This document is a curriculum vitae for Baron N Bennington. It lists his contact information, qualifications, and extensive experience in instrumentation and engineering roles for oil and gas companies. He has over 30 years of experience in positions including Metering Team Lead, Principal Instrument Engineer, and Senior Instrument Engineer. His experience includes management, design, installation, and support of metering and instrumentation systems for offshore oil and gas facilities.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: BENNINGTON, BARON N
ADDRESS KURANDA LODGE
DRUMOAK
BANCHORY
AB31 5ER
Tel. 01330 810187 (home)
07977 051457 (mobile)
E-mail : baron.bennington@yahoo.co.uk
Date of Birth: 19th November, 1958
Discipline: Engineering consultant specialising in instrumentation and
fiscal, allocation and environmental metering.
Substantial experience in oil & gas and related industries in design, testing,
installation, commissioning, maintenance and support of offshore and
onshore metering, instrument, fire & gas, and process control systems.
QUALIFICATIONS: City & Guilds Certificate in Instrumentation.
HNC Ind. Measurement & Control Pt. 1.
City & Guilds Certificate in Geometrical & Engineering Drawing.
CAPITB Certificate (Chemical & Allied Products Industrial Training Board).
UK Sector Offshore Survival and Medical Certificates.
DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Positions held:
• Metering Team Lead
• Principal Instrument Engineer
• Principal E & I Engineer
• Lead Instrument Engineer
• Principal Instrument Engineer
• Senior Instrument Engineer
Activities Delivered:
• Management of fiscal, allocation &
environmental metering support team.
• Measurement technical authority.
• Instrumentation & metering support to offshore
sites.
• Management of instrument design &
development engineering team.
• Instrument Engineering Design Authority.
• Preparation of Conceptual & Detailed
Design/Costing documentation.
• Preparation of equipment specifications, data
sheets and requisitions.
• Preparation of man-hour estimates and CTR's.
• Vendor bid appraisal and equipment
inspection.
• Control panel and package factory functional
acceptance testing.
• Company Metering representative.
• Extensive onshore and offshore experience.
Dec14CV e-mail: baron.bennington@yahoo.co.uk Page 1
Director: B N Bennington, Secretary: A M Stott-Bennington
Reg. Office: Kuranda Lodge, Drumoak, Banchory, AB31 5ER Reg. No. 123859

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TALISMAN SINOPEC ENERGY UK LTD., ABERDEEN July 2000 – Present
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(formally Talisman Energy UK Limited)
METERING TEAM LEAD
Consultant to Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd (TSEUK) as fiscal, allocation and environmental Metering Team
Lead. Responsible for managing all metering OPEX and CAPEX activities for all TSEUK offshore and onshore
installations and associated pipelines within the UK sector of the North Sea, comprising eleven offshore
installations, one oil terminal, various pipeline systems and 3rd party operated production facilities.
Responsibilities include: - Metering technical authority and focal point for all metering matters. Management of
metering support team, metering maintenance/support contracts and measurement audit contracts with full
measurement department budget responsibility of circa £4.5M. Represent TSEUK concerning hydrocarbon
measurement matters to third parties including Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Norwegian
Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and other pipeline users and Operators. Ensure all hydrocarbon measurement
facilities are designed, maintained and operated in accordance with company standards, applicable engineering
and legislative standards and codes of practice. Initiation and development of proposals for improved
measurement and increased efficiency of existing metering facilities management. Explore and identify cost
saving measures through personnel and equipment rationalisation, the introduction of new technology and
working practices and the development of a common measurement approach across the whole Company.
AKER KVAERNER, ABERDEEN Sept 1999 – July 2000
PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
Consultant to the Texaco Captain Expansion Project. Member of a team tasked with addressing the design
impact of interfacing an existing offshore Oil & Gas production facility with a new bridge linked production
platform. My responsibilities included development of detailed designs, production of equipment specifications
and requisitions, review and technical approval of equipment specifications, completion of design reviews,
engineering check of both engineering and drawing office deliverables, guidance and supervision of Graduate
Engineers. Responsible for providing engineering support to both construction and commissioning phases of
the Project.
BROWN & ROOT, ABERDEEN Apr. 1990 – Sept 1999
CONOCO PARTNERING, ABERDEEN. Jan 1999 – Sept 1999
Conoco Loggs, Southern North Sea
PRINCIPAL E/I ENGINEER
Consultant to the Conoco Partnering Project as part of an engineering team tasked with addressing the design
and replacement of the Conoco Southern Gas Field satellite platform control systems. My role comprised of
rationalising the existing I/O, new system design using Modicon PLC hardware and Honeywell SCAN 3000
graphic interface, equipment specification, requisitioning, PLC programming using Concept V2.1 software and
testing of the PLC control systems and graphic interface. Supervision of offshore construction crew, system
commissioning and handover to Conoco Operations.

