Name: Andrea Spessa Address: Via Gian Galeazzo 12
20136 MILANO ITALY
Tel. +39 335 7631828
E-mail: spessaandrea@gmail.com
Nationality: Italian
Date and Place of birth: 1967, April 21st, Milano
Gender: Male
Education & Training: 2005 – 2007 Master in Business Administration MBA at SDA BOCCONI (27 months long – Evening and Week-end courses)
1995 Master Degree in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano
1990 Master Degree in Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Milano Work Experience
Current Situation: DNV GL – Oil & Gas, Area Manager Italy & Mediterranean. In charge of:
Manage DNV GL´s Oil & Gas business in Italy and selected important Mediterranean countries;
Manage Frame Agreement and act as Project Manager / Director in specific target projects;
Boost sales and business development by strong customer orientation; Ensure the organization is working to high QHSE standards;
Support profiling DNV GL as the leading certification body and technical advisor in the oil & gas industry;
October 2002 –
September 2015 DG IMPIANTI INDUSTRIALI S.p.A. - Since 2005, Chief Operating Officier and Board Member with powers in sales and administration. Previously, since 2002, Engineering Manager. Management of a Company of about 120 people involved in engineering and design of oil&gas, petrochemical and power plants and in contracting for process packages for oil&gas industry.
The company, traditionally involved in design, has been addressed to contracting activities since 2007 facing the lack of qualifications and references in the construction business. Major supplies have been two EPC plants for gas production and treatment in Italy, some gas treatment packages for FPSO in Far East and several smaller packages as pig traps, electrical heaters, metering stations, crude oil electrostatic coalescers and heater treaters supplied for North Africa, Middle East and Far East.
In charge of the start-up of two foreign companies, DG Engineering & Contracting Egypt, with headquarters in Cairo, and ARC India Ltd., with headquarters in New Delhi. Since 2010 CEO of DG Engineering & Contracting Egypt and since 2012 Board Member of ARC India Ltd. Involved in Business Development and follow-up as Board Member of the Malaysian company, MMHE-ATB (shareholders: 60% ATB and 40% Petronas) in Johor Bahru (Malaysia) involved in pressure vessels and pakages construction.
In charge of business development with key customers as Petronas (Malaysia), ONGC (India) and SOCAR (Azerbaijian) and of development of relationships with autorities for India, Azerbaijian, Iraq and UAE.
February 2001 –
September 2002 EDISON – Project Engineer and Structural Leader for Adriatic LNG project. Involved in the follow-up of the basic design carried out in Sofregaz in Paris, France and preparation of the Invitation To Tender documentation.
September 1999 –
January 2001 Agip Gas Bv. – Project Leader for Sabratha platform. Involved in the follow-up of the FEED in Technip in Paris, France and preparation of the Invitation To Tender. Scope of work includes the jacket, the platform topsides, the sub-sea template, the plems and the sub sea pipeline. March 1991 –
September 1999 AGIP / ENI – Division E&P:
Project Manager for Guendalina Ptf project.
Project Engineer for several offshore projects in Adriatic Sea and North Africa and onshore projects.
Design of structures and subsea pipelines as well as feasability studies, basic design and follow-up of detail design.
Company Responsible for offshore geotechnical investigation in offshore Egypt, Adriatic Sea and West Africa.
Site Manager in 1993-94 for the Zatchi field ZAP platform project (Congo), including platform and pipeline installation, commissioning and start-up.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES: Experience in International Negoziation and Business Development; Implementation of accounting system in several companies (ABC, throughput accounting, etc); definition of company startegies for new markets; project management of complex projects in Oil & Gas and Civil fileds; good knowledge of the oil&gas business; management of relationship with autorithies (Ministeries, Third Party Agencies, Local Authorities, etc) aimed to get project authorization; chartered engineer; management of relationship with oil compnaies for business development purposes.
