Carbon Free Energies

Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Nuclear, Hydrogen

Our Missions : Pilot project, EPC, Production, Local Content, Training

ACP Energies partners : JELEC, Fimatec, APAVE, IMS, LSI, Experconnect, WWS, ASF, PEC, EOSYS, SAFIER INGENIERIE SAS can supply Expert Offshore pipeline engineers

Kevin AUBRIERE

Floating Structures Islands MPP. Masters degree in Naval Architecture Hydrodynamics joined SAFIER INGENIERIE sas after leaving “Grand Ecoles” university. He has been involved as a team member and project director of oil and gas to renewables as part of the expert technical cross-energy solutions team. He has extensive experience in floating renewables from innovation and patents to detailed engineering. Kevin based in Paris office was the project leader of BGF at SIsas leading a dedicated team of structures hydrodynamics moorings anchors. He is joint project leader (Naval architecture hydrodynamics) of the ongoing GAZELLE Wind Power FOWT project installation 2023 with a dedicated team of structures hydrodynamics moorings anchors.

Christian AVERT

Christian Avert is a senior expert with more than 25 years of experience (SECOMAT Ingénierie Industrielle) in Oil & Gas (Upstream, natural gas transportation and storages facilities) through the projects and business development, with a complete knowledge of key market players (TOTAL and affiliates, GRTgaz, ENGIE, TEREGA / TIGF)) and associated ‘Good Engineering Practices’. Christian asked for to join us to be in touch with high skills engineers and managers to share know-how and information. Available to realized timeshare assistance or training (Home office – Pau, France / Front office) in project management (contract administration manual, project execution plan, …), business development (support for key accounts agreements, market studies, partnerships), engineering coordination, tendering of technical and commercial proposals (engineering, procurement services, consortium) or issuing specific technical deliverables.
Languages: English (professional) – French (Native) – Spanish (beginner)

Alderic BLANC

Renewables Wind Wave Hydrogen . Masters degree in Civil Structural Materials Engineering joined SAFIER INGENIERIE sas after leaving “Grand Ecoles” university. He has been involved as a team member and leader of oil and gas, nuclear to renewables as part of the expert technical cross-energy solutions team. Alderic based in Spain office has extensive experience in renewables innovation including hydrogen to detailed engineering and is innovating concepts in floating renewables and nuclear. He is joint project leader (mooring system including R&D testing, patented by GAZELLE) of the ongoing GAZELLE Wind Power FOWT project installation 2023 with a dedicated team of structural and material engineers.

Patrick CHOPELIN

Patrick CHOPELIN graduated from Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics as a Civil Engineer in 1969, he then earned a Master of Science in Structural Design and Analysis from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970.
After working with Bureau Véritas as Research Engineer in the Naval Department, Patrick joined the Offshore Oil and Gas Business with ETPM in 1974. He has been in charge of Structural Engineering and Design, and also Naval Architecture and floating objects as side disciplines. He ended his career in the offshore industry as Chief Engineer and Engineering Development & Training Manager with Acergy (now Subsea7).
Patrick is a member of the Total Professor Associates and used to teach in several Engineering Schools or Universities.
Retired from business, he is still active with the Amicale de l’Offshore Pétrolier and the Association des Consultants Pétroliers.

Laurent de VULPILLIÈRES

Graduated from the French Naval Academy (Ecole Navale, Brest) and French War School (Ecole de Guerre, Paris) Laurent de Vulpillières has a primary experience of 20 years as a submarine officer, including the command of a nuclear submarine. At this point, willing to move to international industrial projects, he joined Bureau Veritas for successive roles as projects/ bids/ profit centres manager and corporate Quality and Risks director, addressing mainly but not only the nuclear and oil & gas markets across Europe and the Middle East. He then got further engaged as a senior Project manager with the engineering company Assystem, supporting through various positions the construction of new nuclear power plants in Turkey, UK, and at ITER.

