Ronald Smith has over 50 years of experience in structural, civil, mechanical, piping, and subsea engineering for the oil and gas industry. He has worked on numerous subsea projects around the world, taking on roles such as lead engineer, senior engineer, and designer. His experience includes work on subsea manifolds, pipelines, risers, production systems, and development studies.

1. Ronald Smith
Manifold/Structural/Civil Engineer
Stevenage - Email me on Indeed: indeed.com/r/Ronald-Smith/78885010939cf2b6
My career began as a Mechanical/Structural draughtsman, progressing to Civil and Reinforced Concrete
draughtsman, for both Consulting Engineers and Petro Chemical companies. I then joined the Offshore
industry working as a Structural Steel draughtsman and Weight Control designer, after which I gained
approximately forty years' experience in the Oil and Gas industry as an Engineer. My experience in the Oil and
Gas industry has been on Subsea and Pipeline projects covering: Mechanical, Piping, Pipelines and Structural
disciplines:-
1992 - 2013 Subsea experience as a Senior/Lead Subsea Systems Mechanical Engineer and Package
Engineer.
1990 - 1992 Pipeline/Riser experience as a Senior/ Project Engineer.
1985 - 1990 Subsea experience as a Structural/Mechanical/Piping Engineer.
1983 - 1985 Offshore experience as a Structural Designer and Weight Control Designer.
1978 - 1983 Pipeline and Structural experience as a Design Draughtsman, working for Oil and Gas
Companies.
1965 - 1978 Civil, Reinforced Concrete, and Structural Steel experience as a Draughtsman, working for
Consultant Engineering and Petro-Chemical Companies.
1960 - 1965 Five-year Mechanical/Structural/Civil training scheme.
Oil and Gas experience includes:
- Subsea processing (separation and boosting) systems; subsea manifold designs; piping stress analysis;
subsea connection systems, package engineering (valves, venturi meters, piping items, subsea connectors);
retrofit riser systems; fixed risers, J-tubes, I-tubes; diverless subsea retrievable manifolds; pipeline, flowlines
and tie-ins, planned maintenance; land pipelines (as a designer); North Sea abandonment study; Petro-
Chemical refinery work.
- Preparation of Reports, Studies, Philosophies, Bid Packages, Functional and Detailed Specifications and
Procedures, Data Sheets, CTRs (Work Packs), Calculations, P&IDS etc.
Employment by Oil and Gas Companies:-
Total, Husky Energy
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lead Subsea Manifold Structures and Connectors Engineer - Liwan
HUSKY ENERGY (CHINA) - December 2010 to August 2013
3-1
Working as part of the small Husky Energy SES management team based in Kuala Lumpur, which was
responsible for the Subsea Structures part of the Liwan 3-1 subsea development in the South China Sea. I
reported directly to the SES Equipment Manager, covering structural and mechanical aspects of the Subsea
Structures including the connection systems, valves and the foundations system. I had three engineers
reporting to myself. Cameron was the main SES EPC contractor.
The Liwan 3-1 development is a gas field consisting of initially of ten subsea production wells tied back to
three subsea structures, a PLEM, an eight slot manifold and a six slot manifold, in a water depth of 1500 m
approx. The subsea development is tied back to a shallow water host platform, via two looped 22 inch diameter
flowlines, where the gas is processed before onward transmission to shore.

2. Work entailed overseeing the Cameron produced designs and documents, ensuring all designs and equipment
meets Company requirements and specifications. This included attending the weekly progress meetings with
Cameron, and the weekly meetings between Husky SES/EPCI teams.
Subsea Systems Engineer - BP Chirag Oil Project, BP Shar Deniz, and KUDU
J P KENNY - London - February 2010 to December 2010
Assigned to the BP Shar Deniz (high pressure/high temperature) Project, to work in the SPS group on the
Subsea Manifolds overseeing the Design Contractor (FMC).
Previously, I worked on the BP Chirag Oil Project as a Valve Package Engineer.
Additionally, I was assigned to the KUDU Pre-FEED Project as the SPS Engineer. This study was to develop
and compare field architecture for both SPS and FPS development options, establish price estimates, and
make a development recommendation for FEED.
Both Projects propose the use or HIPPS.
An important aspect of the BP projects is the reliability strategy, which influences the selection, design and
verification processes of equipment to mitigate project exposure to risk of un-proven/un-reliable technology.
Subsea Systems Engineer (Mech) - Total USAN - SPS Package A - Subsea Manifolds
and Well Jumpers
TOTAL (ENGLAND) - Cameron - December 2007 to October 2009
Engaged as part of a small CLIENT engineering team and responsible to the Lead Engineer for reviewing the
SPS Contractor (Cameron) produced documents and design for the Modular Manifold Systems and associated
tie-in Jumpers.
USAN is a subsea development offshore Nigeria in 850m of water. It comprises eight drilling centres, each
having an offline modular manifold configured to accept four production well flows. The manifolds are tied back
to a FPSO via one of two 10-inch production loops. The field also utilises water and gas injection.
Senior Subsea/Piping Engineer - Total AKPO GE ITA
SIABOS S.A.S (FRANCE) - March 2006 to December 2007
Responsible for overseeing the piping layout and technical aspects of the ITA, including bid evaluation and
technical selection. I was also the package engineer for the valves and hot stabs, engaged in bid evaluations
and the attendance of the kick-off meetings with VENDORS.
Senior Subsea/Piping Engineer - Total EP Angola - Block 17 Gas Export Pipeline
Responsible to the Engineering Manager for preparation of P&IDS, MTOs and piping aspects of the various
PLEMs and PLETS.
Senior Subsea/Piping Engineer - Various Bids
Responsible to the SUFR Manager for ITT review and bid clarifications; pipeline and flowline MTOs; preparing
preliminary designs for subsea structures/piping layouts; preparation of technical requisitions for various items
of equipment for the bids, including the Total - USAN URF bid.
Lead Subsea Equipment Engineer - Total - USAN Field Development - FEED
DORIS ENGINEERING - Paris (75) - September 2005 to March 2006
Responsible to the Subsea Production System Manager for the preparation and checking of design documents
and specifications for the 'Call for Tender' packages.
The USAN field in 850m water and will be developed with 23 production wells tying back to 8 off-line subsea
production manifolds, which produce to an FPSO. The subsea development is supported by water injection
and has gas injection wells for separated gas disposal.
Lead Subsea Equipment Engineer - Tullow - KUDU Gas Field Development
WOODHILL FRONTIER (J.P.KENNY) - March 2005 to September 2005

