Experience

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  Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society

  • United Kingdom

  • Secretary

    • Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
    • United Kingdom

    Positively utilizing redundancy time, to undertake the unpaid Secretary role, held since 2013 Monthly communications to membership about Evening Talks. Organise the events, on behalf of Society and members. Maintaining membership listCo-ordinated the April One Day Seminar regards advance advertising, registering attendees, website and payments. On day of seminar, co-ordinating setup, payments and ad hoc tasks with Hotel venue. Hosted the Stand at May DEVEX two day Conference. Devised the stand Posters and advertisingSignatory to Bank Account, to distribute agreed funds to educational sourcesRecord and distribute Minutes of monthly Committee meetings

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  DataCo Ltd

  • United Kingdom

  • Senior Data Manager

    • Apr 2007 - Feb 2015
    • United Kingdom

    Lead Technical data manager, specializing in production and petro-physical log data on an 8 year onsite project for Shell Upstream. Acted as QC expert before data released to interpretation community. Maintained procedural and training documentation while providing on-going staff mentoringProject dealt with legacy data, that had to be located in various repositories both hardcopy warehouse and digital via CDA, DISKOS, NLOG portals. Digital tape data and logger field prints verified and loaded into master databases of RECALL application and also CDA portalFor DataCo Ltd, outside of client time – located and part managed two offices, business development, recruitment, QHSE, proposals, staff events and diverse ad hoc tasks to assist grow the company

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  READ Well Services Ltd

  • United Kingdom

  • QHSE Advisor

    • 2006 - 2007
    • United Kingdom

    First appointed QHSE Advisor to company, helping to take them to OHSAS 18001 certification in Aberdeen and Bergen bases. Main Responsibilities:Co-ordinate company quality (9001) and safety systems (18001)Complete 8 independent and DNV safety audits a year, across UK, Norway and West Africa bases along with the annual Management Review of objectives and targetsTrain new and current staff in respect of safety, integral field operations, new engineering projects safety issues and office/warehouse reviewsEstablished emergency response procedures for hostile locations

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  Fugro Data Solutions

  • Stavanger / N.Wales

  • Data / Document Manager / Quality Co-ordinator

    • 2002 - 2006
    • Stavanger / N.Wales

    Well Scouting, Petrophysical Log joining, Document Scanning, QHSE.Autumn 2005, undertook a data management pilot, for Shell Aberdeen, relating to the cataloguing and scanning of well data documents, on the Well File Scanning Project. This led to liaising closely with the Shell set-up team and ultimately I wrote the technical manual for the client. As Deputy, helped set up areas of contractor project ahead of commencement. Left to pursue a QHSE career, while project went operational, with Shell quickly asking if I would join them, to QC control the contractors workCorporate Quality Co-ordinator N.Wales Sept 2004- Jan 2006Wrote and reviewed company Safe Working Practises and Corporate Quality Procedures (9001:2000). Undertook BSI Quality audits. Liaised regularly with company directorsWell Data Scout Project co-ordinator, N.Wales Apr 2003 – Sept 2004Researched and scouted for information about hydrocarbon wells and fields from global operators. Organised information into corporate Access database. Undertook localized regional studies for geoscientist Tellus projects: offshore Vietnam, Chad, Sudan, ChinaData Project consultant (Stavanger, Norway) Sept 2002 – Mar 2003Checked, edited and compiled a definitive set of petro-physical log data, from oil and gas wells, offshore Norway, that that were processed and stored within the Recall corporate database for Norsk Hydro. Accessed NPD web portal. For legislative and business requirements worked to a tight deadline, including last 42 days continuous

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  Baker Atlas Geoscience

  • Aberdeen

  • Log Data Manager

    • Jul 1999 - Apr 2002
    • Aberdeen

    Petrophysical Log joiningDatabase Geoscientist – NAM WDQ Project (Aberdeen) This was probably the industries, first large data management rationalisation project. WDQ = Well Data QualityAllowed NAM to re-open the Schoonenbeck oil field with data sets undertaken by project. Checked, edited and compiled a definitive set of petro-physical logs, from 700 onshore Netherlands oil and gas wells. Processed and stored in the Recall corporate database. Project established the BHI Atlas Online Business unit. Later corporate re-organisation closed the project and unit down, leading to redundancy

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  Baker Hughes Inteq

  • International

  • Rigsite Geologist

    • 1984 - 1999
    • International

    Worked on the oil and gas drilling rigs, exploring for hydrocarbons. International locations, specializing in remote and often hostile countries or situations. Easily worked with mixed nationalities and various companiesConsultant Well-site Geologist (18 months), to represent the Operator geological department, on a drilling rig. Engineering department waited on my geological decisions. Worked Trinidad, Armenia and N.Sea Senior Geologist / Logging Engineer (12 years) The mudlogging service provided 24 hour monitoring and interpretation of geological and drilling data, on-board exploration oil and gas wells. Well safety and geology biased work. I worked mainly remote locations, such as Chad, Algeria, Libya, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Tunisia plus UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden.