Ryan doing his welding in Cape Town 2006
Picture taken 12.09.2019 from support vessel Olympic Taurus, through binoculars
Just hanging around bud
Ryan doing his welding in Cape Town 2006
Offshore & Onshore Maintenance & Construction Specialist
Land Rig - BOP hoists rebuilds, inspection and testing
API Inspections / 5 yearly rebuilds
Jack Up - Semis - Drill Ships - Barges - Land Rigs
Land Rig Strip Down - Blast Paint Rebuild To API
Project Manager offshore windfarm
Inspections - Drops - API
Derricks & Masts
Sedco 706 back in 2007 was a good rig indeed
EA1 - August 26 2019
Done many a scope with these two guys, back in the days
Sedco 706 back in 2007 was a good rig indeed
Investigations
Over 20 years experience, derrick & rig building scopes
Land rig 5 yearly equipment and inspection rebuilds
Overseeing, planning & problem solving & issues
TB - DLA - CROWN - CLUSTER - CSB Rebuilds
Very knowledgeable with current criteria
Wind farm jackets, maintenance
API - CAT III - CAT IV
Repairs / Inspections
Global Rope Access Manager
Derrick & Rig Building 20 Years Experience
Land Rig API Specialist Cat III/IV
A Journey Through The Years
Heading 6
Royal Marines
I am proud to say i served 22 years
1982 - 2004
Look Closely
Rowan Gorilla 2. Theres a lizard there sunbathing
Many Courses
To work offshore i attended numerous courses
Opito Standard
Many courses undertaken to Opito standard. Just renewed H2S March 2021
Me Today
Must have been a very long day indeed, even lost my hair
Good Day
Briefly about me:
I'm Mark Penny welcome to my website. I'm a maintenance and construction specialist with over 20 years experience, working offshore as well as onshore. Military background of having served 22 years in the Royal Marines. Vast experience on jack Ups and Semis as well as Drill ships , barges and land rigs. Also level 1 rope access to get to those difficult to reach locations which in many cases is often required. I was an RA3 but getting a little old for that now, although learnt a lot over the years. Many years of land rig inspection and maintenance as well as fault finding, and solution to issues which are often unexpected. Numerous 5 yearly overhauls carried out on jack ups as well as drill ships & semis. Heavy lift and rigging background coupled with attention to detail and meticulous planning ensures my projects run smoothly. I live in Brazil with my wife and i have permanent residency (EXPAT). Currently working out of Saudi Arabia. Recently carried out some API inspections for KDC Kuwait Drilling Company. I did numerous CAT IV inspections as well as some drilling equipment rebuilds.
Current Location:
Saudi Arabia
Website:
Mobile:
+971 50 379 7254
Email:
No social links will appear here as this site is to compliment My CV
Well changed my image, to reflect the times. Lost my hair but not my sense of humor. Just been doing a bit of work in Bahrain. Removal and install TDS 8 as well as de-string and restring to 10 lines as well as some other derrick related items.
Stay safe everyone.
My Key Attributes
Over 20 years experience working on almost every kind of oil related offshore and onshore assets, in a maintenance or construction role. Always calm under pressure with being able to relate to who i am taking too at their level. With extensive military background training experience i can instruct and teach when i am required to do so. API inspections, land rig rebuilds & trouble shooting highly experienced, decommissioning, strong planning ability, incident investigations, derrick equipment removal and installation, drill ship 5 yearly scopes, DAT removal & replacement are but a few of the jobs i have carried out over the years. You can never stop learning, and no one knows everything which is why working as team is so important. Trusting each others abilities to get the scopes done safely is always paramount.
Land rig API specialist to CAT III / IV and have carried out a very good number of these over the years.
For a full briefing my CV is available on this site and details many other scopes as well as courses attended over the years.
Some Places I Have Worked
Rio De Janeiro
A view over the Guanabara bay
UAE
Abu Dhabi land rig rebuilds to API
Namibia
The harbour from the rig
Cape Town
Looking towards table top from the harbour
Nigeria
The Niger Delta on a swamp barge
Venezuela
I was surveying a coiled tubing mast
Galveston Key
Taken while in the shipyard UAE
TESTIMONIAL
The most recent:
Mark and his crew did an amazing job. The work scope changed as his crew arrived. Mark and his crew took it on in stride.
We on the **** could not be more pleased.
Thank you ********
Always good to receive positive feedback
FAVOURITE QUOTE
The one that has put me in good stead for countless years:
"When you have reached the end of the rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"
Makes me smile for sure.
If you cant do that then give it your all,, no one can ask anymore from you
RECENT PROJECT
Its now June 2024
Just came back from a project in Bahrain.
We removed a TDS 8 off one rig and re-installed it on another rig.
Before we installed it on the new rig we removed the drill line and installed new to a 10 line configuration
All done safely and without incident