Interface Announces Growth of Oil & Gas Group

Interface Consulting’s marine and offshore experience spans from the engineering and construction of such projects to expert assistance in claims, litigation, and arbitration. We have worked on matters across most continents and understand the unique issues that can arise in large, complex, multinational construction efforts. Mr. Garbee’s 30 years in the marine and offshore oil and gas industry greatly enhances Interface’s capabilities in this area and offers our clients valuable insight into even the most challenging matters.

A more comprehensive list of Mr. Garbee’s offshore oil and gas experience includes:

Phases – concept to start-up for three projects valued from $450MM to $1.3B USD
Claims Resolution – $500k to $75MM in claim value
Marine
- - New build vessels
  - Shipyard repair and conversion
  - Allisions
  - Pipelines – onshore and offshore, shallow and deep water
Upstream
- - Floaters – TLP, semisubmersible, TPG, FPSO (spread moored, turret, disconnectable, tower yoke), FSO
  - Fixed – jacket/deck, MOPU
  - Onshore – gas plants, condensate plants, receiving facilities
Midstream
- - Transportation and distribution pipelines
  - Tank farms
  - Underground cavern and salt dome storage facilities
  - NGL and fractionation plants
  - Terminal operations
Downstream
- - Refining
  - Petrochemical
  - Marketing
  - Distribution

Mr. Garbee and the rest of the Interface team are able to help clients identify and mitigate potential risks to avoid common problems that can give rise to construction disputes. Our experts also assist in the resolution of the myriad issues involved in offshore disputes, including project and construction management failures; construction defects, including welding issues; design defects; delay issues, including schedule delays, weather delays, and concurrent delay; force majeure; liquidated damages; schedule acceleration; unjust enrichment; and HSE matters involving regulators or damage and injury claims.