Chyetanya Kunte

To develop a career in offshore (or upstream) industry with special emphasis on analysis and design of offshore structures and associated facilities.

SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

EXPERIENCE

2000-2006

Technip Geoproduction

Kuala Lumpur, MY

An EPC company with areas of business in Upstream, Downstream, Deep-water and Sub-sea. For more info, please visit: www.technip.com

Senior Structural Engineer

Responsibilities: Providing technical assistance to assigned lead engineer on projects by performing various analyses and design of structures and components. Check and verify design drawings, prepare design basis, design reports and calculations as part of deliverables. Interact with client on problematic issues and troubleshooting. Training young (or junior) engineers for specific technical tasks or in general. Role as a technical support person and as a focal point in the department for various engineering software validation, bug-reporting and testing for compliance.
Commended by Unocal Thailand on a fast-track work done during EWE platform's well blow-out.
Commended by Esso Production Malaysia in completing Bintang project ahead of schedule.
Commended for team-work by Sarawak Shell Bhd for achieving near-impossible deadlines on E11 project.
Accolades by the Technip management for developing a comprehensive reference intranet portal (Gateway) for the structural department. For more details, please see: www.ckunte.com/gateway

1996-2000

John Brown, Kvaerner John Brown, Kvaerner Process

Bangalore, IN

An Engineering consulting company under the umbrella of Trafalgar House Construction and now part of Kvaerner consortium. For more info, please visit: www.akerkvaerner.com

Structural Engineer

Responsibilities: Providing technical assistance to assigned lead engineer on projects by performing various analyses and design of structures and components. Check and verify design drawings, prepare design basis, design reports, calculations and material take-offs as part of deliverables. Interact with client and troubleshooting.
Commended by Mazagaon Dock Ltd for achieving targets and optimizing design during B-55 project.
Commended by Kvaerner Pittsburgh and client for the efforts and team-work put in during the project Hadeed.

1995-1996

Gammon

Bombay, IN

An EPC company specializing in bulk storage structures, bridges, energy and marine structures. For more info, please visit: www.gammonindia.com

Junior Structural Engineer

Responsibilities: Providing technical assistance to lead engineer on projects by performing various analyses and design of structures and components. Check and verify design drawings, prepare design reports, calculations and material take-offs as part of deliverables.

1995

AEC Consulting Engineers

Thane, IN

An engineering consulting company specializing in chemical and petrochemical plants.

Engineer

Responsibilities: Providing technical support to lead engineer on projects by performing various analyses and design of structures and components. Check and verify design drawings, prepare design reports, material take-offs as part of deliverables.

OFFSHORE PROJECTS

Kikeh Field Development involving a spar supported structure in deepwater offshore Sabah in South China sea for Murphy (Technip, Dec 2004 to date).

Block 1 FEED Conceptual design services, Turkmenistan for Carigali Petronas (Technip, Nov 2004 to Dec 2004).

Amenam II project invloving tertiary steel design for AMP II platform for Total Fina Elf, France (Technip, Oct 2004 - Nov 2004).

Serai subsea project involving analysis, design and installation and post-installation support in South-China sea for Sarawak Shell Bhd, Malaysia (Technip, Sep 2004 - Nov 2004).

E11P-B platform and pipelines project involving design of E11V-B flare tower and supporting jacket in South-China sea for Sarawak Shell Bhd, Malaysia (Technip, Nov 2003 - Sep 2004).

Ruby-B wellhead platform involving design of topsides and jacket for Petronas Carigali Vietnam Ltd, Vietnam (Technip, Nov 2003 - Dec 2003).

Otway Thylacine project and technical assistance to Technip Oceania / Woodside Australia (Technip, Oct 2003 - Nov 2003).

Conceptual engineering study services for Block-1 Development (Barinov and Livanov fields) in caspian Sea for Petronas Carigali Turkmenistan (Technip, Oct 2003).

Maharajalela compression project involving re-assessment and installation of new compressor module on MLJ1 platform; New risers on MLJ1 and MLJ2 platforms in South-China sea for Total, Brunei (Technip, Apr 2003 - Nov 2003).

APN FEED project involving four New Unmanned Installations and modification to existing production platform for BP, Indonesia (Technip, Aug 2002 - Apr 2003).

Design of subsea structures: Bullnose umbilical termination assembly (BUTA) and production manifold in South-China sea for Sarawak Shell Bhd, Malaysia (Technip, Jul 2002 - Aug 2002).

Structural re-assessment of of M1DRA drilling platform (in LRFD method) in South-China sea for Sarawak Shell Bhd, Malaysia (Technip, Jan 2002 - Mar 2002).

Structural reliability assessment of twenty-three (23) Sarawak, F6 and North Sabah platforms in South-China sea for Sarawak Shell Bhd, Malaysia (Technip, Jul 2001 - Jun 2002).

