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NEXUS Capabilities

and Experience Deepwater, Shallow Water and Topsides

This document presents an overview of Nexus Deepwater Engineering Inc., its

capabilities, experience and global offices that are providing world class

engineering services in the area of Subsea and Topsides Production Systems

2013

Created by Nexus Global Marketing Team

Nexus Deepwater Engineering Inc.,

1/17/2013

2 CONTROLLED COPY - 2013

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NEXUS EXPERTISE…

- Shallow / Deepwater

o Subsea FEED

- SURF

o Subsea Umbilical’s

o Subsea Riser

o Subsea Flowlines

- PIPELINES

- TOPSIDES STRUCTURAL

- MARINE TERMINALS

CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE



Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 4

2 CAPABILITY OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................... 5

3 WHAT WE DO… ........................................................................................................................ 6

4 NEXUS EXPERTISE - PROJECTS ..................................................................................... 7

5 PROJECT PROFILES ............................................................................................................ 11

6 NEXUS OFFICES / CONTACT INFORMATION ........................................................... 19



1 INTRODUCTION

Nexus Deepwater Engineering Inc. (NEXUS) is a Houston Based engineering company

that has the most innovative independent subsea deepwater and shallow-water

engineering and management consultancy, with a team that brings over 30 years of

experience. Our global team capacity and offices are as following:

The Houston office has been operating since 2008 at 908 Town & Country Blvd

Suite 120, Houston Texas.

The Kuala Lumpur office has been operating since 2009 at Menara Citibank, Level

36, 165 Jalan Ampang KL. Additionally, our engineering design office is located in

Unit 9-1 Wisma UOAII, Jalan Pinang 50450 KL. This office is located near the

Petronas Twin Towers.

The Perth office is operational since 4th

Quarter of 2012 and it is located in the

AMP Tower close to Australia’s Oil Operator - Woodside.

The Vietnam office is located in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ghana office is located next to Kosmos Energy and within driving distance to

Tullow Oil

In 2008 NEXUS was formed by the joining of Oceanus S.A., NG Solutions and Rabia

Enterprises (Pvt Ltd) to provide a consolidated Subsea engineering (shallow and

deepwater), floating systems and construction management services. We are backed up

by a full suite of unique in-house specialist software, our comprehensive subsea and

topside capabilities include expertise in Project Management, Project Engineering, pre-

FEED, FEED, Bid Evaluation, Project Execution, Vessel Selection, Pre-Commissioning,

Installation Workover Control Systems, Rig Surveys and Onshore/Offshore Testing

Support.

Flow Assurance is an integral part of FEED study, where steady-state and transient state

for single-phase or multi-phase flow plays a critical role. Well fluid conditions are a key

driver for selection of materials, production control system, system hardware selection

and topside process system design. Nexus is currently partnered with a number of Flow

Assurance providers to provide our clients the steady-state and transient analysis.



2 CAPABILITY OVERVIEW

NEXUS has successfully executed 15 major projects. The company has been expanding

its portfolio to offer professional and world class service to the industry. As a solution

provider, Nexus has the capability of executing projects ranging from upstream (subsea)

to downstream (pipelines, Marine Terminals). In the upstream market we have the

expertise in subsea field development, detail design, pre-commissioning,

commissioning, start-up and installation support. Our highly qualified managers and

engineers have worked in a team environment to provide quality and expertise in

executing major international projects. HSE is so important to us that our trade mark

reads, “Powered by People, Steered by Safety”

NEXUS Subsea Professionals have proven track record of developing and completing

complex projects. The team has experience in managing multi-facet projects with a

decade or more experience in Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing and

Offshore Installations of Subsea Production Systems.

