Profile

Industry Profile

• Consultant to a diverse range of Operators and Service Companies

• Member of Technical Advisory Team for the Center for Deep Earth Exploration, Japan

• Member of Scientific Advisory Committee for the DrillWell Strategic Research Institute, Norway

• Member of Harts Meritorious Engineering Award committee

• Author of more than 60 technical papers and articles

• Member of SPE Drilling Conference Program Committee

DIRECTORSHIPS

• Lecht Ski Company Ltd.

• Reelwell AS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

• Member of SPE Board of Directors with special responsibility for Drilling and Completions 2001-2004.

• Promoted revision of the Advanced Drilling Engineering Textbook, subsequently published, and facilitated formation of the Well Positioning Technical Section and Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section.

• Programme Committee for more than 12 conferences, presently member of SPE/IADC Conference programme committee

• Member of Editorial Review Committee 1988 to present, Review Chairman 2008. Responsible for clearing backlog of 62 technical papers in early 2008

• Chairman of the Drilling Automation Technical Section 2008-2010.

• Chairman of SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 2001.

• Instigated revival of SPE Sakhalin Section, 2006

• Distinguished Lecturer 1989

• Chairman of SPE Publications Co-ordinating Committee - 1997

• Chairman of 1998 SPE Annual Technical Meeting Drilling Technology Committee

• Chairman or committee member of multiple SPE Forum meetings 1992 - 2006

• Chairman of the Eastern Hemisphere Forum Series Implementation Committee, 1999