Since January 2024, Laurent works for DEKRA Industrial France (testing, inspection and certification for products, assets and technologies) as Support Services director, in charge of the department running Quality & Safety, Technical, Process & Methods.

Malika ELASSILI

Consulting engineer in decarbonization graduated in chemistry. She began her career with a gas producer then joined the Ipedex / Spie Group on quality assignments, particularly with the French Petroleum Institute (ISO 9001 certification), before spending 15 years in the oil & gas branch on various support and operational functions (QHSE – performance – CSR & carbon footprint – risks & project management and management of profit centers in downstream & upstream). Since 2021, as consultant, within ACP Energies, she has contributed, in partnership in particular with Eosys and several experts, to study, monitoring and analysis work around hydrogen, decarbonization, a responsible circular approach and energy transition issues in particular in the hydrocarbon industry with a focus on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).

François GIGER

Director for innovation, energy and environment, Senior Partner ARCLES Consulting
Member of the board of Société Française de Génie des Procédés; SFGP (Paris)

Dr François Giger has been in charge of strategy and of new industrial projects for the fossil fired, hydro and nuclear generation fleet of Électricité de France for 15 years. Previously during 10 years, he took managerial commitments in the engineering and construction of new power units in France, MEA and China, as Deputy Director of the Thermal Engineering Department.

Deputy-president of the board of the VGB Powertech association of power producers (Essen, Germany), he chaired its technical board for more than 10 years. He contributed to working groups of Eurelectric in Brussels dealing with nuclear and conventional thermal generation, CCS and climate change related matters.

Previously to joining EDF, he served as a civil servant in the French Embassy in Tokyo and, later on for the French administration in charge of implementing and enforcing environmental regulation in the Southeast area (Marseille based) and at the national regulatory bureau for transportation of dangerous goods.

He has gained as well a large experience in the main energy resources (coal, oil & gas, uranium, hydro, solar), in their transportation and their financing in Europe and overseas (Japan, Indonesia, North America) namely at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP), the Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and TRAPIL (Société des TRAnsports pétroliers par Pipe Line).

He chairs since 1999 a working group on energy related matters at the École des Mines Paristech (https://inter-mines.org/fr/group/mines-energie/44/alias/conferences) where he graduated as an engineer (1975) and as “Ingénieur du Corps des Mines” (1978). He chairs as well since 2020 the Comité de Mission of the Deep-Tech Start-up Sublime-Énergie focused on bio-gas valorisation. He authored and presented more than 50 technical or economic papers in English, French or German about energy, innovation, safety and environment protection.

He holds a MBA from Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires (1987, Paris Chamber of Commerce), a PhD in oil & gas reservoir engineering for horizontal wells (1989, University Paris VI) and a master’s degree in coaching and personnal development (University Paris II Assas, 2018).

William GRAS

Master degree in geosciences from ENSG, Nancy, William has worked 12 years in Total. He started with CCUS topics before working as a reservoir engineer with either a global focus on data (reserve certification, gas strategy, long term plan and reserves exercises) or dedicated studies (Congo, Brasil).Then William moved to a in house consulting position, mainly on change.
Since 2019, William is fully involved in raising awareness about planetary boundaries and at first, climate change. His audience goes from citizens to high states officials, private equity and companies (top and bottom). He helps leaders conducting change in their companies and through their stakeholde. William makes people independant at both strategy and operational scale by making them understand what carbon neutrality means and what is the responsability split between the different stakeholders.

Nadia LALOUT-LANDEMAINE

Nadia is an experienced Operational HR, Global Mobility, Training, Communication and Local Content consultant with over 15 years in the Global Oil & Gas and Engineering sectors, leading, coordinating, supporting and delivering projects, in complex and fast moving environments for international clients, organisations, training centres, vendors, suppliers, NGO and local governments in Africa and Asia.

