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Energy and Infrastructure

Safinah’s key position in the energy and infrastructure markets lies in our highly specialised coating knowledge, consulting expertise, and sustainability focus – all aimed at enhancing the performance and durability of infrastructure assets. 

By combining cutting-edge coating technologies with regulatory expertise, Safinah helps energy and infrastructure clients reduce operational costs, improve asset integrity, and meet increasingly stringent environmental standards. This makes Safinah a valuable partner in sectors where protection of assets from harsh environmental conditions is crucial for operational success.

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Building Infrastructure

Asset durability, sustainability and regulatory compliance - protective coatings consultancy building sound foundations.

Bridges
Stadiums
Buildings

Over the past five years, Safinah has delivered consultancy and inspection services across 24 infrastructure projects and assets.

This includes

  • Consultancy support for 4 bridges
  • Passive Fire Protection (PFP) projects across 5 stadiums and racetracks
  • PFP services for 2 multi-storey car parks
  • PFP consultancy for 2 railway stations
  • Fire protection support for 5 buildings – including office developments, a converter station and a paper mill.

 

Our experience also extends to 5 structural steel projects and 1 data centre – providing independent technical expertise, inspection, and coating governance across a diverse range of complex infrastructure environments.

Oil & Gas

Coating governance engineered to optimise asset safety, longevity and performance in the world’s harshest and most critical operating environments.

Our expertise in protective coatings and asset integrity offers substantial benefits to the oil and gas sector. We support oil and gas companies protect and maintain critical infrastructure, reduce maintenance costs, and extend the lifespan of their assets.

Drilling rigs
FPSO & FSO
FLNG & FSRU
Refineries
Chemical Storage
Subsea

Over the past five years, Safinah has delivered consultancy and inspection services across 45 floating and fixed offshore assets for a broad range of Oil & Gas operators, service companies, and offshore asset owners. 

This experience includes:

  • 22 FPSOs supporting 4 Oil & Gas service companies and 3 Oil & Gas operators
  • 1 FSO for an Oil & Gas service company
  • 3 FLNG assets for two Oil & Gas operators
  • 1 FSU for an Oil &Gas company
  • 1 FRSU for a floating LNG terminal owner

 

Our portfolio also includes:

  • Consultancy support for 5 offshore platforms (comprising 2 TLPs, 2 CTs, and 1 LNG jacket module across 3 Oil & Gas operators)
  • Inspection and consultancy services for 12 drillships operated by 3 MODU owners
  • Safinah has provided Passive Fire Protection (PFP) consultancy and technical support for 1 oil refinery, 1 FPSO, 1 MODU, and 1 insurance-related case.

Renewable Energy

Optimise your asset protection whilst enhancing performance, operational efficiency, and sustainability compliance.

Safinah provides specialised services to the renewable energy sector, particularly in areas such as wind energy (onshore and offshore) and other asset protection challenges.

Wind (Onshore & Offshore)
Solar Energy
Hydroelectric

Over the past five years, Safinah has delivered consultancy and inspection services across 32 offshore wind projects for:

  • 5 offshore wind asset owners
  • 4 contractors
  • 2 multi-client studies

 

Our involvement has included:

  • Coating failure investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Insurance and warranty inspections,
  • Coating Procedure Tests (CPT),
  • Coating technology assessments
  • Independent evaluation of coating testing methodologies

 

In addition, Safinah has provided coating specification reviews, procedure development, and technical consultancy support aimed at improving long-term asset protection, performance reliability, and project governance across offshore wind infrastructure projects.