NEXUS has succeeded in the challenging market by developing its talent and that of our

client through state-of-the-art trainings. In brief, our team consists of Engineers that

have worked on world class subsea projects:

Axon Bass Drill Alpha (Topside Structural)

Kanowit KAKG (Subsea - shallow water)

Talisman Hoi Mai (Subsea – shallow water)

Murphy Serendah-Patricia (subsea - shallow water)

Shell F-14/F-29 (subsea - shallow water)

Shell Gumusut-Kakap (subsea - deep water)

Chevron Jack & St.Malo (subsea - deep water)

Petrobras Cascade & Chinook (Ultra-Deepwater / Walker Ridge)

PDVSA Marsical Sucre (subsea - shallow water)

Chevron Agbami (subsea - deep water)

BP Thunderhorse (subsea - deep water)

BP Atlantis (subsea - deep water)

Kings Peak (subsea - deep water)

Canyon Express (subsea - deep water)



3 WHAT WE DO…

The company has been expanding its portfolio by providing Project Management and

Project Engineering expertise…

SUBSEA

SURF

• Umbilical

• Riser

• Flowlines

CONTROL

SYSTEM

SUBSEA

HARDWARE

MARINE

TERMINALSTOPSIDE

STRUCTURES

FRONT END

ENGINEERING



4 NEXUS EXPERTISE - PROJECTS

PROJECT

NAME/LOCATI

ON

CLIENT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS STATUS

Kanowit KAKG-A

pre-

commissioning,

commissioning

and start-up

PCSB/PETRA/

JPK

Provision of Hook-up and Commissioning work for KASS

Project at KAKG-A Platform. Nexus was involved in writing

the topside subsea production control system pre-commission,

commissioning and black-start up procedures. Furthermore,

Nexus was selected to lead the platform teams in the pre-

commissioning phase.

●Safety Instrumented System integration between MCS and

Subsea ESD/PSD

●Master Control Station powering and start-up

●Electrical Power Unit power-up and start-up

●Chemical Injection Unit start-up and commissioning

●Hydraulic Power Unit start-up and testing

●Topside Umbilical Termination Unit (TUTU) testing

Ongoing

Kanowit KAKG-A

pre-

commissioning,

commissioning

and start-up

PCSB/PETRA/

JPK

Nexus was selected by PETRONAS and PETRA to provide a

hydraulic flushing unit that is being used on the platform for

flushing control lines to maintain NAS Class 6 level

cleanliness

Ongoing

Structural Design

and SACS analysis

Project

AXON/

AmerCable

(USA)

Detail Structural design based on a workable structural

configuration in place with the telescopic crane as part of the

cage. The incorporation of the crane shall be up to the top

pedestal. The design of structural support for the cage system

will be included (structural integrity of the cantilever deck will

not be considered as part of the design scope).

Ongoing

Pressure Vessel

Engineering

Design Review

Project

Shell (USA)/

Metarock

Nexus was selected by Shell to provide its Professional

Engineering Licensing in evaluating the design of eighteen

(18) pressure vessels. A comprehensive calculation package

was created and Stamped for each vessel. ASME VII was used

as a criterion for comparison.

Completed

2012



Subsea Training PCSB/JPK

Nexus was selected by PETRONAS (PCSB) to provide

training on:

●Level 2, Subsea Front End Engineering (FEED) training

●Level 2, Subsea Umbilical and Subsea Distribution System

training

Nexus created presentation material, animations, workshop,

assessment exam and trainer's manual for each module

Ongoing

Patricia Water

Injection System Murphy

JP Kenny Malaysia was awarded the Patricia and Serendah

Pipeline and Subsea Pre-FEED study for a Water Injection

System. Based on Patricia Gas Production draw-down by

2013, Murphy wanted a feasibility study that would

introduce two Water Injection Wells that would allow for

increased production. Processed water is pumped from 13km

to the Water Injectors; whereas, the control system is located

1km away on the Patricia Platform. Nexus provided:

● The subsea control system (MCS, EPU, TUTA, Umbilical,

SUTA and Flying Leads) ranges from simple direct

hydraulics to complex MUX systems.

● Developed a conceptual study report that examined an

array of field architectures, using proven technologies.

● A Cost Analysis was provided as part of the study to

ensure that CAPEX and OPEX are optimized.

COMPLETED

2011



Subsea Control

System Pre-

commissioning

Woodside

(AUS)

JP Kenny Malaysia was requested by Woodside Australia to

provide pre-commissioning Subsea Control System Test

Leadership at Keppel Shipyard Singapore. Nexus was

contracted to play a lead role in representing Woodside to

successfully pre-commission the MCS, EPU, HPU and ESD

system; including testing of Control System Lines on the

OKHA FPSO. An extensive testing program was reviewed,

with daily readiness reviews, interfacing with SBM and

implementation of control system.

