Lisa Heeralal
Cypress,United States
Summary
Highly motivated and experienced Subsea Subject Matter Expert (SME) with over 20 years of experience in major worldwide Oil and Gas Operators. Worked in diverse locations including Houston, Aberdeen, and Trinidad and Tobago, gaining valuable expertise in deep-water assets, North Sea assets, and national gas operations. Currently holds the Lead Subsea Integrity role at Hess Co-operation in Houston, responsible for delivering a world-class subsea integrity management program. Strong background in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's degree in Subsea Reliability and Risk Engineering. Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and IMAREST since 2011. Proven track record of successfully delivering Field Life Extension projects, major remediation projects, and implementing innovative inspection technologies. Contributed to technical papers in international journals and will be presenting on Subsea Life Extension at the upcoming Subsea Tie Back conference. Leadership skills and engineering expertise instrumental in pushing the boundaries of technology initiatives such as Subsea 3D modeling/mapping, non-piggable flowline validation, LIDAR inspections, ILI inspections, and AUV design and development.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Subsea Team Lead
Hess Co-operation
01.2015 - Current
- My current role is Subsea Technical Authority/ Subsea IM team Lead for the GOM core integrity team at Hess co-operation
- My overall responsibility is to manage, lead and deliver Subsea Integrity management activities for the Hess operating assets extending to the Offshore Gulf –of –Mexico subsea
- This includes the successful execution and completion of 2 major life Extensions projects on two assets
- Managing and co-ordinating and delivery of integrity management services including Inspections planning/ report reviews, risk assessments review/workshops, developing and inspection strategy plans, detailed engineering assessments such as fatigue assessments, span assessments, corrosion assessments, criteria, etc
- Manage overall pipeline system integrity and coordinate the interfaces with other disciplines in support of determining the pipeline assets are fit for continued service;
- Delivering and leading key engineering projects including VP level dashboarding reporting in major company’s quarterly reviews demonstrating asset production assurance and growth requirements;
- Implementing and managing further development of subsea softwares to meet the company’s requirements for subsea integrity such as Cognite, PCMS, Nexus and various BI tooling
- Ensuring the facility is in compliance with BSEE Regulations and demonstrating HSSE Leadership relating to SIP IM projects and ensuring the facility is in compliance with all regulations with regards to subsea;
- Liaison with BSEE to understand specific regulated requirements to help the asset in adhering to 100% compliance;
- Execution and managing of Field Life Extension Studies with Conger, Baldpate and NW and Tulane assets;
- Day-to-day management of the Subsea equipment and infrastructure from Onshore, and the co-ordination of subsea inspection and intervention activities to deliver safe and reliable production during the lifetime of the asset;
- Manage implementation and update of pipeline/flowlines' integrity management program to achieve and sustain compliance with regulatory bodies such as BSEE;
- Determining and managing the services required to support the operation and maintenance of the subsea assets and ensuring the required contracts are in place
- To include Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) tooling, Subsea Wall thickness scanning, LIDAR inspections, ILI Pigging, AUV inspections, etc
- Project managing and delivery of all required subsea intervention activities by providing guidance and liaison with the execution team vessel representative and engineering team discipline responsible engineers and contractors;
- Addressing and managing all outstanding integrity issues which are causing a threat to continued safe operations and production for the Hess contract by managing and accessing the effect on pipelines/flowlines/risers integrity of any changes to the process, equipment or operating environment;
- Managing accurate view and documented status of pipeline condition, including the location and nature of any anomalies and assess the effect of any changes to process, equipment or operating environment;
- Managing accurate representation of all risks and uncertainties with regards to the pipeline systems integrity and the status of associated risk barriers and mitigation actions;
- Manage overall pipeline system integrity and coordinate the interfaces with other disciplines in support of determining the pipeline assets are fit for continued service
- Ensure integrity-related projects are meaningful in providing ongoing integrity assurance and adding value with respect to life of assets to the Hess assets;
- Leading and providing oversight for the engineering specification and resourcing support for project execution;
- Approving, managing and co-ordinating peer reviews, risk assessments, workshops etc at Hess;
- Defining scopes for inspection, testing, monitoring and maintenance of pipeline systems including internal and external inspections;
- Inspection recommendations based on peer review of latest technologies with the aim to provide more robust inspection data in order to make better assessment of the Fitness for service of the subsea components, such technologies involves pipeline wall thickness measurements PEC/Tracerco, ILI pigging
- Riser annulus monitoring components, leak detection and repair for flexibles and rigid risers i.e
- Clamp and gel repair, cofferdam repairs for splashzone components;
- Lead the mentoring and competence assessment requirements for the subsea integrity team with respect to subsea including providing subsea training to the wider offshore team and knowledge transfer;
- Ensuring the facility is in compliance with all regulations with regards to subsea
- Successful Execution and managing of Field Life Extension Studies;
- Attending and contributing to Subsea Joint Industry Production seminars hosted by major operators within GOM
- Leading all 3-Party communications and co-ordination for higher level integrity management activities and budget approvals such as Shell, Oxy, Williams, Apache, etc
Pipeline Integrity Lead
ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited
05.2014 - 01.2015
- Ensuring the Pipelines Integrity Management system (PIMS) is implemented and maintained, including maintaining all pipeline required regulatory documentation (PIMS, MAPD, Pipeline Risk Assessments, etc.) for the LOGGS system in the Southern North Sea
