Peter Lovie, Senior Advisor Floating Systems, advises multiple operator and contractor clients in the offshore business on technical, business development and commercial assignments.
The reorganization of Devon Energy Corporation in 2H 2009 included disbanding the Project Support Office where Peter Lovie worked on the planning and project management of deepwater projects. When Devon ultimately exited the offshore business altogether, Peter Lovie was laid off - along with hundreds of others - and started this consulting practice, putting to work what he learned over his years at Devon and before, now for a number of clients.
Since 2006 www.Lovie.org has served as an information source for the oil and gas industry on how FPSOs and Shuttle Tankers got to where they are today in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Peter Lovie PE, PMP, FRINA can be reached at 1.713.419.9164 and peter@lovie.org.
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March 14 is a historic date. It is the birthday of Albert Einstein. March 14 (3.14) is also Pi Day when the greek letter Pi is celebrated (no joke – more at www.piday.org ) And in 2018 March 14 is when history was made with SPE’s online version of The Journal of Petroleum Technology publishing Peter Lovie’s latest article “First Person: Oilfield Success of “Millennials” in the 1970s Might Offer Encouragement Today”.
The latest updates dated 16 May 2017 to "ETA and its Jackups: the Six Year Saga" has been posted on www.ETAanditsJackups.com Click on link for more information and to download the 73 page piece.
Oil & Gas Journal quotes Peter Lovie 5 times in an article on Shell’s Stones field development that employs an FPSO in US GoM
Pennwell’s Topsides Platforms & Hulls conference added an FPSO Track this year. Peter Lovie was lead developer on the FPSO Track, gave the opening presentation on “FPSOs in the US GoM - a 21 Year Saga” and moderated the Closing Panel.
Journal of Petroleum Technology (2-1/2 page report on the presentation at Rice on 10 June)
appeared on their “Head to Head” page dedicated to an individual Upstream feels has done significant things in the industry. Upstream did similar interviews a few weeks earlier with Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih (24 June) and with US Senator Lisa Murkowski (20 April).
Article in Maritime Reporter issue of June 2016, pp. 40-42.
talk based in large part on “2016 and Two FPSOs in US GoM: the Twenty Year Saga”, the presentation covers:
published by Peter Lovie at www.fpsosingom.com 10,525 words, 16 figures, 1 graph, 4 tables, freely downloadable
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The views of Peter Lovie on the outlook for the FPSO business are quoted in this 5 page article as part of a discussion on how the next few years may go for marine professionals.
This presentation examines the emergence of the round hull in the contexts of FPSOs in today’s offshore world and for other uses of the round hull concept in modern times and in antiquity. Talks about technology and development of business, history and a little entertainment! Given at ACI’s 7th FPSO Conference in Houston on 4-5 November 2015, 33 slides.
Brief opening remarks at ACI’s 7th FPSO Conference in Houston on 4-5 November 2015: see slides 2, 3 and 4.
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects in London has published in the 3Q 2015 issue of their Offshore & Marine Technology journal, pp. 10-13 - some thought provoking entertainment.
The Offshore magazine article, pp 108-111 tackles a common phenomenon in FPSO projects which has in a few instances had a serious effect on the survival and financial health of the FPSO lease contractors. In many cases it has given that industry a bum rap where projects did indeed need to overrun for sound field development reasons. It is a sensitive theme with industry leaders now addressing it via better project definition, via FEED, plus growing management attention on both sides of the table, implying the timing for change is good. Ideas for improving matters are mooted in “Closing Thoughts” in this four page download.
He had served as Program Chair for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 FPSO Forums.
“US GoM FPSOs + Shuttle Tankers: Evolution, Drivers and Outlook”: how we got to where we are in US GoM, outlook and new information on shuttle tankers. Peter Lovie’s presentation was at 5th FPSO Vessel Conference, Active Communications International (ACI), Houston, 31 slides.
“TRLs as a Metric in Gauging Progress on Technology and Commerciality”: a two part series by Peter Lovie, James Pappas and Tom Williams in Hart’s E&P, 7 pages.
“Point by Point: The Business of FPSOs”, an interview of Peter Lovie and two others by Audrey Leon, Managing Editor of Offshore Engineer, pp. 26-29, 30, 32-33.
As in 2012 and 2013, Peter Lovie serves as Program Chair and as one of the Session Moderators.
SNAME’s Marine Technology published their version of the article.
The Final Report on RPSEA project 10121-4407-01 “Deepwater Direct Offloading Systems” was signed on 8Oct13 and published by RPSEA on 28Mar14, is now in the public domain for anyone to download the 330 page (5.2 MB) Final Report, and 292 pages (3.5MB) of Appendices, all at www.rpsea.org/projects/10121-4407-01/ .Peter Lovie served as Principal Investigator for RPSEA on this project during 2012-2013.
Peter Lovie was invited to comment on the Final Report Presentation delivered by RPSEA on their Project 10121-4407-01 Deepwater Direct Offloading Systems. This eight page paper on “Conclusions and Discussion” includes his technical and commercial observations from his responsibilities as Principal Investigator on the project.
- View the presentation "Conclusions and Discussion for Final Report Presentation"
Presentation on “Economics, Performance - Four Options for US GoM Offloading” given at the Third Annual Emerging FPSO Forum in Galveston on 26 September 2013. It relates 2007-2008 work at Devon Energy that was reported in DOT 09 with work in a recently completed RPSEA project, funded via US Department of Energy, on offloading in GoM.
- View the presentation “Economics, Performance - Four Options for US GoM Offloading”
Peter played a lead role in establishing the program for the Third Annual Emerging FPSO Forum in Galveston. He moderates the opening session on “State of the Business” and in the session on “FPSO Offloading in GoM” he presents on “Economics, Performance - Four Options”.
Two FPSO conferences were in the Houston area three weeks apart - an unusual phenomenon ! Peter Lovie was at both and spoke at the event by ACI. R
View the presentation "Developments in the Ultra-Deep waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico"
Read his “Anecdotes at an FPSO Conference” on FPSO business trends underway. website
Peter moderated two sessions at this event in Galveston. The first was on offloading for US GoM. His second session was on round FPSOs, a shoot out on the different round FPSO designs on the market: read the lop sided vote by the FPSO community that was there, on ship shape FPSOs versus the round FPSO designs from Sevan, SSP and Deepwater Structures.
01 December 2011
22-23 November 2011
Lovie quoted in Oil & Gas Journal article. Selected comments from the Contractors' Panel at IBC's 25th annual FPSO conference on 14 Dec10 in London.
The premier event for the FPS sector, Global FPS 2010 will focus on market trends, commercial drivers and the technical challenges of developing offshore oil production and associated gas.
Titanic, Challenger and now Macondo: mankind learns from disasters but the outlook for FPSOs in US GoM?
Three Case Histories on the Risks, Timing, Business & Regulatory Impacts on Acceptance of New Technologies in the US Gulf of Mexico.