Resume for Dr. Walter L.

Kuehnlein

January 12th, 2012

RESUME for Dr. Walter L. Kuehnlein

Courses: Experience:

BOSET-Training H2S-Training Chairman of the Board of the German Association for Marine Technology (GMT) (www.marine-technology.eu) ASME Short Courses: Ice Engineering (example: http://www.asme-ipti.org/ice-engineering/ ) Lectureship: Ocean Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Ship Technology, Ocean Engineering and Transport Systems Technical Program Chair OMAE 2012 in Brazil Chair of Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology Symposium of OMAE-Conferences www.omae2012.com Advisor (offshore) for international magazine Ship&Offshore (www.shipandoffshore.net)

2008 to present

SEA2ICE Ltd. & Co. KG

Managing Director (www.sea2ice.com) 2012 2011 Support: Concept development for North Caspian Sea Chair at 1st Business Offshore Conference in Hamburg Design review: offshore wind park Chairman: 7th Arctic Oil & Gas Conference in Oslo Marine Rep. for Jackup Rig Move, North Sea Design review: offshore wind installation vessel Workshop: design philosophies for offshore structures in ice, special tailor made, operational optimized concepts Design review: offshore concept for ice covered waters Consulting: offshore project North Caspian Sea Chairman: 2nd Arctic Oil & Gas North America conference in Houston, Texas Consulting: offshore wind energy converter in (part time) ice covered seas Arctic Technology Conference, ATC 2011, in Houston, member of Technical Program Committee Chairman of Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE) Division of ASME (www.ooae.org) Consulting: conceptual study for an operational optimized offshore structure for ice covered waters

2010 - 2011 2010

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2009

2008

2001 - 2009

Company Courses: Ice Engineering ASME Short Course: Ice Engineering (8h) Rig Moves with Parker Rig 257 (Sunkar) in the North Caspian Sea: responsible for de-ballasting/de-grounding and ballasting/grounding operation Consulting: rig move procedures Consulting: Offshore structures in ice operational optimized concepts Workshop: design philosophies for offshore structures in ice, special tailor made concepts, operational optimized for each location increasing safety and decreasing costs Consulting: offshore structures for the North Caspian Sea Consulting: mooring analysis and mooring layout of floating marina jetties ASME Short Course: Ice Engineering (8h) Rig Moves with Parker Rig 257 (Sunkar) in the North Caspian Sea: responsible for all de-ballasting/de-grounding and ballasting/grounding operations Consulting: rig move procedures Consulting: jack-up drilling rig for the North Caspian Sea Special course: design philosophies for offshore structures in ice increasing safety and reduced costs Consulting: offshore structures in ice: Consulting: evaluation of ice conditions and consequences for offshore wind energy converters Rig Moves with Parker Rig 257 (Sunkar) in the North Caspian Sea: responsible for de-ballasting/de-grounding and ballasting/grounding operation Consulting: rig move procedures Hamburg Ship Model Basin Director and Head of the Ice & Offshore Department Ice model tests Leader of innumerable industrial projects (offshore structures, vessels and operations in ice and open waters) Ice barriers for shallow waters Leader of the EU-research project STRICE (www.strice.org) Offshore and Seakeeping Tests Research Projects ROLL-S and SinSee: capsizing model tests with totally freely running models including optical registration of all degrees of freedom Model tests under special sea conditions, like freak waves, etc. Maneuvering tests Special projects Parker Drilling Company, North Caspian Project, all Rig Moves with Parker Rig 257 (Sunkar) in the North Caspian Sea

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2006 1997 - 2001 2000

Responsible for de-grounding and grounding operation during rig moves Consulting: generation of rig move procedures Chairman of Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference (OMAE 2006) in Hamburg, Germany www.OMAE2006.com IMPaC Offshore Engineering GmbH, Hamburg Project Manager Parker Drilling Company, North Caspian Project Stability analysis of Rig 257 Statistic: environmental loads Responsible for de-ballasting and ballasting operation during rig moves Weight and ballast calculations Generation of Rig Move Procedures Modification of rescue systems OKIOC, Drilling Operations in the North Caspian Alternative drilling concepts Hybrid drilling concepts OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company), Drilling Operations in the North Caspian Conceptual studies for drilling rigs to be used in the North Caspian Ice force analysis for winter operations Parker Drilling Company, North Caspian Project Verification and evaluation of original design philosophies Adjustment of full-scale measurement system Tow-out and Installation Procedures Operation manuals Floating stability, ballast- and weight-calculations Dead weight survey Motion analysis of Parker Rig 257

1999

1998-1999

1998

Parker Drilling Company, Astrakhan, Russia, Rig Upgrade Manager, North Caspian Project Fully responsible for upgrade construction of Parker Rig 257 (Sunkar) Parker Drilling Company, New Iberia, USA Engineering Manager, North Caspian Project Responsible for engineering of the ice classed drilling bargerig: Parker Rig 257 Design philosophy Safety philosophy Environmental protection philosophy Detail engineering of drilling rig

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1997

1986 - 1997 1995 - 1997

1996 1995 1992 - 1995

Connecting procedure (connecting in floating mode) Safety analyses Reliability, availability and maintenance analyses (RAM) Negotiations with client OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company) Drilling Operations in the North Caspian Development of global drilling concept Overall stability concept for drilling rig under special consideration of the environmental loads: waves, wind, current, and ice forces Basic engineering of drilling barge Development of full-scale measurement system for the determination ofice, wave, wind and current forces Design of steel pads to be used as foundation for drilling rigs Ice force studies for drilling rigs in the North Caspian Berlin University of Technology Senior Research Engineer Project: Optimization of vertical wave absorbers Generation of extreme (nonlinear) transient wave packets (freak waves) Seakeeping tests with (nonlinear) transient wave trains Numerical modeling of vertical wave absorbers Special project: hydrodynamic investigations of submerged bodies Special project: hydrodynamic investigations of oil recovery vessels Senior Research Engineer Project: Optimization of seakeeping tests Generation of problem oriented transient wave packets Seakeeping tests with self-propelled models (oblique waves) Seakeeping tests with semi submersibles Hydrodynamic optimization of coupled systems Conception of sidewall wave absorbers for the wave tank of the University of New Orleans Analysis of ship wave systems (fast catamarans) Berlin and Trondheim, Norway, Supervisor of the Full Scale Tests in Norway Hydrodynamic investigations of oil recovery vessels Special project: inauguration of the wave maker system at the Technical University of Istanbul Research Engineer Project: Wave damping of oil / chemical spill recovery vessels Patent: Wave attenuation systems Research Project Project: Laser-Doppler-Anemometer (LDA) measurements in waves
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1994 1993

1992 1989 - 1991 1986 - 1989

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Born:

1959

Education: 1997

nationality: German languages: German, English Doctorate: Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) Institute of Naval Architecture, Marine and Ocean Engineering Faculty of Transport and Communications, and Applied Mechanics, Berlin University of Technology Thesis: "Seakeeping Tests with Transient Wave Packets" (Summa cum laude, Weinblum-Award, Werner-von-SiemensAward) Study: Civil and Hydraulic Engineer, Berlin University of Technology Master Thesis: "Hydrodynamic Optimization of a Circular Shaped Wave Breaker" (Dipl.-Ing. / Master) Study: Civil Engineering, Technical University Nuremberg

1983 - 1989

1979 - 1982

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