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Qing – Certified Engineer at level 2 in the field of Chemical Engineering with the following specialism: Design and Project Management of oil &gas onshore and offshore plants for the production, treatment and distribution of hydrocarbons since November 2015;
Functional Safety Engineer since June 2011 (TUVFSEng 3879/11);
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Member since February 2000; President of Sesam User Association of Det Norske Veritas (Oslo, Norway) from June 1996 to June 1998;
Member of th Geotechnical Committee of Bergamo Order of Engineeers from March 1992 to December 1999;
Since Janaury 1991, Senator of the Engineer Association of Politecnico di Milano. PUBLICATIONS: “Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for Offshore Facilities”, A. Bragonzi, A.
Chiusolo, A. Spessa, Offshore Mediterranean Conference 2003, OMC03, March 2003, Ravenna
“Ottimizzazione delle Emissioni degli Inceneritori Mediante Stadio Terziario di
Sottoraffreddamento”, A. Spessa et alii, Congresso Nazionale Associazione
Termotecnica Italiana, September 1997, Cernobbio (CO)
“Progettualità e VIA – Il caso degli inceneritori per I rifiuti solidi urbani e assimilabili
e degli impianti di depurazione”, A. Spessa et alii, Valutazione di Impatto
“Damping Effects in Non-linear Analyses for Offshore Platform Under Seismic Load”, A. Spessa et alii, Offshore Mechanic and Artic Engineering Conference, OMAE2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2000
“Profast Use for Antonella Platform Life Extension”, A. Spessa, Sesam User
Association Conference, Hovik (Oslo), June 1996
“Analisi Integrate di Resistenza al Fuoco su Strutture Offshore”, Collegio dei Tecnici
dell’Acciaio, October 1997, Napoli
“Quality Control of Glass-Fibre Reinforced Plastic Long Tubular Member”, A.
Castiglioni e A. Spessa, International Conference of Composite Materials, ICCM, June 1995, Whistler, Canada
“The Cost Effective Use of Pultruded Composite Mud-Mats In Offshore Structures”,
A. M. Porcari e A. Spessa, Offshore Mechanic and Artic Engineering Conference, OMAE1993, Glasgow, Scotland, June 1993
“La stabilità dell’Equilibrio Elastico” Capitolo del Manaule dell’Ingegnere
Meccanico – Ed. Hoepli - 1991
DETAIL OF ROLES AND PROJECTS October 2002 –
September 2015
DG IMPIANTI INDUSTRIALI: As Chief Operating Officier the main target was to “change” the traditional engineering company working mainly in Italy for few Italian Customers into an EPC Contractor in position to face complex oil&gas projects on international market.
With such purpose the Company structure was changed with the creation of expert process and offshore structural departments and, since 2007, Company has been awarded with some EPC and process packages contracts.
Because of the small dimensions of the Company, a strong marketing and commercial activity has been carried out worldwide with contract negotiation on some international projects:
2007: Customer NorthSun – EPC Contract for the Gas Production and Treatment Plant of Castello (Rivolta d’Adda, CR)
2007: Customer NorthSun – EPC Contract for the Gas Production and Treatment Plant of Sillaro (Medicina, BO)
2008: Custmer: ENPPI – Pig Traps supply for offshore projects
2009: Customer: KHALDA PETROLEUM - Design and Supply of Delsalting and Dehydration Units for crude oil (3 trains)
2010: Customer: EPP – Design and Supply of a Propane Electrical Heater
2011: Customer: Petronas – Cendor FPSO - Gas Dehydration and Glycol Regeneration Module
2013: Customer: Rosetti Marino – Marlin Project – Design and Supply of an Electrostatic Crude Oil Coalescer
2014: Customer: Raffinerie di Gela – EPS for Sulphur Recovery Unit
On all such projects I have been personally involved in contract negotiation, procurement and project direction.
Furthermore, such development has lead to invest in new companies worldwide with the start-up of DG Engineering & Contracting in Egypt and ARCI in India where, respectively, I am CEO and Board Member; I am still involved in the activities of both companies whose set-up is aimed to a greater business development for DG Impianti.