In the past years, she has focused on Africa (Ghana and Mozambique) on resourcing, training local talents, leading studies on Diversity and Inclusion of women in the energy sector, as well as in-country value programmes for international organisations.

Mohamed LEMINE

He had technical responsibilities and managed R&D projects in different public and private organizations, French and international, accumulating twenty years in the development of conventional or new energy projects, the assessment and the training of professionals in these areas. As a project engineer and energy / environment expert, I have worked in a variety of sectors: R&D, training, biomass, solar, geothermal, oil&gas, mining and the cotton industry. ».

Tayeb MANAA

Born in 1972, graduated from IAP (Institut Algérien du Pétrole ). Worked 20 years for oil and gas industry as LNG and process engineer and 12 years in production for Sonatrach. Held various positions in production development. Was involved as process leader, commissioning. Has a wide experience in raw gas treatment, LPG and LNG extraction, oil treatment, process machinery operation.

Jean-Luc MENGOME

Surrounds over 23 years experience in the Upstream Oil &Gas industry mainly across the sub-Saharan Africa. Started from the bottom line with Sedco Forex Schlumberger as offshore field services engineer then climbed the ladder up to senior management positions for international large size and SMEs oil and gas services suppliers.
Demonstrated insight in the fields of Technical Assistance devoted to local team’s recruitment, skilling and training. My current expertise relies on strategic consulting to design operational solutions adapted to the local context to meet the business development requirements of foreign companies along african countries, combined with infield operational support.
Agile in identifying and capturing new business opportunities, I am used to play with strategic partnerships and joint ventures. Driven by an entrepreneurial vision, my deliveries usually include Technical dimensioning (business expertise), Market analysis, Logistical and administrative aspects, Business plan, Operational planning and HR needs. Fundamental awareness in Renewable Energy technologies (i.e. offshore wind turbines) and related global market.
Eager to support, under part-time or full-time missions, SMEs in demand to expand and scale-up business activities in or beyond Africa boundaries, inclusive to local content compliance.
Languages: French (native) – English (business) – Spanish (beginner).

Guy MIESZCZAK

After 30 years in Oil & Gas (deep offshore, rigs, refineries, petrochemical plants) he created his company specializing in the overall management of large industrial projects. It is organized around three professions: Project management / construction of works and industrial goods with high technological content / services including industrial maintenance and digital development of companies (technology and organizational change).

Jean MONEROL

Born in 1964, based in France, he has 32 years of experience in QHSE positions at CGG (geophysical services, seismic acquisition), ending as Group QHSE VP, intervening in more than 60 countries. His expertise is around setting and implementing QHSE / SD systems, in international and multicultural context, with changing and challenging environments. He is now consultant, offering QHSE advise and expertise for design and implementation of global systems, risk management, project management, crisis management, incident investigations, training and auditing.

Laurent NICOLAS

He is currently Head of Assets and Planning at the company Lithium de France, which is developing a deep geothermal and lithium extraction project. He is an engineer from the Ecole Polytechnique and the French Institute of Petroleum (reservoir engineering) and has more than 25 years of experience in the gas industry in upstream, infrastructure management, and trading.

Specialized in the implementation and monitoring of evaluation and certification processes for hydrocarbon resources and reserves, geothermal energy, and some minerals such as lithium present in brines extracted from deep geological formations, he organizes and promotes exploration, development, and production projects of the companies in the petroleum and deep geothermal industries. He builds strategies for optimizing project portfolios in an uncertain environment (identification of acquisition and disposal opportunities) and defends the economic valuations of these assets with public or private investors, banks and organizations that support the development of new energy resources.

