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Name: Stein P. Kirkeby
Address: Skårerveien 64, 1470 Lørenskog, Norway Office/Mobile Phone: 00-‐47-‐977 00 733 Home Telephone: 00-‐47-‐67 97 47 52 E-‐mail Address: stein@kirkeby-‐as.no Date of Birth: 17th April 1960 Nationality: Norwegian
Summary
Senior Project Engineer, Appraisal Engineer and Contract Engineer/Arbitrator with 28 years of experience from Norwegian and international oil/gas and construction businesses within the areas of engineering, facilities construction, project management, contract administration, HSEQ, field development planning and economics, business planning, commercial negotiations and litigation support. Consultant to Statoil and Norske Shell 1986-‐1991. Joined Shell in 1991. Worked as Shell International Staff for seven years with postings to Syria and the Netherlands. Returned to Norway in 1998 and spent five years with Fortum Petroleum. Started up as an independent consultant in 2003 after the divestment of Fortum Petroleum to Italian energy group Eni. Has experience from all the major gas projects in Norway, such as Troll/Kollsnes, Åsgard/Kårstø, Snøhvit and Ormen Lange, as well as various other oil or gas production or transportation developments in Norway and abroad, plus shipbuilding, food processing, water purification, infrastructure, office, hotel and residential projects.
Experience
Kirkeby AS, Norway 2003 -‐ present
Contract Engineer / Appraisal Engineer / Arbitrator
Assignments include:
− Office building mechanical & electrical EPC contract: Assistance with extension of time and productivity loss claims and preparation of final account. Client: Caverion Norge AS
− Access roads and tunnels for the Hardanger Fjord suspension bridge: Assistance with settlement of final account with subcontractor. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
− Nyhamna Expansion Project: Contract management services. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
− Kollsnes rectifier building: Preparation of change order requests. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
− Kårstø New Laboratory Building: Preparation of change order requests and assistance with other contractual issues. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
− Vulkan Søndre Kvartal urban area development (concert hall, hotels, apartments, offices, shops): Assistance with preparation of final project account and writ of summons. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
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− Gassled gas transportation and processing network: Acting Technical & HSEQ Director for Infragas Norge AS. Client: Infragas Norge AS
− E6 dual carriageway Trondheim-‐Stjørdal: Advisory services concerning extension of time claims from contractors. Client: Norwegian Public Roads Administration
− Ramford Sovereign ship design & engineering project: Assistance with defence against lawsuit for delayed engineering. Client: LMG Marin AS
− Fiskaa solar grade silicon production plant: Arbitration judge in a dispute regarding plant construction work. Clients: Nordiske Varme Sanitaer AS and Elkem Solar AS
− Malvik food processing plant and various other projects: Assistance with extension of time and acceleration claims, as well as final account. Client: NTE Entreprise AS
− Oset water purification plant EPC contract: Assistance with change order requests, extension of time and productivity loss claims, final account and subsequent lawsuit. Client: The consortium AFS-‐Kruger
− Geowave Champion shipbuilding project: Advisory services regarding acceleration and productivity loss claim. Client: Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted AS
− FPSO for Siri field development, Brazil: Assistance with contractual issues related to various fabrication contracts. Client: Teekay Petrojarl Production AS
− Kårstø Expansion Project 2005 surface treatment and insulation subcontract: Assistance with lawsuit. Client: R&M Industrier AS
− Ormen Lange Onshore Gas Plant construction subcontract: Assistance with change order requests, extension of time and acceleration claims, final account and subsequent lawsuit. Client: AF Gruppen Norge AS
− CO2 removal from natural gas: Development of scenarios, alternative technical concepts, cost estimates and economics. Client: Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy
− Gjøa field development: Preparation of proposed field operations contract. Direct client: Altra Energy Norge AS. Ultimate client: Gaz de France Norge AS
− Offshore Iceland: Development of scenarios for potential future oil and gas activities. Direct client: Sagex AS. Ultimate client: Iceland’s Department of Industry
