The career of serial deepwater innovator Phil Cooper took a significant turn when he traded his years in the relative quiet of design and engineering consultancy for a new role in the hurly-burly of offshore contracting. He talks to David Morgan about his reasons for hooking up with ubiquitous deepwater installation contractor Heerema — not least the chance to play with the biggest of big boys’ toys.
Joining Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) last December was a homecoming of sorts for Phil Cooper. He first worked for the company in 2007, having been recruited by subsea consultancy Intec — then owned by Heerema and serving as its design arm — to become engineering manager for the deepwater production flowline system on BP’s PSVM project in Block 31 off Angola.
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