Graham McIntosh


Expertise: Subsea and Pipeline Integrity Management

Graham is Stork’s Subsea and Pipeline Integrity Management expert. He has a proven track record in applying an integrated approach to the maintenance of oil and gas production facilities and assuring the integrity of those  facilities. You can always contact Graham with any questi- ons about the integrity management of subsea equipment and pipelines, Risk Based Inspections and their implemen-tation. He provides all-in solutions to help colleagues and customers address their asset and operations integrity issues – on an integrated basis and with the right team players. “In our business customers want assurances in relation to integrity”, says Graham. “The important thing is that we take effective action to ensure that potential failures are identified before they occur. That enables customers to get the best results out of their installations in terms of safety, the environment and availability.” Graham McIntosh

Key competences

  • Focus on development
  • Supports young, talented colleagues
  • Translates broadly based knowledge  and experience into tailor-made solutions
  • Team player
  • Innovative

Best Practices

Objectives

“Further developing our knowledge, embedding it in the  organization, and above all sharing it. Those are the objec- tives. We need to be able to offer global support in the field of subsea and pipeline integrity. My aim is to increase our market share in this area. We should be the first choice of customers for any questions they have in relation to subsea and pipeline integrity management.”


BBL Company (Balzgand to Bacton Line)

Integrity Management of the BBL Gas transport line. Functions  include: development of survey scope and daily  overview of survey vessel activities; interpretation and repor- ting of results both from hydrographic survey and other sources such as in-line inspection; reporting of recommendations/ requirements for remedial work; development of future  inspection workscopes as a result; management of ALL  data relating to the construction, internal and external  survey results in a common “Geographic Information  System” (GIS).


BP AzSPU, ConocoPhillips

Application of Risk Based Inspection methodologies en- suring they cover all operational aspects and supporting/ tertiary items and utilities e.g. the topsides controlling  equipment items of a subsea facility and applying the  operationalexperience gained in the assessments.  Inclusion of the latest industry shared learnings such as  riser and caisson integrity management and flexible flow- lines degradation mechanisms.


BP AzSPU

Creation and the application of a new Risk Based Inspec- tionmethodology for subsea intervention tooling and spares items that are held onshore until required. While the conse- quences within the risk assessment methodology were as for any normal application, the probability elements were a little more diverse than what has been previously used. This
was the first recent venture towards wells and intervention equipment for iicorr, adding to the portfolio of capabilities and specialities.