− Oset water purification plant EPC contract: Advisory services in connection with disputed change orders. Client: AF Spesialprosjekt AS
− Market Survey System: Development of contents for a web-‐based system for analysis of contractor/supplier markets within 17 pre-‐defined market segments. Direct client: Sagex AS. Ultimate client: Shell, ConocoPhillips, Total and ExxonMobil
− Snøhvit LNG project construction subcontract: Change order requests (incl. extension of time and acceleration claim), settlement of claims from sub-‐suppliers, assistance with lawsuits. Client: AFS-‐Pihl Group ANS
− Extension of a petrochemical plant, Belgium (EPCM contract): Participated in an investigation task force. Direct client: IRS AS. Ultimate client: A major engineering and construction company
− Kårstø Expansion Project 2005: Project review. Client: Eni Norge AS
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− Haltenbanken area development proposal. Client: Sagex AS
Fortum Petroleum AS, Norway 1998 -‐ 2003
Commercial Negotiator / Staff Project Engineer, Operations Department
− Responsible for commercial issues related to Fortum’s producing assets in Norway
− Fortum’s representative to the Åsgard Unit, Åsgard Transport and Heidrun Unit commercial committees
− Company representative and expert witness in a major arbitration case related to the $1.5 bn KUP gas plant extension project at Kårstø, Norway
− Negotiation leader for the Åsgard Unit owners during tie-‐in negotiations with the Mikkel and Kristin field owners
− Member of an OLF industry work group on guidelines for negotiated 3rd party access to offshore production infrastructure
− Member of an industry work group on guidelines for gas lifting and balancing agreements for Norwegian gas fields
− Fortum’s deputy representative to the Åsgard Terminal, Åsgard Field Development & Operations and GasLed Project technical committees
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV, the Netherlands 1995 – 1998 (a Shell/Exxon operating company)
Senior Appraisal Engineer, Business Unit Gas Land, Asset North
− Member and deputy leader of the Asset Monitoring and Project Initiation Team; acting Section Head for Appraisal Engineering within the Business Unit
− Participated in the overall optimisation of the exploration, appraisal, development, production and decommissioning activities related to NAMs onshore gas fields in the North Netherlands
− Co-‐ordinated development of the Asset North 1999-‐2003 Business Plan; also co-‐ordinated cost estimating and budget planning for the 1998-‐2002 overall Business Plan
− Co-‐ordinated a joint NAM/Gasunie infrastructure optimisation study
− Co-‐ordinated field development planning, economics and budget proposal for the Anjum Phase II gas development in the North Friesland concession; participated in negotiation of the Anjum gas sales agreement with Gasunie
Syria Shell Petroleum Development BV, Syria 1993 -‐ 1995
Senior Project Engineer, Gas Projects
− Managed the Omar Phase III gas project, comprising extension and refurbishment a gas treatment and NGL fractionation plant, five gas gathering stations and a gas pipeline network
− Responsible for all project functions, including budget acquisition, EPC tender preparation, bid evaluation and clarification, contract preparation, contract administration, safety, construction supervision, operator training, commissioning and hand-‐over to Operations
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− Resolved warranty claims and managed modification work for other projects
Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij BV, the Netherlands 1993 -‐ 1993
Senior Project Engineer
− Managed conceptual engineering for the Syrian gas project (Omar Phase III) at Global Engineering, London
A/S Norske Shell, Norway 1991 -‐ 1993
Process and Safety Engineer, Troll Project
− Co-‐ordinated utility systems pre-‐engineering and plant layout safety studies for the Kollsnes terminal, Troll production system optimisation studies, availability and life cycle cost studies; established Quality Management System with EPCM contractor
Norwegian Petroleum Consultants a.s., Norway 1986 -‐ 1991
Safety, Reliability and Process Engineer
− Various study work at clients’ offices (Statoil, Shell)
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway 1985 -‐ 1986
Systems Analyst (Military Service)
− Participated in various defence studies
Education
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 1980 -‐ 1984
− M.Sc., Marine Engineering Department
− Numerous subsequent training courses within areas such as exploration, production, processing and transportation of oil and gas, project management, economics, business administration, environmental impact assessment, real options analysis, tanker chartering, etc.