1. GRAEME L FAWCETT
Based│ Barcelona & Monaco
+44 7720 29 66 49/+34 613 153 200 / +971 56 2013 491
Nationality: British
D.O.B: 11 June 1961
graeme.l.fawcett@btinternet.com
COMMERCIALLY FOCUSED CONTRACTS & COMMERCIAL PERSON
Oil & Gas Industry | Technical Contract Management | Project Control & Direction
Technically sophisticated, immaculate and highly analytical individual with demonstrated achievement including both top
and bottom line growth; > 30 years’ progressive and diversified leadership experience gained by working with commercial,
contractual, legal and technical oil & gas operator personnel and major EPCI contractors in the production of commercial
development strategies for new oil & gas asset based projects in the energy industry. Effective business builder and mentor
with a keen insight to solving business and operational issues. Adept at creating synergies enabling business growth
through accelerated throughput, reduced production lead times, increased capacity, reduced cost and increased cash flow
in both stable and unstable environments. Extensive experience in travelling to wide range of locations globally within the
international oil and gas market. A superb multi lingual communicator in English and French with a developing knowledge
of German and Spanish with the ability to translate leadership’s vision into executable plans for teams to follow.
§ Contract Development &
Negotiation
§ Supply Chain Operations
§ Strategic Planning & Analysis
§ Budgeting & Cost Reduction
§ Risk Assessment/Mitigation
§ Client & Vendor Negotiation
§ Authority & Governmental
Involvement
§ Procurement Management
§ Language Competent English (nat);
French, Spanish & German
§ Field Development
Structuring
§ Compliance & Anti-Bribery
Programme development.
§ Staff Training/Development
§ Cross-Functional Skills
T E C H N I C A L E X P E R T I S E
Ø Feed Design: established during competition or tender activity and including the commercial management of the
associated execution phase.
Ø Drilling: from the specification of drilling products through to strategizing and execution of land and marine
drilling activities.
Ø Geophysical & Geotechnical: developing of specification for 2D & 3D Seismic and associated activity and
processing for both onshore (East Africa) and deep water offshore (West Africa & S. America).
Ø Exploration & Production: determining and strategic development of land and subsea well construction and
pressure control equipment (wellhead & trees) along with flow control and processing through rigid and flexible
pipelines and associated umbilical’s (URF and SURF) in deep and ultra-deep water environments including Tie-
Back activities, Pipelines, Manifolds & Risers; Services Management, SURF to FPSO Installation, Hook-up and
Commissioning and most recently Prelude Technology.
Ø Logistics (Supply & Operations): vessel charter-parties, analysis and recommendations, logistic plan
development; aviation (fixed and rotary wing) plus associated personnel movement management programmes.
Ø Contract Management: Strategy Development, Negotiation and Implementation leading to Close Out Negotiations
and Settlement; Change Order Claim & Dispute Management; Supply Chain management & Contracts
Management at all levels; internal ethics and compliance implementation & investigations; health & safety
programme development and implementation Local Content development in Africa and associated Supply Chain
Logistics.
Ø Project Control: on cost and schedule management from project strategic planning stage through design
competition & FEED activity (Shell Prelude & Woodside Browse FLNG).
Ø Contracts & Procurement: Tender & Proposals Management; Contract Review; Contracts & Procurement services;
EU Procurement Law and Regulations; Procurement Systems & Control; Infrastructure development marketing
and strategy advice; Local Content Development programmes, compliance with regulations and rules;
Governmental and agency engagement.
Ø Commercial: in respect of Agency & Representative Agreements (drafting, implementation & management);
drafting of agreements covering Contract Drafting, Interpretation & Negotiation; EPC/EPIC Contract Drafting and
Management; Alliance & Gain-share agreements; Business Development; Company Structure and Restructuring;
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Re-Financing & Finance Agreements; Land & Property Development & Control; Risk Assessment & Management;
Risk/Reward Alliance Contracting; US Anti-Trust & Anti-Boycott Regulations; US, UN and EC Trade Sanction
Regulations – compliance interpretation and implementation; Stakeholder, Partner and Investor finding;
Understanding of regulatory regimes (tax, royalties, etc..); Know-how in respect of social responsibility
programmes.
Ø Companies I Have Associated with: My career has brought me into direct contact with the majority of major
organisations involved in the Oil & Gas industry and include: Woodside of Australia for the BROWSE FLNG, the
Shell/Technip Integrated Project Team on the PRELUDE FLNG, Antrim Energy Inc., B.P., Total SA, Total Angola,
Tullow Oil PLC, Tullow Ghana Ltd, Cooper Industries, Cooper Cameron Inc., Cameron Iron Works Inc., and
Lonrho PLC. I have also experienced additional relationships through field partner management, coordination and
interface as well as periods of secondment to companies that include: Anadarko, B.P. Angola, CNOOC, Exxon-
Mobil, Kosmos, Statoil, Texaco, B.P. Plc., Shell International PLC, Afren (Africa), Technip, ADCO/ADMA, ONGC,
Saudi Aramco, Shell Nigeria, SIPM, SBM, Samsung HI and Dubai Dry-Docks World.
N O T A B L E A C H I E V E M E N T S
§ Motivated, insightful, deliberative, results-oriented professional can handle a wide variety of technical and
commercial developments with tasks for upwards of US$3billion Operator and EPC(I) tenders and project
execution.
§ Geophysical & Geotechnical: developed specification for 2D & 3D Seismic and associated activity for both onshore
(APME) and deep water offshore (West Africa, UK & APME).
