Core Team
With nearly a century of combined experience, our team of Principals lead Lonestar Deepwater as a premier project management services company for deepwater subsea systems.

Gary McCullough  is the President and the original founder of LoneStar Deepwater, LLC which he created in 2000. He formed LoneStar to provide a seasoned, experienced team to clients that have projects requiring deepwater subsea and floating systems specialists. Gary has been working in engineering and construction projects for over 30 years.

  • Marathon Ozona
  • Pioneer Clipper
  • Dominion Triton/Goldfinger
  • Pioneer Falcon Corridor
  • Mariner King Kong
  • Santa Fe Snyder Panyu 4-2 South China Sea
  • Devon Energy Deepwater Projects Manager
  • Saudi Aramco Maintain Potential Projects
  • Marathon Oil Operations and Construction Engineer
David Faulkinberry  has nearly 30 years of experience in exploration and production companies both in construction and operations. The last 10 years of his career has been primarily focused on deepwater subsea projects in the Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand and Australia.

  • Apache Van Gogh
  • Alpha Petroleum (AWE) Tui Field
  • LLOG J Bellis Field
  • BP Atlantis
  • Total Eugene Island 275 Toppled Platform
  • Stolt Offshore Gulfstream Pipeline
  • Mariner Energy Production Manager
  • Sonat Exploration Production, Engineering and Operations Manager
Ken Christie  is a Construction Management expert in onshore and offshore production projects. In this role of 28 years, he has worked in every aspect of construction from developing specifications to installation and commissioning.

  • Pioneer Tunisia Jenien Nord
  • Alpha Petroleum (AWE) Tui Field
  • ENI East Breaks 157
  • Dominion Triton/Goldfinger
  • Pioneer Tomahawk and Raptor
  • Pioneer Harrier/Falcon II
  • PetroSA Sable
  • Pioneer Falcon
  • Mariner King Kong
  • Compania de Servicios de Campeche, S.A. de C.V. Client Site Rep
  • Pogo Producing Project Management
  • INTEC Engineering Construction Manager
  • East Java Gas Pipeline Consultant
  • Consultant to various pipeline and energy companies in Canada and China
Kent Neuman  provides over 22 year of process facilities, engineering design, construction management, and commissioning and start up expertise. He has worked in every aspect of onshore and floating facilities and is fully capable in following projects from preliminary engineering through commissioning and start-up.

  • Noble Energy Aseng  FPSO – Topsides Delivery Manager
  • Storm Ventures International Cosmo Field FPSO – FPSO Manager
  • Alpha Petroleum (AWE) Tui Field FPSO – Topsides Lead
  • Compania de Servicios de Compression de Campeche, S.A. de C.V.   AKAL-GC Gas Compression Platform – Topsides Lead
  • Westcoast Energy Aitken Creek Gas Plant Expansion – Process/Mechanical Lead
  • Westcoast Energy Cabin Lake Compressor Station Inlet Liquids Handling  - Process/Mechanical Lead
  • Duke Energy McMahon/Pine River Gas Plants Maintenance Capital Projects – Project Lead
  • Shell Canada Simonette Gas Plant – Facilities Engineer
  • Shell Canada Harmattan East Production Facilities – Facilities Engineer
  • Shell Canada Olds.Innisfail Production Facilities – Facilities Engineer
Stephen Lyon  is a subsea production system expert. His experience spans 12 years and he is proven at every stage of an offshore development from conception through early start-up.

  • Noble Energy Benita
  • W&T Offshore Daniel Boone
  • Alpha Petroleum (AWE) Tui Field
  • LLOG J. Bellis
  • Dominion Triton/Goldfinger
  • Pioneer Olowi Development
  • Pioneer Tomahawk and Raptor
  • BP Mardi Gras
  • Burullus West Delta Deep, Scarab/Saffrom
  • ExxonMobil Diana
  • Mariner Pluto
Richard Griffiths  has more than 20 years of experience in design and management of deepwater facilities. His breadth of experience includes roles in engineering, construction and construction management.

  • Pioneer East Cameron 322 Toppled Platform
  • Murphy Thunderhawk
  • Pioneer Ozona (now Marathon project)
  • Dominion Triton/Goldfinger
  • Pioneer Olowi
  • Pioneer Oooguruk
  • Pioneer Tomahawk and Raptor
  • Pioneer Harrier and Falcon II
  • Total Eugene Island 275 Toppled Platform
  • BP King
  • BP Nile
  • Marathon Tchatamba
  • Mariner Pluto
  • Mariner Dulcimer
Barbara Thompson  is the General Manager of LoneStar. Using her 27 years of experience in engineering, construction, project management and business development, she runs the day to day operations and business development for LoneStar.

  • Acergy Global Account Manager for the Chevron Corporation
  • Stolt Offshore North America and Mexico Technical Director
  • ABB Offshore Systems Director of Strategic Development
  • Paragon Engineering Director of Business Development
  • ABB Lummus Global Director of Business Development
  • Barnett & Casbarian Principal Naval Architect
  • BLT & Associates Project Consulting
  • Lummus Crest Proposals Manager
  • Lummus Crest Naval Architect
  • Barnett & Casbarian Senior Engineer
  • Seaflo Systems Staff Engineer





Support Staff

Our core principals are supported by a staff of 30 experts in the fields of subsea, pipelines, flowlines, production facilities, inspection, and construction.



Key Consultants
We employ an outstanding group of Key Consultants to assist on each project. Our Key Consultants have experience in:

  • Deepwater Flowlines
  • Umbilicals
  • Fabrication
  • Inspection
  • Welding
  • Diving
  • ROV operation