatment plant; specialist steam equipment package alongwith hook-ups and pipelines in Amal West and East fields.

The five year plus optional two year renewal EFA is a result of a year-long negotiation, though WorleyParsons and Shell have been working in collaboration across the world for many years. Our involvement has been comprehensive - upstream, downstream, onshore, offshore, studies, project delivery and Improve contracts. The EFA provides the opportunity to execute projects at Shell’s downstream refining and chemical facilities throughout their North American portfolio, supply and distribution both on and offshore, unconventional resources, and other onshore projects.

Patrick Dougherty, our Shell Global Customer Relationship Manager, commented “The work by the teams on North American Shell sites gave the customer confidence we could deliver cost effectively and efficiently. The efforts of the teams have been exceptional. We could not have achieved the agreement without our continued pursuit of value.”

As a result of the agreement we can look forward to contributing an expanded level of service in the critical unconventional oil and gas projects in the region which will build on of efforts in Texas and Kansas. This agreement provides an excellent platform for us to add value by possibly forming other regional and global agreements with Shell.

Patrick will be briefing the operational leaders in North America on the implications of the award and work closely with the contract managers to ensure we continue delivering outstanding outcomes on Shell projects.

At present, the project is well into construction of Phase 1, with 90% of purchased materials delivered to site and PDO commissioning activities scheduled to commence in May 2012. Engineering for Phase 1B of the Amal Steam Project is now 60% complete. in January 2012 the 60% model review was successfully completed, along with a successful instrument protective function review.

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Office intel SAUDI ARABIA

AUSTRALIA

Customer recognition for our commitment to localization

Groundwater challenges in Coal Seam Gas

In late 2011 at the Saudi Aramco Contractors Exchange Conference in Khobar, WorleyParsons was recognized for exemplary efforts to improve Saudization in Saudi Aramco projects. The award was personally presented to WorleyParsons (Maintain Potential Project) by Saudi Aramco Vice President Mr. Majid Al-Mugla. Mr. Mugla congratulated us for our Saudiization efforts and customized training and competency programs.

This award is of particular significance as WorleyParsons were the only Engineering company in Saudi Arabia to receive this recognition.

University student work experience programs and training and development form part of our Saudisation efforts. We also leverage off our internal human resources and intellectual capital to develop, mentor and coach our Saudi employees.

WorleyParsons invests in the development of young Saudi’s by sponsoring their academic, professional and technical development in-kingdom and out-of-kingdom. We are unique in being the only engineering company that provides an on the job competence training program, voluntary lunch and learn presentations, workshops and site visits, all keystones to engineers, designers and draughtsmen’s engagement and development.

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As part of an exclusive panel of groundwater consultants, WorleyParsons was recently tasked with understanding groundwater and related challenges in the rapidly developing Coal Seam Gas (CSG) sector.

The Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management has further shown confidence in WorleyParsons to frame and communicate spatial and temporal risks associated with cumulative groundwater withdrawals in support of regional agriculture and energy developments.

The sensitive aquifers beneath the Great Artesian Basin have been the focus of much dialogue and controversy regarding threats (real or perceived) to area water supplies, soil salinity and food production from more than 30,000 gas wells (and related infrastructure) projected for the region.

The project team will comprise hydrogeologists and environmental specialists associated with winning the recent 2011 Queensland Engineering Excellence Award for the Australia Pacific LNG Environmental Impact Statement presented to WorleyParsons ANZ Northern Operations.

This project will leverage skills developed in vulnerability and risk analysis used to guide the energy sector and Government of Alberta in assessing, monitoring and managing cumulative effects to the water environment from large-scale oil sands mining and in situ development.

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ECC Conference presentation

WorleyParsons wins technology accolade

Dave Steele, Delivery Group Managing Director, WorleyParsons, presented at the ECC Conference in Arizona. ECC is considered to be the premiere event for engineering, construction and contracting executives and professionals.

WorleyParsons has been awarded a commendation from BP in its prestigious Helios Awards for the Sullom Voe Terminal, Life of Field Project. Over a thousand entries were submitted and our entry was one of 150 that were celebrated. The award recognizes our efforts to develop a gas sweetening plant for ultra-high pressure service, saving considerable energy, operating and capital expenditure.

This year, the 43rd Annual EEC Conference was built around the theme, ‘Journey into Uncharted Territories: Repositioning the Projects Business in a World with Changing Boundaries’.

