Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 July 2004
208 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of a person (details supplied) who carried out the report on the evaluation of onshore pipeline design code use on the Corrib gas pipeline project. [20728/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe report on the evaluation of onshore pipeline design code was carried out by Mr. Andrew Johnston, consultant engineer, 25 Ramilles Road, Chiswick, London, W41 5W, England. Mr. Johnston is well qualified in having a B.Sc. Civil Eng., chartered engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member of the Institute of Petroleum and Member of the Society of Underwater Technology.
Mr. Johnston is a pipeline engineer with over 25 years experience in the onshore and offshore pipeline industry, initially with engineering consultants, followed by project engineering-management in major international companies, and most recently with consultants and project finance companies. He has a proven track record of work in infrastructure studies, due diligence, feasibility studies, economic evaluations, gas transmission system analysis, project planning-scheduling, engineering design and project management. He has extensive experience of onshore pipelines work in the Middle East that ranged from six onshore pipelines totalling 250 kms to reinstatement of crude oil pipelines in Kuwait after the Gulf War and supervision of a multi disciplinary design team on a Middle East gas project that included high temperature and pressure flowlines, manifolds and export facilities. He has international experience in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, India, the Far East, the North Sea and the New Independent States.
