Offshore & Onshore Maintenance & Construction Specialist

A Journey Through The Years

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Me Relaxing

Great to spend time at home

Great to spend time at home, with the family. Ive met some good people over the years and to all of you it has been a pleasure. Not as young as i used to be but its a thing we cant avoid, we just have to enjoy life while we can.

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:

www.mark-penny.com

Mobile:

+971 50 379 7254

Email:

markpenny6@aol.com

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 CV

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.