Experience

Kerogen Capital

• Hong Kong
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Chief Geologist

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Kerogen Capital is an independent private equity fund advisor, established in 2007. It manages the Kerogen Energy Funds, specialising in providing growth and development capital to small and medium-sized companies in the upstream oil and gas sector.Kerogen is based in Hong Kong with an office in London, U.K.



Tullow Oil

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Subsurface Manager Kenya

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2018

  Responsible for a 15 well onshore drilling campaign as part of the exploration and appraisal of the fluvial sediments of the Kenyan South Lokichar basin and its waxy crude discoveries; definition of subsurface requirements for water injection and production test design and analysis. Excelled in operational role, focused on value for money. Focal point between Operator Tullow and Joint Venture Partners on any decisions on E&A wells drilled or tested. Ran partner meetings and built excellent relationships with Joint Venture; liaised with Government of Kenya and Kenyan secondees in the London office; ensured consistency of approach with exploration and well engineering, but also with field operations and facilities.

• Subsurface Manager Ghana

  • May 2012 - Mar 2015

  Co-ordinated subsurface and facilities technical efforts on the offshore deepwater turbidites of the Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana; used the new field models to write the 2012 Jubilee Full Field Development Plan, including near field and in-field tie-in options, on behalf of Operator Tullow Oil and its Joint Venture partners. Technical and commercial discussions with Ghana authorities on the incremental development of the Jubilee Field and its near field potential and on gaining TEN Fields Development Plan approval. Established key relationships with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and the Petroleum Commission in Accra and employed Ghanaian secondees into Tullow London. Negotiated for the partnership to avoid a field equity redetermination in 2014.



Royal Bank of Scotland

• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Oil and Gas Finance

  • Nov 2010 - May 2012

  Using oil industry expertise, provided reserve-based loans to UK E&P companies or overseas companies looking to raise finance against a portfolio of assets including some in the North Sea. The financing ranged from development finance for appraised fields through to the more typical secured RBL financing against a portfolio of producing and non-producing fields. Set-up working group with engineering firms, oil companies and banks to address decommissioning financing options.



Suncor Energy

• India
• Solar Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Director

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2010

  Corporate role with functional responsibility for staff and quality control for all development planning, subsurface evaluations, volumetrics and exploration prospect risking, covering the Canadian East Coast Jeanne d'Arc Basin developments (Terra Nova, White Rose, Hibernia and Hebron pre-development), onshore fields in the Libyan Sirte Basin, the central Syrian Ebla gas project and Northwest Europe operations, including Buzzard and Golden Eagle in the UK, the NL Hanze and De Ruyter fields and their exploration tie-in potential and any exploration wells and potential development projects in the Norwegian offshore. Co-ordination of Field Redetermination activities, including the successfully concluded Terra Nova Redetermination and two other Canadian East Coast field determinations. Advising Libyan office on Redetermination in a Sirte Basin producing field. Technical focal point for Acquisition and Divestment activities. In 2009 chosen by staff to chair the Employee Representatives Committee in a 90-day consultation process related to redundancies and closure of the Petro-Canada/Suncor London office towards the end of 2010.

• Country Manager, Asset Manager, Geoscience Manager, Exploration Manager

  • Jan 2002 - Jul 2009

  Manager Development and New Ventures Geoscience; Responsibility for Development Geoscience for International and Offshore division, covering acreage outside the Canadian Rockies and oil sands; this included the NW Europe Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Scott, Telford and the ‘Triton’ fields in the UK and the Hanze field and the De Ruyter cluster in the Netherlands, Libya onshore Amal, Ghani, Farigh, En Naga and Ed Dib fields, Syria onshore appraisal for the Ebla gas project and the oil fields in the Canadian eastern offshore: Terra Nova, White Rose, Hibernia and Hebron. Focal point for exploration and development business development opportunities; redetermination advisor. Provision of growth opportunities in exploration, appraisal, pre-development and development. General Manager Norway, Stavanger, 2006: Acquired the first five licences in Norway and achieved Operator status. Selected and opened office in Stavanger, recruited key staff and initiated participation in the next licensing rounds.Buzzard Asset Manager, 2004: From acquisition until set-up of in-house Buzzard Asset Team. New Ventures Exploration Manager: Co-ordinated technical/commercial business opportunity evaluations. Ran acquisition teams, including the acquisition of 30% of Buzzard and the Golden Eagle acreage from Intrepid. Acquired the Pict field and Saxon prospect as tie-ins to the Triton FPSO. Pre-empted the sale of 50% of the Clapham field and was responsible for its field development planning (100% Petro-Canada). Worked to establish areas for expansion, evaluating assets/companies for farm-in and/or acquisition, including Energy Africa and the giant Tambey gas field on the Siberian Yamal Peninsula; company made successful bids in Trinidad, Norway and Morocco. Took part in a multi-company consortium study in preparation for a bid to re-develop four fields in northern Kuwait. Prepared Papers for Board Approval. Development of individuals within the group through mentoring and leadership.

• Subsurface Manager

  • Jun 1991 - Dec 2001

  Head of Geoscience; 2000 – 2001: Recruitment, retention and mentoring of an expanding group of exploration and development geoscientists. Evaluation of business opportunities. Set-up the department to run international onshore operations in Libya and Syria from the London office. Planned and supervised drilling of three successful sole risk exploration wells on the UK Operated Guillemot West and Northwest fields. Negotiated settlement to fix working interests for life of field. Deputy for Technical Services Director.Head of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering; 1997 - 2000: Responsible for reserves analysis and reporting. Recruitment, retention and mentoring of geoscientists and reservoir- and production engineers. Co-ordinated assessments of business opportunities. Acquired Guillemot West and Northwest fields, the company's first operated assets. Responsibility for development planning. Assisted in achieving 'Operator Status' in the UK. Assisted in the set-up of the operated asset management group in Aberdeen and provided subsurface expertise through functional reviews and mentoring. Deputy for Exploration and Production Director.Production Geology Supervisor; 1994 – 1997: Managed production geology department, recruited and retained staff and planned work streams. Co-ordinated detailed integrated field studies on UK and Norway. Redetermination support for the Norwegian Snorre field and for the UK Bittern field; acquisition and divestment advisor.Senior Production Geologist; 1991 - 1994: Pivotal role in a two-year Equity Redetermination on the Scott Field in the Outer Moray Firth area in the North Sea, resulting in a very beneficial outcome. Co-ordinated unitisation, with responsibility for all mapping, volumetrics calculations and sensitivities. Corporate geological modelling specialist. Engaged in field development activities on non-operated fields.



Shell

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Development Geologist

  • Jun 1984 - Jun 1991

  Wellsite Petroleum Engineer on Brent Field and SNS gas field developments.Development geologist on operated Fulmar and Auk oil fields, and non-operated Clyde field.Development Plan co-ordination for operated Galleon gas field in the SNS and promotion of plans at DTI. Development Plan for NNS Pelican Field.