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Deepwater Lateral Network

Steve Hodges

Deepwater Consultant, Career Coach

SBH Creative Consulting

I have retired from Shell after 30 years in deepwater project delivery, technical assurance, and mentoring of junior engineers. I am available for occasional consulting, career coaching, and mentoring. I am a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner and a lifelong student of human behavior with a passion for career coaching and seeking to understand how successful careers unfold.

SBH Creative Consulting

Deepwater Consultant, Career Coach

July 2019 - Present

Cypress, Texas

I have retired from Shell after 30 years in deepwater project delivery, technical assurance, and mentoring of junior engineers. I am available for occasional consulting, career coaching, and mentoring. I am a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner and a lifelong student of human behavior with a passion for career coaching and seeking to understand how successful careers unfold.


Industry Activities

July 2019 - Present

API SUB-COMMITTEE 2 – Offshore Structures (Member since 2004)

• 2019 – Present: API 2RD Riser Design Task Group Co-Chair – Developing 3rd edition

• 2016 – 2019: API 2RIM Riser Integrity Management Task Group Chair – Led development of new standard in < 3 yrs

• 2015 – Present: Riser Resource Group (RG10) Chair

• 2004 – 2010: API 2T Tension Leg Platform Task Group – Responsible for riser, tendons, construction sections


INSTRUCTOR, The University of Texas at Austin

2015 - Present

Engineering Executive Education

Design of Floating Production Systems – Introduction, Riser Systems, Tendon Systems


Shell

30 years 2 months

Senior Principal Advisor - Pipelines, Flowlines, Risers

August 2014 - June 2019 (4 years 11 months)

Technical Authority Level 1 for Pipelines, Flowlines & Risers for Deepwater Projects. Accountable for assessment and appointment of Technical Authorities, providing technical review, assurance and consultation for deepwater projects, development, maintenance, and assurance of technical standards, technical assurance structure for project teams, advising and consulting on technical issues, overseeing the Graduate development program, mentoring junior staff.


Systems Integration Manager - Appomattox Project

July 2013 - August 2014 (1 year 2 months)

Reporting to the Project Director, responsible for coordination of technical deliverables, interface management, basis for design, management of change, technical assurance, across the Project Leadership Team in Concept Select and FEED phases.


Engineering Manager - Risers and Mooring Systems

April 2007 - July 2013 (6 years 4 months)

Managed Riser, Mooring and Global Performance staff in a matrix organization across the deepwater project delivery, including Gumusut-Kakap, Perdido, BC10, Mars B, Stones, Malikai, and the subsea tie-back portfolio. Through several reorganizations, staff also included global performance, naval architecture, and onshore civil engineering. Accountable for project delivery, technical assurance, hiring, and staff development.


Civil / Marine Design Team Lead - Gumusut-Kakap Project (Malaysia)

June 2004 - March 2007 (2 years 10 months)

Responsible for Surface input to Area Development Plan (ADP) and Value Assurance Review, engaging with internal and external stakeholders to move project forward. Design Team Lead for FPS structure, mooring system, platform motions, naval architecture & geotechnical scope through concept select, FEED, and detailed design.


Civil / Marine Lead - Generic FPSO Concept Development Team

December 2002 - June 2004 (1 year 7 months)

Civil/Marine Lead for development of Generic FPSO concept for deployment globally.


Na Kika FPS Project Delivery

September 1999 - June 2003 (3 years 10 months)

Hull appurtenance structural design lead, accountable for conceptual, FEED and detailed design.

Project Engineer for mooing fairlead delivery. Interface Manager for the structural design team.


Non-Operated Venture Assurance Team

February 2002 - March 2003 (1 year 2 months)

Surface Lead for assurance of Abo FPSO Project Development in Nigeria, operated by Agip.


Ursa TLP Hull Design Engineer & Fabrication Site Engineer

April 1995 - August 1999 (4 years 5 months)

Global structural design lead in FEED and Detailed Design. Site Engineer for hull fabrication (Taranto, Italy).


Civil Engineer / Naval Architect - Various Deepwater Projects

May 1989 - April 1995 (6 years)

Global Performance Team Lead for Ram/Powell TLP FEED & Detailed Design. TLP hull sizing and hydrodynamics for Mar TLP Concept Select and FEED Concept Selection studies for Mars, Ram/Powell and Ursa TLPs. Developed TLP sizing software.

Hydrodynamic design of Auger TLP


University of California, Berkeley

Research Assistant and Consultant

August 1983 - May 1989 (5 years 10 months)

Designed and executed model test programs for various clients. Performed stability analysis of The Bloodhound, vintage sailing ship. Intern at Gulf Oil designing a small TLP for the Gulf of Mexico.

Intern at Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) in Japan doing research and design.


Education


University of California, Berkeley

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering · (1985 - 1989)


University of California, Berkeley

Master of Science (M.S.), Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering · (1983 - 1985)


Northwestern University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering · (1979 - 1983)

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