Oil

Awards
Ken Arnold received the DeGolyer Distinguished Service Award.
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Paragon's History
Back in 1980, Ken Arnold left Shell Oil Company, where he was managing 150 engineers, and started two new companies...
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Recent Projects
Review of heavy oil dehydration and water treating plant project plans.

Review of high potential safety incidents for a major oil company to extract learnings for management considerations.

"Cold Eyes" review of conceptual study for a new offshore platform in a cold weather frontier area for a major oil company.

Books

Project Management

  1. "Utilizing What We Know to Develop a New Source of Energy", Key, Chang and Arnold, Offshore Technology Conference, May 2007.
  2. "Accelerating Technology Acceptance: Is the Industry "Backbone" Strong Enough for Acceptance of New Technology", SPE ATCE, Oct. 2005
  3. "Engineering Companies Analyzed," Kenneth E. Arnold, Hart’s E&P, August 2004.
  4. "Frontier Developments, Bringing Best Practices and Risk Management to New Arenas," Kenneth E. Arnold, Oil & Gas Executive Report, Vol.3, No.4, 2000.
  5. "An African West Coast Application of Gulf of Mexico Design and Project Management Philosophies," Kenneth E. Arnold, Production Separation Systems Conference, April 23-24, 1996.
  6. "Project Management Has Varied Formats," Kenneth E. Arnold, John E. Barnes, and Lee D. Danner, American Oil & Gas Reporter, September 1994.
  7. Journal of Petroleum Technology August 1994 (Facilities Engineering) Issue Editor: Ken Arnold.
  8. "Design and Construction of Minimum-Cost, Quick-Delivery, High-Quality Offshore Platforms for Independents in the Gulf of Mexico," Kenneth E. Arnold, John E. Barnes, and Lee D. Danner, Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Area Meeting and Exhibition, June 21-23, 1994.
  9. "Comparison of North Sea and Gulf of Mexico Design Philosophies," Kenneth E. Arnold and Norbert C. Roobaert, Offshore Technology Conference, May 1989.
  10. "Gulf of Mexico Construction Facing Capacity Constraints," Kenneth E. Arnold, Petroleum Engineer International, October 1988.
  11. "Close Supervision Keeps Facilities Upgrade on Time," Kenneth E. Arnold, J. Chris Luppens and John D. Murray, World Oil, November 1985.
  12. "Turnkey Economics: a Threat to Service Industry Engineering"? Kenneth E. Arnold and George Holman, Journal of Petroleum Technology, March 1985.
  13. "Modified Turnkey Approach Can Cut Cost of Marsh and Shallow-Water Projects," Kenneth E. Arnold, Oil and Gas Journal, December 17, 1984.
  14. "How to Manage Installation of Field Production Facilities," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, December 1983.
  15. "How to Manage Production Facility Projects," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, November 1983.

General Facilities Design

  1. "Modest Proposal for New Technology," Ken Arnold, Offshore, April 1999
  2. "Criteria for Sizing Multiphase Flowlines for Erosive/Corrosive Service," S. J. Svedeman and K. E. Arnold, SPE Production & Facilities Journal, February 1994.
  3. "Droplet Settling Theory Key to Understanding Separator-Sizing Correlations," Kenneth E. Arnold and Carlton T. Sikes, Oil and Gas Journal, July 21, 1986.
  4. "How to Choose a Process," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, June 1985.
  5. "How to Size and Select Three-Phase Separators," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, December 1984.
  6. "How to Size and Select Two-Phase Separators," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, November 1984.
  7. "A Systems Approach to Offshore Facility Design," K.E. Arnold, API Division of Production, Annual Meeting, April 1973.