3. Responsible for the subsea architecture, Manifold, Xmas trees and Flowbases for the Conceptual and FEED
and ITT Phases of the Project.
The Kudu gas field is in 170m of water with a 180km tie-back to shore.
The Conceptual Phase involved developing field development options, analysing the options from a technical
and risk and cost view point to arrive at a single solution for carry into FEED. Feed involved sufficient
engineering, specification and cost enquiries to develop a refined cost estimate for the Client to sanction the
development by the issue of EPC and EPIC ITT packages.
Senior Subsea Engineer
ALPHA THAMES LTD - November 1999 to January 2005
AlphaPRIME Subsea Separation and Boosting System
Responsible to the General Manager for all aspects of work concerning the AlphaPRIME, deepwater, seabed,
modular, separation and boosting system. The system has been conceptually designed for 3000m water
depth.
Working within a small team of specialist engineers, I was responsible for the mechanical, piping and structural
aspects of the AlphaCPU subsea manifolding and processing system, and developing the updated system
design layout and configuration.
Senior Subsea Mechanical Engineer
Texaco Captain Area B Subsea Unitised Template Manifold - tonnes, 1800, NO - March 1998 to
November 1999
Responsible to the Engineering Manager for leading a team of four piping engineers, undertaking all work
associated with the mechanical/piping discipline for the detailed design of the 18-slot template manifold,
weighing 1800 tonnes.
Senior Subsea Mechanical Engineer
Lead Manifold and Piping Engineer
BROWN, UK - February 1995 to November 1999
Senior Engineer
Statoil - Pierce Field Development - August 1997 to September 1998
Aug 97 - Sept 98
Jointly responsible for the design and specification of the subsea manifolds and riser base piping and valves.
Also, I was the package engineer for the manifold valves, venturi flowmeter, pipe, flanges and fittings. I also
had involvement in the design, fabrication, FATs, SIT and installation phases.
Senior Engineer
Valve Package and Lead Subsea Piping Engineer - AGIP Thelma
Subsea Productions Systems - Shell ETAP - Cameron - 1996 to August 1997
Engaged in detail design activities and interfacing with "Cameron" for the integrated flowbase manifolds for
the Heron, Egret and Skua fields.
Responsible for manifold basis of design, manifold design CTRs, manifold design code selection report, piping
wall thickness calculations and design report, co-ordination of piping stress analysis and final report, and scale
inhibitor flow control valve package.
My responsibility was for the development of the localised field layouts at the manifold sites, including well top-
hole positions and tie-in configurations for the production wells and pipelines. The layouts took account of well
work over, upper manifold module removal, umbilical routing, etc.
Valve Package and Lead Subsea Piping Engineer - AGIP Thelma
Responsibility for producing SSIV valve and actuator specifications and data sheets. Also responsible for all
piping aspects to bundle towheads, including SSIV towheads.