Dave opened his presentation ‘Alliances: Contract Based Relationships between Owners and Contractors’ by exploring the link between the changing nature of project development against the backdrop of increasing need for certainty around project execution – safety, quality, cost and schedule.

In addition, Dave profiled WorleyParsons’ strategy to be better aligned globally and how our footprint, systems and processes, business capability and contractor relationships are key elements of WorleyParsons’ journey to create shared value.

In the oil fields west of Shetland, UK, microbial action in the reservoirs results in significant increases in hydrogen sulphide levels beyond the treatment capacity of the existing onshore gas treatment facilities. This would have led to significant oil production losses (~10 mbd) threatening safe operations.

WorleyParsons’ role was to determine the best long term option.

The Project identified options for sweetening the gas over the field life. The standard technology solution was complex and wasted energy due to the requirements to decrease the gas pressure for processing within the amine unit and high power gas compressors to recompress the gas.

The Project developed an alternate option which stretched existing technology, called Ultra-High Pressure (UHP) amine, to avoid the need for energy intensive and costly recompression.

Combining our sour gas processing specialists with the amine licensor (BASF) along with BP’s technology experts we identified the risks associated with the UHP amine option and a work program to develop appropriate risk reduction measures. This included extracting lessons learned from BP’s Texas city refinery unit operation and laboratory testing with BASF in Germany.

David Steele presenting at the ECC Conference, Arizona

Petrochemical experts publish in Hydrocarbons Processing magazine Three WorleyParsons Hydrocarbons people in the US have been actively compiling their wealth of petrochemicals experience by publishing an article in the premier international Hydrocarbon Processing magazine.

Ali Bourji (Senior Technical Director), David Ballow (Principal Process Engineer), and Martha Choroszy’s (Chief Process Engineer) article titled ‘Finding benefits in automating boiler systems’ is the first in a series of articles which will address steam systems in ethylene-based petrochemical complexes.

The paper discusses the benefits of boiler system automation and the issues of steam load shedding and boiler system stability; all critical to the successful operation of the processing facility. A case study was also presented detailing the expansion of an ethylene-based petrochemical complex.

On conclusion of this six month program we revisited the risk assessment with BASF and BP technology and BP approved the technology readiness of the UHP amine. This solution is simpler than the standard option and will significantly improve long term value through lower investment and operating costs, simpler operation, improved safety with far fewer potential leak paths, increased efficiency, consuming 12 MW less power (equivalent to a small wind farm), higher availability and reduced emissions.

WorleyParsons’ team has gained valuable, transferrable experience in the approval process for this new technology.

New Aberdeen office Through our integrated Select business line and INTECSEA offering, a dynamic team of topsides and subsea specialists are now based in Aberdeen providing local expertise and a gateway for our customers into our wider global network.

Aberdeen is considered the energy capital of Europe with substantial North Sea oil and gas reserves, and offers great opportunity for our expertise. The new Aberdeen office is an exciting venture, as it will enable both INTECSEA and WorleyParsons to provide more direct and higher quality service to customers based in and around the city. The INTECSEA Aberdeen team under the leadership of Christian Tribbe, will offer concept and front end Select design and engineering services.

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Selecting the best: our global capability

Optimizing the advantages of our global knowledge base is a constant challenge in which we strive to excel, in order to add value to our customers’ projects.

The WorleyParsons London Select team has lately proven to be an example of this commitment to meet this challenge by work-sharing with eight locations. Fast, direct access to our worldwide centers of excellence, along with input from some of the most specialized engineers available anywhere in the world is continuing to reap benefits for our customers.

One of the areas in which the team has recently excelled is heavy oil, via the Statoil Bressay Development Project.

The Bressay field is one of the latest discoveries in a wave of heavy oil finds in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

With its heavy (11° API) complex and hard to produce oil, the project presented a challenging technology frontier for the industry. The latest phase of the project covers the development of a weight and cost optimized fixed platform production concept to further leverage project economics.

The 40 person study team has capitalized on the combination of skills of a number of our worldwide centers of excellence including Melbourne for drilling services, Calgary for heavy oil expertise, and Kuala Lumpur for living quarters, architecture and design.

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have helped us increase our understanding of TNK-BP’s approach to field development planning and working with on-site subcontractors. “Being able to hook in to Calgary’s expertise, where WorleyParsons is a world leader in heavy oil, provided invaluable insights that enabled us to fast track a deeper understanding of how our customer operates in this area so we are better positioned to serve their needs.” he commented.