COMPLETED

2011

Liwan Umbilical

System CNOOC

Technip Malaysia was contracted by COOEC to perform the

conceptual and detailed engineering for the Liwan 3-1, Block

29/26 Field Development. Technip contracted NEXUS to

develop a feasibility study of Umbilical, Umbilical

Installation and possible utilization of Subsea System SSIV.

ISO13628-5 was used as a bench mark to provide a

customized report.

COMPLETED

2010

PROD Tool Testing BP

JP Kenny Malaysia was requested by BP United Kingdom to

provide technical expertise to support its new Seismic Tool

Technology for the Shendiz Caspian Project (AzSPU). Nexus

was screened and selected by BP to oversee the qualification

of its new PROD technology in Brisbane Australia.

Extensive seismic testing and drilling tool functionalities

were tested to ensure product integrity and reliability.

COMPLETED

2010

SSIV Control System

Design (TGT)

Petro

Vietnam

JP Kenny Malaysia was contracted by Petro Vietnam to

provide pipelines and subsea control system FEED / detailed

design engineering. TGT Field Development required

expertise that would guide TGT, Hong Long JOC and Petro

Vietnam with a subsea controls solution. NEXUS team

started out by creating an Interface Management Tool to

identify technical and contractual gaps. Then the team set out

through a series of studies, detailed reports, data sheets and

vendor product reviews to provide a topside-to-subsea SSIV

control system that was located on the Bumi Armada FPSO.

COMPLETED

2010



Gumusut-Kakap Shell

Gumusut-Kakap is a deepwater field located in Sarawak

Malaysian waters. JP Kenny Malaysia was awarded the

SIFOE contract by Shell Malaysia to put an umbrella team

that will pull in global expertise to successfully deliver the

project. NEXUS was one of the global experts selected and

seconded to Shell. The scope of work was related to Subsea

Control System, Manifold System and IWOCS/CWOR

systems in a lead role. Well over 100 documents were

reviewed and approved:

● FAT and EFAT Testing of IWOCS HMI was conducted in

Norway Kongsberg

● EFAT testing of IWOCS and CWOR System including the

EDP / LRP breakaway system were tested and approved

(Johor Bahru Malaysia)

●Production, WI and GI Manifold testing; including control

system testing was conducted and approved in Lumut

Malaysia

● HAZOP and HAZID's for IWOCS and Control Systems

were conducted in Shell's KL Deepwater Office

COMPLETED

2010

Festoon System BP

A new Festoon design was required by BP in the Gulf of

Mexico that would meet the stringent standards - harsh

Arctic environment. Nexus provided the design verification

package, including a detailed design study that enabled EMI

to successfully quality, manufacture, test and operate a

Festoon System on the Parker Drilling Rig.

COMPLETED

2008



Hydraulic Power

Unit Development Chevron

Agbami was West Africa (Nigeria) deepwater project. A total

of four (4) Test Hydraulic Power Units (THPU) were

designed, manufactured and tested in Houston Texas. The

HPU manufacturer experienced some challenges when DNV

discovered that some of the tubing "markings" were hard to

verify. Nexus conducted an onsite investigation and provided

its P.E.Stampings on a calculation package. This design

verification document would serve to ensure that tubing

pressure integrity was per the 1:4 burst ratio.

COMPLETED

2006

Pressure Vessel

Standardization Shell

Shell Geological Group in Houston Texas implemented

ASME pressure vessel codes by releasing a new Shell DEP

standard. Pressure Vessels at Shell facilities for Soil Sampling

were closely examined and a complete design verification

package with detailed calculations was provided; with P.E.

Stampings. The package was approved by Shell Netherlands

and was regarded a bench mark document.

COMPLETED

2005

5 PROJECT PROFILES

PETRONAS

Project: KANOWIT

Client: PETRA

Location: Kumang Cluster (Shallow Water)

Scope:

Pre-commissioning, Commissioning and Start-

up

Duration 8 Months (Ongoing)

Project Value USD 1/2 Million

Phases 1 2 3 4 5

Conceptual Pre-FEED FEED Execute Commissioning

Scope of Work and Services



This project engaged our team in developing detailed procedures for pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up of the KASS 1 and KASS 2 subsea wells for the Kanowit Project. The Subsea Production Control pre-commissioning involved the SIS, MCS, EPU, HPU, TUTU and CIU; including a post umbilical Hook-up procedure. Our team has been on the KAKG platform leading this project.