Produced Oil and Water Treating

  1. "Combining Production Water Treating Devices Boosts Efficiency," Kenneth E. Arnold and Michael Hale, Offshore, January 1998.
  2. "Water Droplet Size Determination for Improved Oil Treater Sizing," Mary E. Thro and Kenneth E. Arnold, SPE Production & Facilities, May 1997.
  3. "U.S. Produced Water Discharge Regulations Have Tough Limits," Gordon H. Otto (University of Houston), and Kenneth E. Arnold, Oil and Gas Journal, July 15, 1996.
  4. "Oil and Grease Discharge Regulations in the United States and Equipment Capabilities," G.H. Otto and Kenneth E. Arnold, Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, October 22-25, 1995.
  5. "Produced Water Treatment: Engineering Requirements and Constraints," Kenneth E. Arnold and Zara Khatib (Shell Oil Company), American Petroleum Institute Workshop to Identify Promising Technologies for the Treatment of Produced Water Toxicity, October 11-12, 1994.
  6. "Water Droplet Size Determination for Improved Oil Treater Sizing," Mary E. Thro and Kenneth E. Arnold, 1994 Annual Society of Petroleum Engineers Technical Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 25-28, 1994
  7. "Current Status of Membrane Treatment for Produced Water Discharges," Kenneth E. Arnold, Minerals Management Service Information and Technology Exchange Meeting, November 5, 1991.
  8. "Droplet-Settling vs. Retention-Time Theories for Sizing Oil/Water Separators," Kenneth E. Arnold and Paul J. Koszela, SPE Production Engineering, February 1990.
  9. "Equipment and Systems Used to Separate Oil from Produced Water on Offshore Platforms," Kenneth E. Arnold, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1987 Annual Meeting, March 1987.
  10. "Selecting a Waste Water Treating System," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, May 1985.
  11. "How to Size and Select Produced-Water Treating Equipment," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, March 1985.
  12. "Determining Heater-Treater Sizes and Heat Requirements," Kenneth E. Arnold and Maurice Stewart, Jr., World Oil, February 1985.
  13. "Design Concepts for Offshore Produced-Water Treating and Disposal Systems," Kenneth E. Arnold, Journal of Petroleum Technology, February 1983.

Process Safety Management

  1. "The SAMS Project: Safety Assessment of Marine Systems," McCafferty, D.B., Arnold, K.E. and King, J. Presentation given at Changing Health & Safety Offshore: The Agenda for the Next Ten Years Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, July 23, 1998.
  2. "Safety and Environmental Programs as a Mechanism for Establishing ALARP," Kenneth E. Arnold and Denise B. McCafferty, Offshore Technology Conference, May 5-8, 1997.
  3. "An Engineering Contractor's Perspective on API RP 75 and RP 14J," Kenneth E. Arnold, Richard A. Bresler, and Carlton T. Sikes, Offshore Technology Conference, May 1-4, 1995.
  4. "Is Requalification of Topsides Facilities Necessary"? - Kenneth E. Arnold, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Offshore and Arctic Operations Symposium, January 29 - February 1, 1995.
  5. "Safety Cases: Are They Appropriate for Most Offshore Platforms"? - Kenneth E. Arnold, Journal of Petroleum Technology, November 1994.
  6. "The Current Status of the MMS SEMP Program," Kenneth E. Arnold, Rick A. Bresler, and Mary E. Thro, Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Area Meeting and Exhibition, June 21-23, 1994.
  7. "Developing a Process Safety Management Plan for Production Facilities and Gas Plants," Kenneth E. Arnold and Mary E. Thro, 68th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Houston, Texas, October 1993.
  8. "Implement Platform Safety System with Minimal Effort," Kenneth E. Arnold and Norbert Roobaert, World Oil, March 1992.
  9. "Spend Less Time and Money Boosting Platform Safety," Ken Arnold and Carlton Sikes, World Oil, Jan. 1992.
  10. "Generic HAZOP Would Improve Gulf of Mexico Process Safety," Kenneth E. Arnold and Carlton Sikes, World Oil, November 1991.
  11. "Actions Needed to Comply with API RP 750: Management of Process Hazards for Offshore Facilities," Kenneth E. Arnold and Norbert C. Roobaert, Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, October 1991.
  12. "Developing a Generic Approach to HAZOPs Analysis of Offshore Production Facilities," Kenneth E. Arnold and Carlton T. Sikes, Offshore Technology Conference, May 1991.
  13. "Options for Improving Facility Process Safety in the Gulf of Mexico," Kenneth E. Arnold and Carlton T. Sikes, Petro-Safe, February 1991.
  14. "Improving Safety of Production Operations in the U.S. OCS," Kenneth E. Arnold, Paul J. Koszela and J.C. Viles, World Oil, July 1990.