Joaquim PEREIRA

Sales Manager with over 20 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry, working for world class companies such as Schlumberger and Baker Hughes, in charge of South Europe and North Africa. My most recent role was Global Account Manager for a Major IOC. My knowledge and experience are predominantly related to Offshore and On-shore Processing Packages, and Subsea Production Systems. In additions to Sales, I’ve held roles in Project Management, Engineering, and Quality.
I have a good understanding of developing pursuit strategies, clients bidding and procurement processes, and working with government bodies. I have strong commercial awareness and a key strength is my ability to build networks and close working relationships, both internally and externally.
I’m looking to work for a company where I can continue to grow and use my skills to support their business development, elaborate winning strategies and help increase market share.
Speaking 5 Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish

Bernard PETRELLUZI

Born in 57, graduate from the Petrochimical and Engineering Institute – Centrale Marseille (84), he dedicated 37 years to the petrochemical and gas industry;
He developed expertise in the design – manufacture and maintenance of devices pressure and road gas tankers ( LPG CO2 GNC NH3)
Reverting to consulting in 2015, he supports several companies and gas majors on conformity assessment missions -technical assistance ( transport and storage of dangerous materials) with risk study expertise.

Daniel PICARD

Daniel Picard has spent most of his career with TOTAL in the Exploration Production Branch. He has been involved in most of the major Development Projects worldwide of TOTAL, particularly as Project Director for the Dalia Development in Angola; he was deputy MD in Norway and later MD for TOTAL QATAR, then became VP Development for TOTAL E&P. He spent quite some time abroad: in the UK, in Norway, in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, and lately in Brazil.For his last appointment in Brazil, he was seconded during 4 years to Petrobras as Special Adviser to the Petrobras Director of the LIBRA Project (later called Merou), a deep offshore giant Project in the presalt.

He retired from TOTAL in 2018 and is now a senior consultant in O&G matters, advising various banks and Ministries such as the MPEM in Mauritania, the Senegal Ministry etc. He is also a consultant on Energy transition for IFC/World Bank.

Daniel Picard was educated at Ecole des Mines, Stanford University, INSEAD and London School of Economics (LSE).

Jacques PIGNAULT

Engineer and doctor of science, he has first worked for an engineering company for large projects for about twenty years. Then he specialized in the field of risk management, particularly in the area of Human factor. His intervention area covers the hardware, information, organizational and human devices for monitoring and risk control (preventive as well as palliative ; permanent organization, crisis escalating, crisis management, back to normal). The missions he take on are either consulting services or seminar animations. As his English is not so nice, he would rather work with French speaking persons.

Thomas RODRIGUEZ

Thomas Rodriguez is a senior specialist in the field of local content, with 10 years + experience as local content consultant & manager for major O&G projects in Africa. He is today the director of CLC Solution and supporting megaprojects, companies and governments in their local content plan, strategy, performance and innovation toward best local content practices. Looking backward, he has been directly involved on the management of local content for projects totaling 70+ Billions USD investments and performed work to support impacts in 16+ African countries.

Stéphane SOLE

20 years African experience in Oil & Gas industry (Upstream and downstream), mostly based in Africa (Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique). He established and managed several corporate and project entities in several African Countries, including Joint Ventures with NOCs. He is also Vice-President of the Africa committee at CNCCEF (Foreign trade advisor to French Government). He holds a Master degree in Economy of Energy from ENSPM (1999) and is graduated in Fluid Mechanics Engineering from Seatech.

Charles Tchoungui

Green hydrogen & CCS ventures. Master’s degree in Economics and International Business Management from the University of Lille 1 and Master in International Finance from INSEEC Business School.
A graduate of General Electric’s Financial Graduate Program, he joined Vallourec Group as Global Sourcing Buyer and spent several years at Technip Energies as Lead Business Partner Commercial Finance Manager and Green Hydrogen Ventures Manager. He then acquired significant experience in trading, strategy and project financing via offtake contracts in green hydrogen-derived commodities. First at Timac Agro International and then at WABCO Group, respectively as Head Of Africa for Raw Materials & trading and Green Ammonia Offtake Manager. His main strengths are: PPP, business development, data mining, economic and financial modelling, financing and technical expertise, trade and sales.