4. Subsea Piping Engineer - Amoco Telford FEE and ITT
Responsible to the Engineering Manager for the manifold design, piping and valves specifications and CTRs
for both pipeline bundle towheads and lift and install manifolds for the FEE study and ITT response. I was also
responsible for preparing a pigging technical note and involvement with subsea multiphase flowmeter location
for the different production phases.
Valve Package Engineer - Conoco Victor NW
Responsible for ball, gate, globe and double block and bleed valve packages, including witnessing pressure
testing for the Victor NW pigging skid.
Lead Subsea Project Engineer
LAING OIL AND GAS - Aberdeen - September 1994 to February 1995
BP Foinaven Phase I Manifold System
Responsible to the Project Manager for leading the design team engaged in detail design for construction of
the subsea linear block manifold. Work included developing the work plan, including CTRs.
The diverless manifold design allowed for the tie-in of ten wells using the "DMac" flowline connection system,
with moonpool deployment in a water depth of 606m.
Senior Piping Engineer - Shell FPSO Project
SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC - Monaco (06) - April 1994 to September 1994
Responsible for preparation of all piping specifications, piping equipment enquiries, including pig launchers,
isolation joints, various valves for the topside piping on the bottom mounted internal turret (BMIT) for Phase
I of the Project.
Senior Subsea Engineer - Phillips Joanne Manifold
AKER ENGINEERING PLC - July 1993 to November 1993
Responsibility for the Joanne manifold layout and design for the successful bid.
The design allowed for tying in 10 wells, with chokes and SCMs on manifold. A two lift manifold design was
proposed, to allow installation from a vessel with a 250 tonne crane.
Additional work included preparation of valve and material enquiries, material costing analysis and design
report. Also, I had involvement with ball valve selection for the CATS receiver and the SSIV tie-in structures.
Senior Subsea Engineer - Phillips - Joanne Subsea Project
KVAERNER H&G OFFSHORE LTD - January 1992 to July 1993
Engaged in the design of the 14 slot and 8 slot manifolds configured for Joanne FEED and ITT package.
Responsibilities included writing all piping specifications, manifold design report, removable subsea pig
launcher report and pigging philosophy.
Project Co-ordinator - Subsea Separator and Boosting Study
Responsible to the KHG Project Manager for co-ordinating the process, mechanical, layout engineering and
cost estimating for a pre-conceptual study of the application of the Kvaerner Booster Station (KBS) to a
prospective field for a confidential client.
Senior Project Engineer - Chevron - Alba Pipeline Project
ANDREW PALMER & ASSOCIATES - 1990 to 1992
Seconded to Chevron pipelines group, with responsible for co-ordination of retrofit caisson/riser system -
construction design. Supervision of BRV team for hook-up piping between top of risers and topsides piping,
involvement with seabed layout of pipeline tie-in spools.
Lead Engineer - Chevron - Alba Pipeline Project

5. Responsible for the pipeline flow calculations; risers location study; caisson feasibility study; retrofit caisson/
risers system - construction design; PLEM design and design report; riser anchor flange design; J-tube riser-
pull load calculations using in-house computer software package (Plus 1); and development of pipeline P&IDs
from pig trap to pig trap for HSE pipeline inspectorate/certifying authority approval. I also prepared of several
specifications and procedures.
Senior Piping Engineer - Subsea Engineering - Occidental Piper Field Development
BROWN & ROOT LTD - London - 1989 to 1990
Involved in the design of the subsea flowline manifold and piping schematics for all wellhead structures.
Involvement with P&ID development, including controls interfaces.
Subsea Engineering - Shell Skua
Engaged in the preparation and evaluation of various subsea manifold configurations, both conventional and
linear block manifold, for commingling subsea wells.
Senior Project Engineer - Piping and Structural
GOODFELLOW ASSOCIATES LIMITED - 1986 to 1989
GA-SP subsea Processing System (R&D Project - EEC and Industry funded)
Engaged in the development of the GA-SP subsea processing system from concept through to detail design,
fabrication and testing.
Project Engineer - Piping and Structures
Elf Norge: Froy (Oslo) - Diverless Retrievable Subsea Manifold Project
Responsible for the conceptual and detail design, including piping and structural stress analysis, of the
Retrievable Manifold and Static Piping Header Unit. The system design was diverless, using ROVs only for
intervention.
Design Engineer - Structural/Mechanical
SUBSEA DEVELOPMENTS - 1985 to 1986
Responsible for producing: the preliminary design of a catenary pipe ramp-lay system; pipeline repair system;
and subsea wellhead protection structure.
Design Engineer - Wellhead Equipment
Assigned to assist National Supply with detail design of Arco/Thames proposals to adopt Drill-Quip and
Cameron mudline suspension systems, to accept National Supply subsea wellhheads and Xmas trees. Also, I
prepared the preliminary layout and design of a Xmas tree as part of the bid preparation for a National Supply/
ONGL subsea project.
Structural Weight Control Designer
Marathon Brae "B" Jacket - 1983 to 1984
Engaged in weight control take-off and C of G calculations for the Brae "B" Jacket structure, risers, grouting
system etc.
Structural Designer
AMOCO (U.K.) LIMITED - 1983 to 1984
Engaged in the preparation of planned maintenance charts for all Amoco Jackets and various specialist studies
and reports
Lead Designer (Pipelines)
TAYWOOD SANTA-FE LIMITED - 1978 to 1983
Responsible for the supervision of a small pipeline drawing office group engaged in various land and offshore
pipelines projects including Texaco Tartan. Work included a visit offshore with regard to a "J"-Tube pull.

6. Other work included involvement with the preparation of abandonment sequences for five platforms and their
associated risers, subsea wells and in-field pipelines. Involvement with various floating production studies and
weight control audit for Marathon Brae "A"
EDUCATION
HNC Mechanical Engineering in Engineering and Technology
Stevenage Technical College - Stevenage
1988