Victor Davey (EUR ING, CEng, MIMMM, SPE)

Principal at Ulysses Petroleum Management
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, AU

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Credentials

  • Chartered Engineer (CEng)
    Engineering Council
  • EUR ING
    FEANI
  • Member
    Society of Petroleum Engineers International
  • Member
    IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining)

Experience

  • Ulysses Petroleum Management
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      Two colleagues and I created Ulysses Petroleum Management (UPM) in 2018 to bring together extensive advisory, management and operational experience to assist clients in fully understanding the key technical and commercial drivers of their assets and deals, providing clear routes to value maximisation. The focus of UPM is on advising Governments, E&P companies, the financial community and legal institutions to support them in addressing policy and contract terms, governance, project technical and resource assessments, commercial evaluations and dispute resolution matters worldwide. Recent activities include helping a mid-sized O&G Producer systematically addresses opportunities to optimisation production, address and improve project delivery (specifically in the Front End) and scope the benefits of installing an Integrated Operations Centre (leading to issuing a commercial Expression of Interest). On another project, we worked with a major NOC to conduct an in-depth technical and management investigation into their entire upstream operation. We identified that with “business as normal” the Corporation would have a significant shortfall against their government commitments and made concrete recommendations to address this shortfall. These included a significant increase in short-term activity (including PSO and infill drilling) and creating a longer-term plan to build organisational strength to handle the dramatically increasing complexity as their fields came out of the “easy” oil stage (including changes to processes, organization, behavioral, leadership and staff competencies). Show less

  • Shell
    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • North Caspian PSA Asset Manager
      • Mar 2014 - Dec 2016

      Shell ’s representative for the North Caspian Sea PSA venture (covering the Kashagan and Kalamkas fields) as the primary representative on the Shareholder Technical Committee and the alternate on Contractor Management Committee. The primary focus was on the successful (re)commissioning and restart of the first phase of giant Kashagan field. Secondary focus was to reactivate the stalled investigation into how to commercially complete the future (full) development of this enormous asset. Shell ’s representative for the North Caspian Sea PSA venture (covering the Kashagan and Kalamkas fields) as the primary representative on the Shareholder Technical Committee and the alternate on Contractor Management Committee. The primary focus was on the successful (re)commissioning and restart of the first phase of giant Kashagan field. Secondary focus was to reactivate the stalled investigation into how to commercially complete the future (full) development of this enormous asset.

  • Sakhalin Energy
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business Opportunity Manager
      • Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

      Led a multidisciplinary team of some 50 staff charged with selecting the commercial development concept for Sakhalin Energy’s multi-billion dollar South Piltun offshore oil and gas development situated in the environmentally sensitive waters offshore Russia. Led a multidisciplinary team of some 50 staff charged with selecting the commercial development concept for Sakhalin Energy’s multi-billion dollar South Piltun offshore oil and gas development situated in the environmentally sensitive waters offshore Russia.

  • Shell
    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Regional Resource Volume Manager
      • Jul 2008 - Mar 2011

      Asia Pacific Regional Resource Volume Manager and, following the change in the Control Framework, Senior Consultant for the Group Reserves Assurance. Responsible for the assurance and compliant booking of all Shell's Asian, Australian and, from 2010, FSU Reserves.

    • Development Manager Shell Algeria
      • Oct 2005 - Jun 2008

      Responsible for a multidisciplinary team of 20-30 surface and subsurface development staff charged with managing the development appraisal activities of Algeria 6th Round and Libya's LNGDA Permits. Additionally provide input and support for other EPX Tight Gas business development opportunities.

    • Reserves Auditor
      • Mar 2005 - Oct 2005

      Special secondment to Shell’s Internal Reserves Audit Team following external investigation by Ryder Scott and Davis, Polk & Wardwell into reserves overstatement and Shell’s subsequent commitment to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

    • PtL Team Leader
      • Feb 2002 - Mar 2005

      Running integrated multidisciplinary workshops and Team activities across Shell's world wide operating units maximising oil and gas production.