Meanwhile, DG Impianti still plays an active role in engineering and design; structural department has carried out design for several offshore platfrom up to 130 meters water depth and process office has developed a propter technology for crude oil electrostatic coalescers, gas dehydration systems and produced water treatments. All design activities and process design for awarded projects are developed internally; process guarantees are also issued. Pipeline design is also normally carried out and I was initially personally involved in mechanical design of steel and GRP pipelines for traing purpose of young mechanical engineers.
February 2001 September 2002
EDISON: As Responsible for the Structures and the Mechanical parts of the Adriatic LNG Terminal located offshore Rovigo, I was involved in the FEED preparation, contractual documentation for ITT, certification with Lloyd’s Register and due diligence with Stone & Webster.
I was permanently resident in Paris, in Sofregas Offices where FEED was carried out. September 1999
January 2001
AGIP GAS BV: As Project Manager of Sabratha Platform located offshore Lybia within the West Gas Libyan Project, I was involved for jacket, topsides and subsea templates in the FEED preparation, contractual documentation for ITT and certification with DNV.
I was permanently resident in Paris, in Technip Offices where FEED was carried out with frequent travelling to Rome, where the FEED of the overall Mellitah project was managed by Technip Italy.
March 1991 November 1999
ENI – DIV. E&P / AGIP: with a long permanence initially in the Offshore Structural Department and than in Task Force, I set up my professional profile in this my first working experience.
I was involved in the following projects (major projects only):
Barbara D platform: Structural design of Jacket and Deck. Site Engineer during platform installation.
New 8 legged platform standard topside design.
Thelma platform: feasibility study and structural cost estimation.
Zatchi Field – ZAP Ptf and ZAF3 LQ: Follow up to the construction of jacket and LQ in Navalmare (La Spezia) and topsides in Rosetti Marino (Ravenna); site manager for the jacket and subsea pipeline installation, commissioning and start-up.
Daria B platform: Structural Design of Jacket, Deck and connecting bridge. Follow-up to the construction and use of GRP mudmats as temporary foundation.
Angela / Angelina: feasibility study and structural design; follow-up with GEDA (Agip Environmental Dept.) to Environmental Impact Assessment; for the same project involved in the first DSS preparation for working authorizations.
Baltim NW: Company Rep for geotechnical investigation offshore Egypt
Antonella platform: life extension reliability studies – Follow-up to the certification of life extension
Emilio ptf: feasibility study and concept selection.
Annalisa ptf: platform structural design and design coordination; Field Engineer for the offshore installation.
Annalisa / Brenda pipeline design: design and technical specification for material supply for 12”+3”+3” subsea pipeline.
Naomi/Pandora ptf: assistance to EIA documentation preparation and jacket structural design follow-up; I left the project almost at the beginning as I moved to the West Gas Libyan Project.
During this period, between 1995 and 1998 I was also involved in the Joint Industry Project with Det Norske Veritas named Sesam2000 adressed to define the standard for the new century design software; other JIP members were Exxon, Statoil and Brown&Root.
TRAINING COURSES June 2011: Plant and System Functional Safety – TUV - Milano
May 2010: International Negotiation – Baker Communication – Houston February 2008: BOSIET / OPITO Offshore Safety Training
May 1998 Safety Course - Corso Direttiva Cantieri – D.lgs. 494; abilitato a svolgere il ruolo di Responsabile della Sicurezza nell’ambito delle opere edili.
May 1996 Company Dynamics – Castelgandolfo – Centro direzionale ENI May 1994 Total Project Management – Castelgandolfo – Centro direzionale ENI
February 1993 Cathodic Protection Design – Chemical and Applied Physic Department of Politecnico di Milano - Prof. Pedeferri
June 1992 Advanced training in Petroleum Engineering – Internal Training AGIP June 1991 Basic traing in Petroleum Engineering - Internal Training AGIP