In Tobago, the Centrica energy Midscale LNG Project embraced workshare from the start of feasibility, among our Select teams globally. This enabled our London office to provide a ‘one-stopshop’ for the design and cost estimation for all systems. The Houston-based INTECSEA team contributed its world leading expertise in subsea process architecture and pipeline-to-shore, while know-how from Vancouver, Delft, Woking, Teesside and Melbourne was drawn together to design a marine system that would be able to resist high seas and hurricanes.

In Oman, employing workshare practices with the Calgary office has paid dividends in strengthening the Oman team’s expertise in zonal well pad development and in complex and extensive gas gathering systems for the BP Khazzan Development Project.

Workshare has ensured that the Select London team have made their mark in delivering streamlined, methodically planned, economically successful projects.

Select is a specialist business line of WorleyParsons, designed to support decision making on critical front-end planning issues focused on project viability assessment and development concept selection. Select supports decision making that enhance our customer’s ultimate business objectives.

Recent appointments Steve Venables Global Director, Hydrocarbons Improve Steve has been working in the petrochemical environment since graduating as a Chemical Engineer from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He previously worked for Sasol for 23 years, where he supported a large operations environment from a technical support and project execution perspective aligning technical and project execution deliverables with business and operations objectives.

Steve has particular expertise in the gas to liquid (GTL)and coal to liquid (CTL) environments and has played leading roles on large GTL and CTL projects in the Middle East, China, India, Central Asia, North America and South Africa.

Steve will be working with our Hydrocarbons Improve team and his focus over the next few months is to help develop clear strategic plans for specific major market segments in the Improve environment.

Paul Dragovic Topsides GSL Paul has extensive engineering and design experience in the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry with particularly strong experience in large offshore facilities.

Paul has been responsible for management, project engineering, and detail engineering, as well as construction supervision and commissioning activities whilst working at WorleyParsons’ various office locations throughout Australia and with several of its major oil and gas industry customers. His experience includes work on major green-field oil and gas FEED and EPCM projects including the landmark Umm Shaif and NR2 projects. Paul also has hands-on operations experience and has managed a number of brown-field modifications and asset services contract for major offshore operating facilities.

Paul is an outstanding leader of teams, is an excellent communicator and has an impressive track-record of delivery of major projects.

Angie Slavens Director, Business Development Angie is an acknowledged expert in sulfur technology, particularly in sour gas treating and sulfur recovery and has published or presented 20 papers to her industry peers. Angie brings with her a wide breadth of project experience in revamps and grassroots facilities with extensive time spent working in India, the Middle East and China. She is currently working with the leadership team to develop and implement strategic execution plans to develop these markets for the deployment of sulfur technologies.

Colin Robinson Vice President, Project Delivery (China MOP) Colin has 30 years of experience, including nearly 20 years with WorleyParsons, in process industries including refining, petrochemicals, offshore and onshore oil and gas, in project management, engineering management and process engineering. As Deputy Project Director for Self-Perform Works of the Singapore Parallel Train (SPT) Project for ExxonMobil since 2007, he was responsible for the EPC execution of Refinery Modifications/Upgrades and Oxo-alcohol plant expansion.

Peter Cox Global Pipelines Director Peter has accumulated extensive experience in all aspects of the pipeline industry. He has recently completed major projects including long distance pipelines, major storage terminal projects and compressor stations for customers such as Epic Energy, APA Group, Duke Energy, BHP Petroleum, ExxonMobil, AGL and PetroVietnam.

As a respected technical authority, Peter is the President and Chairman of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association and sits on the ME 38 Standards Australia Committee that oversees all changes to AS 2885, the Australian pipeline design standard.

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Asia Pacific Graham Hill Senior Vice President

E: graham.hill@worleyparsons.com

Canada Mike King Senior Vice President

E: michael.w.king@worleyparsons.com

USA, Caribbean and Latin America Manuel Junco Senior Vice President

E: manuel.junco@worleyparsons.com

Europe, Middle East, India and Sub-Saharan Africa Jim Osborn Senior Vice President

E: jim.osborn@worleyparsons.com

Sub-Sectors and Business Lines Andy Cole Senior Vice President

E: andy.cole@worleyparsons.com

Global Hub Local Office

Project Development Jan Van Willigen Senior Vice President

E: jan.vanwilligen@worleyparsons.com

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