AXON

Project: Platform Festoon Cage System

Client: AXON

Location: TLP (GoM)

Scope: Detail Design

Duration 8 weeks

Project Value USD 125,000

Phases 1 2 3 4 5

Conceptual Pre-FEED FEED

Detail

Design Operate


Detail Structural design based on a workable structural configuration. Design and Analysis of Festoon System structure on TLP using SACS. The structure has been designed for dynamic loading resulting from land transportation, vessel transportation (using Noble Denton Criteria) and platform dynamics.



MURPHY OIL

Project: SERENDAH, PATRICIA, SOUTH ACIS (SPSA)

Client: Murphy Sarawak Oil Co Ltd (MURPHY)

Location: Blocks SK309 and SK311

Scope: Conceptual & Pre-FEED Design Study for Subsea Water Injection System

Duration 4 months

Project Value RM 1,200,000

Phases 1 2 3 4 5

Conceptual Pre-FEED FEED Execute Operate


The scope of this preliminary design report is evaluate an array of subsea tie-back configurations for two (2) water injection Trees located within a 1km radius of PT-SA (Patricia Platform). The subsea control system (SCS) is to be located on the PT-SA platform, providing the required subsea electro-hydraulic controls. Moreover, 6-inch flow-line(s) approximately 13km long, shall supply treated water from WP-PA to the two PT-IA water injection wells. The following key drivers provide the net value (NV) in terms of CAPEX and OPEX: 1. Subsea Christmas Hardware 2. Subsea Control System. 3. Flow Lines. 4. Testing. 5. Installation, Hook-up and Commissioning.



SHELL F29

Project: F14 / F29

Client: Shell Sabah Oil, Malaysia

Location: F14 and F29 Fields

Scope: Conceptual & Pre-FEED Subsea Production Control System

Duration Ongoing

Project Value RM 900,000

Phases 1 2 3 4 5



The scope of work was to develop conceptual/pre-FEED studies that would set the pace for developing a Subsea Production Control System for successfully operating F29 Well. The following conceptual studies were carried out: 1. Field Layout and Architecture 2. Subsea Control System Philosophy (MCS, EPU, HPU, TUTA) 3. Subsea Start-up and Shutdown Philosophy 4. Umbilical and Flying Lead Installation Scope of Work (Umbilical, SUTA) 5. Subsea Interface Management 6. Subsea Operability and HAZOP 7. Topsides to Subsea Interfacing



WOODSIDE

Project: CWLH Project

Client: Woodside Australia

Location: Cossack Wanaea Lambert Hermes Fields

Scope: Pre-commissioning of Subsea Production Control System

Duration 8-Weeks


Phases 1 2 3 4 5

Conceptual

Pre-

FEED FEED Execute Commissioning


Subsea Production Control System pre-commissioning was carried out. The MCS, EPU, HPU, TUTA and ESD system were integrated to function along with the OKHA FPSO Distributed Control System (DCS) and IPS. An extensive testing program was implemented, with daily readiness reviews, continuous interfacing with SBM and rectification of all onsite hardware operational issues.



COOEC

Project: LIWAN 3-1

Client: COOEC

Location: Block 29/26

Scope: FEED Study

Duration 8-Weeks


Phases 1 2 3 4 5



This was a FEED study for the Liwan 3-1, Block 29/26 Shallow Field Development. Studies were conducted to understand the impact of SSIV and Subsea Umbilical System suitable for the life of the project.



SHELL

Project: GUMUSUT-KAKAP

Client: Shell Malaysia

Location: Deepwater Field

Scope: Execute Phase: SCS, IWOCS, Manifolds

Duration 2.5yrs

Project Value

USD

1,000,000

Phases 1 2 3 4 5



This was a challenging project that required training of Local Content, overview of various Subsea Vendors, Interface Management with Shell Malaysia and Shell USA to ensure that the FMC IWOCS, CWOR and Manifold Systems were manufactured and tested to Shell DEP's. A brand new HMI design was implemented for the IWOCS system that was extensively tested in Norway. The HPU was built in Stavanger Norway and the system tested in Johor Bahru. The manifolds were manufactured in Lumut Malaysia. All testing programs were lead by our team.



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