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Consulting

Technical Services

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We specialise in the following Coating Technologies

  • Protective Coatings
  • Cathodic Protection & Sacrificial Anodes
  • Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
  • Engineering (FEED)
  • Insulation
  • Intumescent Passive Fire Protection
  • Sealants

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Meet the Energy & Infrastructure Team

Dr. Michael Aamodt

Head of E&I 

Offshore Oil Production Platforms | Oil & Gas | FPSO | FSO

Simon Daly

Consultant – E&I 

Buildings | Refurbishment | Bridges | Stadium | Intumescent Passive Fire Protection

Lee Spoor

Consultant – E&I 

Buildings | Refurbishment | Bridges | Stadium | Intumescent Passive Fire Protection

Fergus MacKinnon

Consultant – E&I 

Offshore Wind | Hydroelectric | Solar Energy

Bruno Ravel

Consultant – E&I 

Chemical & Paints | Hydroelectric | Offshore Wind

John Willsher

Business Development Manager 

Business Development | Oil & Gas | Offshore Wind

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Safinah’s Energy & Infrastructure Team offers a FREE initial consultation to help clients navigate complex coating, corrosion, and asset protection challenges across some of the world’s most demanding environments.

Our specialist expertise includes intumescent passive fire protection (PFP), offshore oil & gas, FPSO and FSO assets, offshore oil production platforms, building refurbishment projects, and offshore wind infrastructure.

Whether you require support with maintenance strategies, coating failures, refurbishment risks, compliance, or independent project guidance, Safinah provides practical, technically driven advice focused on safety, performance, and asset longevity.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

This booking consultation is available for clients who would like to speak with Safinah experts about a particular coating project.

For all other enquiries not related to a project consultation, please email enquiries@safinah.com

At Safinah, we are committed to helping clients make informed decisions from the very beginning of their project.

We offer a no-obligation consultation to discuss your requirements, project objectives, and operational challenges. Our experts provide independent, technically informed guidance on the most suitable options available – enabling you to evaluate the best path forward before deciding whether to engage Safinah’s services.

Our online booking service allows up to 30 minutes consultation.

Our experts will provide you with the information and guidance needed to support your next steps. However, we understand that some projects can be more complex and may require additional consultation time. Where necessary, our team can assist in arranging extended or additional booking sessions, which can be discussed during your initial meeting.

Once your request has been successfully submitted, our team will coordinate the final arrangements with the consultant. You will then receive a meeting confirmation, which must be accepted to secure the booking.

Please note that any meeting confirmation not accepted at least 3 hours prior to the scheduled time may be cancelled.

Yes. You may still cancel your booking after accepting the meeting invitation. We kindly ask that you notify us as early as possible so that our consultants can make the time available to other clients.

It is possible to book our consultants for meetings with multiple attendees. However, to ensure the most focused and productive initial discussion, we recommend limiting the first consultation to a maximum of three participants.

Additional attendees can be requested after you receive the meeting confirmation, or by contacting us at enquiries@safinah.com

Our consultants maintain busy schedules, and in order to provide you with the highest level of support, all bookings are carefully coordinated to ensure availability and avoid conflicts with existing commitments.

 
 

After the FREE 30-minute initial consultation, if you find it worth to use Safinah Consultancy or Technical Services, we would make a written proposal outlining the scope of work, cost, timelines and resources needed to help you with your project.

 
 

Alternatively, please contact us by clicking the button below or email enquiries@safinah.com

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Energy & Infrastructure: Latest case studies

Failure investigation and specification review

May 19, 2022

Safinah was instructed by an offshore wind operator to conduct a failure investigation and specification review, During the contract Safinah provided the following services: Reviewed contract, documentation, specifications and guarantee, Carried out inspection and forensic investigation, Assessed environment and on-site

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Dr Michael Aamodt

Director of Technology | Head of Chemical, Energy & Infrastructure | Consultant

Michael joined the Marine and Protective coatings industry as an R&D paint chemist to develop anti-corrosive coatings. Since then he has gained 35 years of experience in marine, protective and industrial coatings within R&D, global product management, marketing, business development, consultancy and management in three major international coating companies.

He has specialist knowledge of marine epoxy coatings for hull, cargo hold, cargo tanks, surface technology/protection and corrosion. Prior to joining Safinah, Michael was Business Development Manager for a world leading institute doing applied research in corrosion and corrosion protection.

Expertise

Protective Marine Coatings & Corrosion

Languages spoken

Norwegian, English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Persian (Farsi)

Qualifications

BSc Reservoir Physics, PhD Physical Chemistry
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Email: michael.aamodt@safinah.com

Simon Daly

Consultant (Energy & Infrastructure)

Simon Daly joined the industry as a graduate engineer working in formulating and supporting heavy duty internal linings. Since then he has extensive experience in the protective coatings industry working in technical, commercial and marketing positions. He has specialist knowledge of internal linings as well as other specialist areas.