- Leading and managing the Topside integrity team and subsea inspection coordinator to prepare workscopes for pipeline inspection & shutdown dependant activities and ensure their inclusion on the integrated plan;
- Leading the effort of Asset Life Extension studies on Conoco’s major assets;
- Developing and delivery of Annual Pipeline Integrity Reports, Technical Assessments and Risk Assessments
- Being responsible for the review and analysis of completed reports, workpacks, pipeline anomalies, FFP Assessments, ESDV testing, detailed corrosion assessments, etc
- Chairing and leading the HSE and ICP audits;
- Contributing to the annual preparation of the Asset Integrity Team budget for the subsea and topsides inspections;
- Being responsible for carrying out Fitness for Service (FFS) assessments of anomalies and managing 3rd party assessments as necessary;
- Ensuring any deferral or impairment of Asset Integrity SCE work has the appropriate risk assessment attached through the development of SCEIRAs and SCEDRAs;
- Ensure that project delivery targets are met by following activity plan criteria and risk management;
- Provide pipeline engineering expertise to other sub-functions as require;
- Leading some of the subsea integrity KPS towards the Asset Integrity Team and Corporate Goals;
- Responsible for ensuring that the subsea systems are operated within allowable operating envelopes as per the basis of design and in compliance with operating procedures;
- Responsible for monitoring the relevant information gathering systems, and ensure that excursions and upsets that may impact the long term availability of the Subsea infrastructure are recorded and actions developed to mitigate;
- Leading the effort behind the operational reliability and availability of subsea equipment via proactive identification and elimination of defects/vulnerabilities
Pipeline Engineer Lead
Chevron Upstream Europe
11.2009 - 05.2014
- Managing robust engineering, comprehensive pre-job planning and development of risk mitigation plans for achieving reliability and integrity excellence in pipeline facilities and incident free operations for the Chevron’s North Sea assets - Alba, Captain, Erskine and Strathspey assets
- Lead the global SERIP implementation Surface Equipment Reliability and Integrity Process sub-processes and Processes
- Co-ordinating and leading the integrity management of in-service pipelines, including pipeline pigging, pipeline cleaning/chemical treatments, pipeline verification, topsides and subsea inspection, risk assessments, and other technical support to ensure integrity of CUE-operated and non-operated pipeline assets
- Leading and providing operational support for activities such as pipeline pigging, riser inspection & testing, valve inspection & testing and pipeline interventions
- Supported EOR and Major Capital Project objectives in aid of the Captain Field development;
- Identifying and adopting new technologies to improve business results
- Mentoring and aiding in the development of CUE organisational capability in the area of pipelines
- Providing a strong safety, execution and cost focus as well as contractor management
- Engaging in PLUG meetings which involves major operators knowledge and technology sharing forums;
- Managing and co-ordinating and delivery of integrity management services including Inspections planning/ report reviews, risk assessments review/workshops, developing and inspection strategy plans, detailed engineering assessments such as fatigue assessments, span assessments, corrosion assessments, criteria, etc;
- Manage overall pipeline system integrity and coordinate the interfaces with other disciplines in support of determining the pipeline assets are fit for continued service;
- Assimilate and analyze data from inspection, testing and monitoring activities and provide recommendations for action/remediation as necessary;
- Maintain and update pipeline integrity KPI’s and dashboards in support of overall performance management of pipeline assets;
- Leading all 3-Party communications and co-ordination for higher level integrity management activities and budget approvals such British Gas Group;
- Leading and development of annual BSEE audits
- Mentor to fellow upcoming chartered engineers
Senior Pipelines Specialist – 3a
British Gas/Shell
02.2008 - 11.2011
- May 2011 - LR representative for a BBL Subsea pipeline survey - the whole line from Balgzand, The Netherlands to Bacton, UK
- April 2010 - Promoted to Senior Specialist – 3a from Pipeline Engineer –Surveyor 3b
- Acting as Pipelines focal point for the major integrity management pipelines contract
- Assigned on BG Armada North Sea offshore Integrity management projects
- November 2009 - Vessel-based survey for BG Armada pipelines
- Assigned to work on BP Algeria’s Integrity Management documentation (onshore lines)
- Assigned to the Maersk assets which include Janice, GP III and Gryphon
- Involved with marine growth removal offshore activities
- Obtained training on Regulations, Corrosion, Repair techniques, etc
- Involved in training and performance rating all junior engineers in my team
- Assigned subsea engineer on 24 hr rota;
- Developing ITT documentation
- Quality checker and peer reviewer for papers and presentation with respect to Pipeline Integrity Management
Education
BSc - Mechanical Engineering
University of the West Indies
MSc - Reliability and Risk Engineering
University of Aberdeen
Skills
- Regulatory Compliance
- Innovative Technology Initiatives
- Process improvement
- Influencing skills
- Subsea Integrity Management
- Technical Authority
- Leadership
- Subsea 3D Modelling/Mapping
- Subsea Wall Thickness Validation
- LIDAR Inspections
- ILI Inspections
- AUV Design and Development
Authorization To Work
GREEN CARD HOLDER
Profile And Key Skills
20, Subsea SME, Subsea Technical Authority, Subsea Team Leader, BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies, MSc, Reliability and Risk Engineering, University of Aberdeen Scotland, Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellowship with IMechE and IMAREST, Subsea integrity management, Pipeline integrity, Risk assessments, Inspection technologies, Project management
Timeline
Subsea Team Lead
Hess Co-operation
01.2015 - Current
Pipeline Integrity Lead
ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited
05.2014 - 01.2015
Pipeline Engineer Lead
Chevron Upstream Europe
11.2009 - 05.2014
Senior Pipelines Specialist – 3a
British Gas/Shell
02.2008 - 11.2011
MSc - Reliability and Risk Engineering
University of Aberdeen
BSc - Mechanical Engineering
University of the West Indies
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