Fernando has extensive offshore experience, his tri-lingual fluency has facilitated the execution of domestic and international projects.
He has directed projects and commercial initiatives in Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, U.K., and the U.S. This has enabled him to develop global relationships, leading to his participation in key industry and government initiatives.
Fernando C. Hernandez began his career with Fugro, followed by key experience with Oceaneering International. He has held VP roles, notably with Paradigm Flow, where he expanded the company’s profile in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S., and he was instrumental in the growth of Halliburton and Paradigm Flow’s global alliance. During the pandemic, Fernando’s high-caliber leadership, led to Baker Hughes ecuring and delivering on multimillion-dollar projects with the company’s offshore division.
Fernando is the acting Principal at Hernandez Analytica and actively collaborates on industry and government projects that include: oil and gas, hydrogen, windfarms, biotechnology, and Carbon Capture Utilization Storage.
Areas of Expertise
Intimately involved in the development of new technologies and methods that led to industry firsts in the offshore sector. Inventor and patent holder, as well as a strategist at accelerating the success of emerging technologies
Experience in securing and delivering multimillion-dollar offshore projects: Commodity, lump sum, and day-rate based. Excels in consultative and technical sales pertaining to advanced products and niche services
Subject matter expert in Rigless Well Interventions, ROV tooling and auxiliary skids, subsea intervention techniques/methods, as well as the remediation of blockages in subsea fields and pipeline/flowlines
Intimate knowledge of automated controls, umbilicals, and flying leads (chemical, hydraulic, electrical, fiber) to interface with subsea production systems. Experience with subsea and topside IWOCS for workovers and P&As
Firm understanding of subsea operations, and the outfitting of vessels and rigs, to have topside and subsea equipment operate with divers and ROVs
Accolades and Achievements
Press Coverage: Fernando has carved a reputation for making insightful calls and impactful forecasts, regarding the energy market, as featured in Forbes, Market Insider, National Interest, Ocean News, Offshore Engineer, Offshore Magazine, Oilprice.com, The Society of Petroleum Engineers, and Yahoo Finance.
Technical Presentations: Given at industry recognized events that include: Offshore Well Intervention Conference; Deepwater Intervention Forum; Deepwater Operations Technology; and Subsea Survey IRM. He has also presented in different countries on highly niche and technical equipment and technology