Prior to joining Safinah Simon was global oil and gas market manager for a large multinational coating company.

Expertise

Internal linings (tanks and vessels), hydrocarbon fire protection & corrosion under insulation (CUI)

Languages spoken

English

Qualifications

B. Eng (Hons), MICorr, AMPP Senior Corrosion Technologist

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Lee Spoor

Consultant (Energy & Infrastructure)

Lee Spoor joined the industry as a graduate chemist working in coatings production support and formulation development with a major International coating manufacturer where he has spent his career to date. Subsequently he has devoted much of his time delivering high end project support to the oil and gas and infrastructure markets. His role in project support troubleshooting projects on behalf of major clients has provided him a wealth of varied site experiences which he now brings to Safinah. In addition to his knowledge of coatings Lee has supplemented this with qualifications and specific experience in the various passive fire protection markets.

Expertise

Passive Fire Protection (hydrocarbon and cellulosic), bridges, failure analysis​

Languages spoken

English

Qualifications

BSc. (Hons) Chemistry, AMPP Senior Certified Coatings Inspector (NACE Level 3), ICorr Fire Proofing Inspector (Level 3)

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Fergus MacKinnon

Consultant (Energy & Infrastructure)

Fergus spent the early part of his career working as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry prior to moving into the coatings industry where he spent 10 years as an R&D chemist at one of the largest paint companies in the world.

He has broad experience of working with many of the coating technologies typically used in the infrastructure and renewables sectors.  He is also experienced in product formulation, test method development, specifications, approvals and testing plus managing joint industry projects with oil and gas majors.

Fergus has also had a 6-year spell working in technical sales, providing technical and commercial solutions to the UK coating, composites and adhesive industries.

Expertise

  • Industrial protective coatings, maintenance, repair and corrosion
  • Project Management

Languages spoken

English

Qualifications

BSc(Hons) Chemistry – With New Materials Technology

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Bruno Ravel

Head of Chemical & Disruptive Technologies | Consultant

Bruno has a background in chemistry and has specialist knowledge of coating formulation and testing in relation to the heavy-duty coating market.

He worked for 10 years as a paint formulator for many paint companies in the marine and protective coating sector including one of the world’s largest heavy-duty paint companies. He has expertise in paint formulation of various chemistries such as anticorrosive coatings, topcoats and intumescent coatings and their corresponding testing requirements. Bruno has successfully developed and launched new intumescent products into the market.

Within Safinah, Bruno heads the coatings technology sector with clients such as raw material providers, paint manufacturers and new technology disruptors, ranging from start-up to multinational. This sector provides market insights such as market analysis, forecasting, assistance with formulation, technology assessment in order to minimize clients’ risks, time and cost to enter the market.

Expertise

Polymer Chemistry, Coating formulation

Languages spoken

French, English

Qualifications

MSc, ENSCMu, NACE CIP Level 2

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John Willsher

Business Development Manager

John graduated from Salford University in 1986 with a first-class honours degree in Chemistry. He joined International Paint in 1986 and worked as a Paint Chemist in the development laboratories, before spending five years working in the Marine Marketing Department. 

Between 1995 and 2006, he worked for companies in the UHP hydroblasting and surface protection contracting industries. His role within these companies covered General Management and ultimately Managing Director positions.

In 2006, John re-joined International Paint as Market Development Manager for Foul Release (Intersleek) products for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In 2009, he was appointed Worldwide Market Manager for Intersleek foul release products. 

In 2020, he was appointed Global Account Manager responsible for the team supporting the largest shipping groups worldwide – and in 2025, John joined ECOsubsea as Global Business Development Director for ROV underwater cleaning services.

He recently joined Safinah as Business Development Manager and Vessel Efficiency Specialist.

Expertise

Business Development, Management, Marketing, Account Management

Languages spoken

English

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Email: john.willsher@safinah.com

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