Thomas K. Garbee, PE
Expert Areas
- Claims Management & Analysis
- International Contracting and Contract Review
- Integrated Risk Management
- Cost Estimating
- Change Order Preparation & Analysis
- Project Management
- Quantum / Damages Analysis
- Construction Planning & Analysis
- Project Controls
- Labor Productivity Analysis
- Engineering Analysis
- Lean Consulting
Biography
Senior managing consultant Thomas Garbee, PE, has over 30 years of oil and gas experience as an engineer, project manager, project director, and EPC consultant. He has successfully provided project execution and leadership on a variety of upstream and downstream projects around the world. Additionally, he has a strong background turning around distressed projects, managing and preparing construction claims, resolving disputes, and providing testimony in deposition, litigation, and arbitration. Mr. Garbee leverages his diverse management and operations experience to provide expert claims analysis, comprehensive reports, presentations, and demonstrative aids on complex engineering and construction disputes.
Work History
Interface Consulting International, Inc.
Senior Managing Consultant
EPC Services, Ltd.
Principal Consultant, Project Management Consultant
West African Ventures
General Manager – Projects
Compact Manifold & ES
General Manager – Operations
Project Associates, Inc.
President
MODEC International, LLC
President, Project Manager
Technip Upstream
Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Project Engineer, Design Engineer
Mobil
Safety Engineer
Credentials
- Licensed Professional Engineer
State of Colorado
State of Louisiana
State of Texas
- Bachelor of Science
Industrial Engineering
Texas A&M University
Professional Affiliations
- Member – Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Amoco Trinidad Condensate Stabilization Unit
- Amoco Trinidad Gas Receiving Facility
- BP China Xiandong Field Development
- BP South America Pie Gap 2 Gas Plan Development
- Chevron Piceance Creek Gas Field Development
- Mobil Oil Beaumont Refinery Expansion – CCR/SRU/Crude Vac/CHD
- Nations Energy Field Development
- Northern California Salt Dome Storage Expansion Project
- Addax Nigeria MOPU Expansion and Refurbishment Project
- Addax Nigeria Platform Installations
- BP Venezuela Orococo Oil Field Development
- Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) Baobab FPSO
- Chevron Angola BBT Tension Leg Platform
- Chevron Nigeria Buoy Repair and Replacements
- El Paso Energy – Platform EPCM
- Elf Amenam FSO
- Eni Miamte FPSO
- Esso Chad FSO Kome Kiribi 1 Development
- ExxonMobil Nigeria Erha Expansion and SURF Installation
- Marathon Oil Gabon Tatchamba MOPU Refurbishment and Expansion
- Marathon Oil Gabon Tatchamba Satellite Wellhead Platform
- Total Kaombo – Angola – FPSOs
- TotalEnergies Girassol Angola
- Addax Nigeria Offshore Pipeline Installation Project – 6” to 16” Gas and Oil
- Amoco Trinidad Offshore Pipeline Project – 40” Gas and 12” Condensate
- Amoco Trinidad Onshore Pipeline Project – 36” Gas
- Chevron Nigeria Pipeline Installation and Repairs – 6” to 24” Gas and Oil
- Marathon Gabon 12” Oil Pipeline
- El Paso Energy Spur Line Projects
MARINE & OFFSHORE PRODUCTION
- Extensive project experience in floating production storage & offloading (FPSO) facilities; jackets & decks; tension leg platforms; offshore pipelines; mobile offshore production units (MOPU); subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) facility installation
PETROLEUM REFINING & GAS PROCESSING
- Project experience in onshore pipelines; gas treating & receiving facilities; gathering systems; salt dome storage