Penspen is a provider of engineering and management services to the
oil and gas industry
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based in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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. Its chief executive officer is Peter O'Sullivan.
The company has conducted the
front-end engineering design Front-end loading (FEL), also referred to as pre-project planning (PPP), front-end engineering design (FEED), feasibility analysis, conceptual planning, programming/schematic design and early project planning, is the process for conceptual developme ...
for the
Greece–Italy[
] and
Nabucco
''Nabucco'' (, short for Nabucodonosor ; en, " Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of 2 Kings, ...
[
] pipelines, feasibility studies for the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline
[
] and
Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania Interconnector,
[
] developed integrity policies and procedures for
Pemex
Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
.
[
]
In 2007–2012, Penspen in cooperation with Manchester Jetline and
Newcastle University
Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...
researched the feasibility of using trained dogs to detect leaks in pipelines.
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References
Engineering companies of the United Kingdom
Energy engineering and contractor companies
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