HKA announced today that Professor David Newman has joined HKA as Technical Director in the oil & gas expert team, based out of the London office.

David is an Oil and Gas Engineering and Management expert with in excess of 40 years international project experience in the UK, Europe, the Middle and Far East, India, CIS, and Latin America. He specialises in the design, development and management of onshore, offshore and subsea oil and gas infrastructure, including oil and gas production and processing facilities, FPSOs, static and rotating equipment and oil and gas transport systems (pipelines).

David is a subject matter expert in a number of specialist areas relating to oil and gas infrastructure, namely Risk-Based Asset Integrity Management and Process Safety Management, Pipelines Engineering, Materials Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Risk Management and Reliability Engineering, Ageing Assets, Health & Safety Management Planning and Implementation.

Having written, produced and delivered numerous oil and gas training courses to international delegates, David has a passionate interest in oil and gas education and training for students, as well as professional engineers, technicians and managers. He has also contributed to academic teaching and supervision at UK universities and delivered oil and gas related subjects at international conferences.

“David enhances the FTS oil & gas expert team, with his wealth of experience in risk based Asset Integrity Management of surface and sub-sea production facilities. I am looking forward to working with David in growing our technical team further and adding value to our client service offering.”

Trevor Butler, Partner, Oil & Gas Technical Lead

Read more about HKA’s Forensic Technical Services offering: https://www.hka.com/flyer/forensic-technical-services/  

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