About
Independent, senior-led project management
Double Alpha Management Inc. is based in Houston, Texas, and serves clients worldwide.
Walter Knur, MBA · Managing Director
Walter is a project executive with more than 15 years of global experience in offshore drilling. He leads capital projects for drilling rigs: reactivations, Special Periodic Surveys, shipyard repairs, upgrades and newbuilds.
His career includes senior project roles with leading offshore drilling contractors, rig owners and management firms, including Transocean, Vantage Drilling and Pelago Management, and lender-side work for a ship-finance bank. He has led multi-million-dollar programmes from feasibility through execution and handover.
Walter holds an MBA from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, and is a member of ASME. He works in English and German, to PMBOK standards, and is known for clear, executive-ready reporting: budgets tied to AFEs, schedules tied to contract dates and risks with named owners.
Core skills
- Capital project leadership
- Rig reactivation and upgrade execution
- WBS / AFE governance and project controls
- Contract management and negotiation
- Vendor tendering and management
- Financial modelling and business cases