    • Front End Project Leader
      • Jul 2001 - Feb 2002

      Set up and led the Arabian/Persian Gulf Development Studies team that delivered a fully integrated understanding of the AOI in support of Shell’s re-entry to this enormous resource.

  • QatarEnergy
    • Qatar
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Asset Team Head Arab-D Dukhan/RE Discipline Head
      • Feb 1997 - Jul 2001

      Team Leader fully responsible for the optimum development of Qatar's largest oil reservoir and its only gas recycle project - the 800 MMscf/d tracer monitored Arab-D project. Running a two rig development operation, supported by mobile testing units, with all wells being successful in meeting the pre-drill objectives. This infill horizontal well redevelopment increased sustainable reservoir potential by more than 80 Mstb/d Integrated the pre-1997 functional organisation into a cohesive and focused Asset Team aligned to a common goal Show less

  • Woodside Energy
    • Australia
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • WOODSIDE OFFSHORE PETROLEUM
      • Feb 1996 - Feb 1997

      Petroleum Engineering Lead for this billion-dollar integrated engineering project team, managed a multi-disciplined team of experienced petroleum engineers and geoscientists. Issued the Field Development Plan in December, 1996 which was approved by Joint Venture partners and Government as the basis for the development. Through integrated Commercial, Engineering and Petroleum Engineering evaluations, successfully defined the optimum FPSO barge size for the project. Instigated and completed detailed compositional simulation, confirming the applicability of miscible sub-surface gas disposal into the reservoir. Show less

  • GaffneyCline
    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate
      • Apr 1994 - Feb 1996

      Conducted petroleum engineering, commercial and strategic studies aimed at maximising recoverable reserves/net present value of assets. Also provided auditing services on resource volumes and development plans. Conducted petroleum engineering, commercial and strategic studies aimed at maximising recoverable reserves/net present value of assets. Also provided auditing services on resource volumes and development plans.

  • BHP
    • Australia
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Supervising Petroleum Engineer (Vietnam, Melbourne, Darwin)
      • Sep 1988 - Mar 1994

      Vietnam : Head of the reservoir evaluation group. This group controlled all the offshore evaluation activities and, on commencement of production, the monitoring, allocation and production optimisation of the offshore facility. Melbourne: Responsible for all BHP-P's reservoir engineering studies and reserves auditing in the (outside Australia) Asia region, TCM representative on Chevron's PNG Kutubu project and Reservoir Engineering advisor to BHP-P's Hamilton Brother operation in Malaysia. Darwin: Led BHP-P Northern Australia Petroleum Engineering Operations team. This group was responsible for the production monitoring, allocation and optimisation of three offshore facilities. It also controlled all offshore reservoir engineering activities associated with the evaluation of exploration, appraisal, and development wells. Show less

  • Shell
    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Deputy Team Leader-Land/Senior Reservoir Engineer
      • Sep 1981 - Aug 1988

      Shell Expro: Responsible for the sub-surface development of the South and Central Cormorant (the UMC development) fields. Shell Nigeria: Responsible for the (36) land area fields of the Eastern Division. Previously responsible for detailed reservoir and petroleum engineering field studies in SPDC's Eastern Region. Shell Expro: Responsible for the sub-surface development of the South and Central Cormorant (the UMC development) fields. Shell Nigeria: Responsible for the (36) land area fields of the Eastern Division. Previously responsible for detailed reservoir and petroleum engineering field studies in SPDC's Eastern Region.

Education

  • INSEAD
    Group Business Leadership Program (GBLP)
    2009 - 2009
  • University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
    MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    2000 - 2004
  • Imperial College London
    MSc, Petroleum Engineering
    1980 - 1981
  • University of Nottingham
    BSc, Mining Engineering
    1976 - 1979

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