Key Skills

Lou fear

Lou Fear CEng MSc                                                         

Integrity Management Services Provider

Materials and Corrosion Subject Matter Expert       

QUALIFICATIONS:
RGC-2  Category-1 Certified for integrity and inspection related work categories – 2015
Chartered Engineer – 1985
Msc Corrosion Science & Engineering  Umist- 1984
BSc Hons Metallurgy, Sheffield Polytechnic – 1980
Member of the Institute of Materials, Metals, Mining.   Member of the Institute of Corrosion

I have a combined knowledge of corrosion threats and their likelihood to fail, how to inspect for them, how to repair any damage found and then to review the inspection data and establish an integrity management plan. This then enables me to be able to carry out an integrity audit of plant in a short duration using all the expertise that I have gathered over 39 years of experience.

Key Skills

  • Implementation of Integrity Management to
    new and old projects.
  • Integrity management Audits
  • Integrity management training
  • Competency Assessment as technical authority
  • Knowledge of Corrosion threats and likelihood
  • Knowledge of Consequence
  • Plant inspector experience
  • Shutdown planning and implementation
  • People management –subcontractors (40) and regular site team (4-8)
  • Project management
  • Procedure writing
  • Start up and commissioning of new plant and pipelines
  • Contract management for IM services and pipeline pigging
  • Corrosion Management including
    materials selection, inhibitor qualification, corrosion monitoring
  •  Corrosion Management Training
  • Failure Investigation
  • Design and Manufacture of GRE pipelines
  • CP design and monitoring for CS and concrete structures