Asia Pacific and the Middle East

Lachlan was involved in ModuResources’ inception, opening the Perth Australia office and having previously worked across the Horizon Resources business units (HRI and Welltrain) in Australia and the Far East, including roles as Project Engineer, Manager Onshore Eastern Australia and General Manager Australia.

Lachlan holds Bachelor’s degrees in Geology (with honors) and Resource Economics from UWA in Perth, Australia. His honors degree involved extensive geological mapping in the southern districts of Timor Leste and after graduation he worked on land drilling campaigns in remote Australia.

After starting his career in 1976 as a Marine Engineer with Nedlloyd Shipping and becoming a Chief Engineer with SMIT Lloyd on ocean towage, salvage and anchor handling vessels, Gerard joined the largest independent rig inspection business in the oil and gas industry in 1996 where he worked as a Senior Surveyor and Project Manager. During his time there, he mentored many surveyors and project team members.

In aligning the ModuResources group of companies, Gerard has been a driving force in knowledge management, helping to further build and strengthen the technical support group globally.

A UK-registered Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pat holds a BSc (First Class, Honours) in Mechanical Engineering and is a time-served Marine Engineer with a BP Tankers cadetship.

Pat started his in the oil and gas industry in 1983. He has worked on drillships, semi-submersibles, jack-ups, production platforms and land rigs during his career as a Rig Mechanic/Rig Engineer.

Having worked as a rig surveyor from 2000, Pat moved into project management in 2004, progressing to Engineering Manager with a team of 75 engineers and designers based in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Pat subsequently returned to rig surveying in 2012 as Technical Manager.