§ Contracts & Procurement services; EU Procurement Law and Regulations; Procurement Systems & Control;
Infrastructure development marketing and strategy advice; Local Content Development programmes, compliance
with regulations and rules; Governmental and agency engagement
§ Logistics (Supply & Operations); vessel charter-parties, analysis and recommendations, logistic plan
development; plus, associated personnel movement management programmes.
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
BROWSE FLNG Project, Woodside, Monaco April 15 – May 16
Operator Integrated Team Contracts & Project Control Manager
Budget: $3.5bn
§ Provided high level technical support to the Integrated Project Team in Monaco to establish and implement
technical and commercial strategies to execute planning for FEED & EPC Activity as arising along with
management of all Contractual and Project Control Activities.
Shell-Technip Integrated Team, PRELUDE FLNG Project, Dubai, UAE May 14 – Apr 15
TMS Technical, Commercial & Legal Advisor
Budget: $1.7bn
§ Strategically positioned as a lead project controller to launch newly formed division, which included standardizing
the financial infrastructure of the platform.
§ Rendered expert services and contributed positively to the team efforts for the Integrated Project Team in Dubai.
Antrim Energy Inc. London 2013 – 2014
Commercial Consultant,
Provided Technical correspondence with respect to the numerous technical and commercial strategy matters such as:
Historical business and technical model review and future projection to formulate the planning and strategies for future.
Controlled and tested adjustments for a scenario of sub-sea and sub-surface field development activity evaluating existing
field technical solutions and benchmarking against new and lower cost technical solutions in future well developments.
Key Accomplishments:
§ Harnessed in-depth knowledge to evaluate Group future proofing and global arena evaluation assessing the
Company’s potential success in broadening its geographical offshore exploration & production base.
§ Facilitated company executives in presenting scenarios, opportunities and competence to the finance community;
Supply chain opportunity assessment, negotiation and implementation and all other general commercial strategy.
§ Controlled all operations and functions related with offshore logistic strategy audit for cost and opportunity
savings; Potential for cost effective stranded field recovery technology.
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Tullow Oil PLC. Ghana & UK 2010 to 2013
– Supply Chain & Contracts
Budget: $1 - 3bn
§ Implemented Group systems and internal controls to handle core SCM strategies for the Ghana Business Unit.
§ Organized and facilitated Group led Local Content strategies implemented in country along with interface with
governmental departments, regulatory bodies and ministerial interfaces.
§ Competently improved and implemented all aspects of corporate planning, KPI setting, performance management,
workshop development, FCPA and UKBA policy & education implementation and management.
§ Implemented localisation plan for Ghanaians
§ Developed new project development strategies along with implementation and ongoing management
§ Achieved SCM goals for Business Unit spending i.r.o. US$2.5bn/pa
Total E&P Angola 2005 to 2010
Commercial, Contracts & Project Control Lead France & Angola on Dalia & PAZFLOR Deep-Water FPSO
Developments
Budget: $1.3bn • Team Size: 5 Staff & 4 Contractors
§ Delivered contractual, commercial and services solutions for Total E&P Angola based in Paris, France, related to
development of ultra-deep water sub-sea separation & production system & FPSO valued US$5bn.
§ Directed all functions and activities associated with contract development, negotiation & management in respect
of FPSO, Sub-sea Umbilicals, Flow lines & Risers (SURF) together with associated Oil Loading System (OLS).
§ Principal strategist and visionary for the Sub-sea facilities extending into the offshore commissioning phase
inclusive of hook-up of SURF items and the Oil Loading Buoy to the FPSO.
§ Actively engaged and controlled Marine Warranty Survey activities, Vessel Charter parties, CAR insurance issues
and third party inspection and support contractors.
Counsel EU Ltd, UK 2000 to 2005
Executive Director
Budget: $500M •
§ Contributed and managed the execution of a successful technical feasibility of projects; commercial feasibility of
projects, and delivered compliance and ethical process advice and strategy development and training.
§ Evaluated, developed, and implemented policies for Contract & Procurement Strategy development; corporate
Affairs and reputational risk mitigation; security & geo-political risk evaluation, mitigation and management.
Cameron International Corporation Inc. 1982 to 2000
Sales, Project Management, Contracts Management & Commercial Counsel Eastern & Western Hemispheres, APME
Title
Budget: $500M to 1.2bn • Team Size: 5 to 50 Staff & 5 to 20 Contractors over time
§ Provided Western European, African, Eastern European and Russia and Asia Pacific & Middle Eastern business
unit operations with commercial and contractual counsel as well as compliance & ethical conduct management.
§ Stellar role as a Project Director to drive project in Norwegian (Local Content) joint venture reporting back to
Cameron Executive Board in the USA.
§ Projects included Total’s Neat Frigg & East Frigg extension, Statoil Gullfaks A, Mobil Statfjord A & B, BP S.W.O.P.S,
BP Foinaven, BP Schiehallion and others. Value from US$10m to US$250m.
§ Created a customer focused culture to assess customer requirement and changed compensation plans for drilling
products, well accomplished and evaluated and the following of supplied goods into the field performing
installation and commissioning works.
§ Major clients supported: BP, Amoco, Norsk Hydro, Statoil, Kerr McGee, Occidental, Esso/Exxon, Mobil, Saudi
Aramco, ADMA, ADNOC, ADCO, QCPC, Kuwait Oil, INOC and others.
E D U C A T I O N & C R E D E N T I A L S
HNC (Mechanical Engineering); ACII (Insurance); Bachelors in Law (Hons)
SAP R1, US FCPA, UK Bribery Act 2010; Intellectual Property; Arbitration & Mediation