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SHELL EXPRO, ABERDEEN. Nov 1990 – Dec 1998
Shell Central Field
LEAD INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
Brown & Root AOC, Integrated Services Contract (ISC)
Consultant to the Shell Central Business Unit under an Integrated Services Contract (ISC) covering the
following installations: Fulmar Alpha, Auk Alpha, Kittiwake, Gannet and Anasuria FPSO.
Member of the Instrument/Fire & Gas team initially in the position of Senior Instrument engineer, promoted to
Principal Instrument Engineer and then Lead Instrument Engineer during this time. Authorised as Instrument
Design Authority for the ISC. Responsible for all Instrument design approvals and the day-to-day management
of a team of Instrument Engineers and Designers. Shell Central Business Unit ISC “Year 2000” Focal Point for
all Business Unit specific Instrumentation & Control “Year 2000” issues. Additional roles included bid
preparation, bid evaluation, feasibility, conceptual, detailed design and engineering requirements for change
proposals (CP's) for various additions, modifications and upgrades of the Central Field Installations. This
involved the preparation of Feasibility & Conceptual Design Books, Equipment Specifications, Data Sheets and
material requisitions, Detailed Design Books, Vendor Work Scopes, Shutdown Tie-in Packages and project
man-hour and cost estimates.
Function:
• Approve all instrument department drawings and documentation.
• Focal point for instrumentation problems, questions, queries and “Year 2000” compliance work.
• Provide technical direction to the instrument design engineers and drawing office.
• Provide CTR estimates for instrument department work.
• Provide engineering input to design projects, instruction and guidance to the Drawing Office and
engineering support for the Commissioning, Development, Implementation, Integrity and Maintenance
groups within the ISC.
Designs were progressed from initial offshore survey, through detailed design and development to engineering
support for the installation and commissioning phases to project closeout.
Activities also included taking an active part in HAZOP & Design Safety Reviews, environmental reviews, client
project meetings, vendor "kick-off" and progress meetings, review and approval of vendor documentation.

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BP EXPLORATION, ABERDEEN Apr 1990 – Nov 1990
Artificial Lift Consortium.
SENIOR INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
Consultant to the Artificial Lift Consortium carrying out work for the BP Forties Field platforms.
Part of a Project Team responsible for the preparation of bids, bid evaluations, conceptual/detailed design and
engineering requirements for the Forties Field Platforms. Responsibilities included review of existing design,
preparation of new design and associated documentation including equipment specifications and data sheets,
review of vendor documentation, preparation of construction work packs, and design specifications.
Projects include the upgrade of field pipeline riser valve installations (ESDV's) to meet the requirements of SI-
1029, design of produced water injection on-line flow monitoring system, electrical utilities isolation via ESD
system.
AMOCO (UK) LTD., ABERDEEN Dec 1982 - Apr 1990
INSTRUMENT METERING TECHNICIAN/ENGINEER
Working for Amoco (UK) Ltd, assigned to Amoco (UK) Exploration Co. Ltd working in the Aberdeen office and
on the following offshore installations: North West Hutton, Montrose Alpha and Arbroath Alpha Oil & Gas
Production Platforms.
Member of a team responsible for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance required for
modification to and installation of various instrumentation, control and metering systems. This involved
preparation of feasibility studies, conceptual design, detailed work scope description, bulk material schedules,
project costing, vendor liaison and vendor bid appraisal. Other duties included the responsibility for
shutdown/maintenance work planning, and work as relief Offshore Installation Manager.
Held specific technical discipline responsibility for hydrocarbon gas and liquid measurement systems. Acted as
focal point for the Metering Services Contractor ‘ICE’ (now Metco Services), who provided metering systems
maintenance and data validation. Managed modifications/upgrades to existing metering systems and the
maintenance of metering technical procedures. Represented Amoco during DTI inspectors Technical Audits of
facilities Metering Systems.
Projects included :
- Expansion of platform Water Injection metering system.
- New Platform Artificial Lift gas flow metering system (24 wells).
- New PC based SCADA system for both fiscal and non-fiscal platform metering systems.
- Upgrade of fuel gas and test separator gas flow metering systems for improvement of Platform mass
balance reporting.
- Wellhead condition remote monitoring system for a 40 well slot installation.
MM OIL, HOLLAND Aug 1982 - Dec 1982
INSTRUMENT COMMISSIONING ENGINEER

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Instrument hook-up and commissioning team leader for the installation of the Union Oil Helm and Helder Oil
Production Platforms. Responsible for all aspects of the hook-up, pre-commissioning and commissioning work
on the platform instrument systems, up to and including hand-over to the platform operators.
ICI WILTON WORKS, CLEVELAND Sep 1975 - Aug 1982
SENIOR INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN
Served a four year apprenticeship at ICI Wilton Works as an Instrument Technician and continued employment
as fully skilled technician. Promoted to Senior Instrument Technician (Specialist & Technician Grade) and later
Senior Shift Instrument Technician.
Gained considerable experience of running and breakdown maintenance, fault finding, design and shutdown
work.