Developing quality bid for Tapis-F and Belumut-A satellite minimum facilities platforms in South-China sea for ExxonMobil Malaysia (Technip, Jun 2001).

Bintang host tie-in at Lawit-A production platform in South-China sea for ExxonMobil Malaysia (Technip, Apr 2001 - May 2001).

Bintang project detailed engineering of two-wellhead platforms BiA and BiB in South-China sea for Esso Production Malaysia (Technip, Nov 2000 - Mar 2001).

Quick damage assessment of EWE platform following a well blow-out for Unocal Thailand (Technip, Nov 2000 - Dec 2000).

South Pars field development project detailed engineering for Petropars and Samsung Consortium (Technip, Oct 2000).

Satellite field development project - detailed engineering and post-IFC changes for Esso Production Malaysia Inc (Technip, Sep 2000 - Oct 2000).

CTOC project involving detailed engineering, design and construction of an offshore complex as a part of Cakerawala Gas Field Development for Carigali-Triton Operating Company Sdn Bhd (Technip, Apr 2000 - Jul 2000).

Blast overpressure assessment for Module-4 and LQ in modifications to Guntong-D production platform for Esso Production Malaysia (Technip, May 2000).

Vibration analysis in modifications to Wellhead platform WP1 as a part of Bongkot field development for PTT Thailand (Technip, Apr 2000).

BHN Revamp project involving restoration, modification and extension of existing production platform in Bombay High for Mazagaon Dock Ltd (Kvaerner Process, Sep 1999 - Mar 2000).

Basic engineering proposal of Anoa gas extension (AGX) platform for PT Kvaerner Indonesia (Kvaerner Process, Apr 1999 - Aug 1999).

Basic engineering and detailed engineering of two wellhead platforms PH & PJ and accessories, in Panna field near Bombay High for Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd (Kvaerner Process, Jul 1998 - Mar 1999).

Clamp-on structures on seven platforms: NC, ND, NI, NJ, NW and NX in Bombay High for Mazagaon Dock Ltd/Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) (Kvaerner John Brown, Jan 1998 - Mar 1998).

Yetagun field development (pre-bid) detailed analysis of offshore production platform for Texaco Exploration, Myanmar (Kvaerner John Brown, Oct 1997).

EE Platform - Modifications to Helideck: analysis and design of Helideck structure for in-service & installation conditions (John Brown, Mar 1997).

Pre-service analysis and design of B-173A wellhead platform in Bombay High for Larsen & Toubro Limited, Hazira (John Brown, Feb 1997).

Detailed engineering of B-55 wellhead platform in Bombay High for Mazagaon Dock Ltd / Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) (John Brown, Sep 1996 - Jan 1997).

Detailed engineering of HRC process platform in Bombay High for Larsen & Toubro Limited, Hazira (John Brown, Jun 1996 - Sep 1996).

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS

Detailed engineering of Dehydro Desulphorization unit in Vizag for HPCL, India (Kvaerner John Brown, Apr 1998 - Jun 1998).

Detailed engineering of Direct Reduction Iron (DRI) plant, Hadeed, Saudi Arabia (Kvaerner John Brown, Apr 1997 - Dec 1997).

Detailed engineering of Cantilever bridge in Passighat for PWD, Assam (Gammon, Mar 1996 - May 1996).

Detailed engineering of multi-span simply supported bridge in Kharasrota for PWD, Orissa (Gammon, Nov 1995 - Jan 1996).

Detailed engineering of pipeline bridge on river Narmada for EIL (Gammon, Feb 1996 - Mar 1996).

Detailed analysis and design of transmission tower foundations for Kudremukh Iron Ore and Steel Company (Gammon, Oct 1995 - Jan 1996).

Detailed engineering of Chlorine di-oxide plant in Gujarat for Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals Ltd (AEC, Jan 1995 - Sep 1995).

EDUCATION, INTERESTS AND NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Education: M.Eng Structures, B.Eng Civil

Interests: Internet technologies and their applications in the field of engineering. Specific areas of interest include content and resource management, database systems for information storage and retrieval, search optimizations, accessibility, graphical user interface (GUI) design for ease of use.

Designed a client soft-copy deliverable system using internet technologies for Sarawak Shell Bhd during F6-SRA project. For screenshots, please see: www.ckunte.com/gateway

Authored and developed dWorks-an engineering design aide intranet portal system for offshore and onshore engineering. For more info, please see: www.ckunte.com/dworks

Authored and developed Gateway-an interactive knowledge management system for Technip's intranet. Gateway, at present, serves all intranet connected Technip offices around the world in real time, 24hours a day and 7 days a week (Technip, 2002 - 2005).

References available upon request.