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Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

• Deep understanding of the dynamics of European gas and power markets specifically related to short-term outlooks and fundamentals
• Supporting the flexibility, spec, structured and origination gas trading desks by providing value adding insight and market strategies thereby reducing the associated uncertainty
• Initiated, developed and implemented an interactive desktop application showing supply and demand factors in the European natural gas market including historical and forecast elements
• Project lead for an extensive investigative deep dive into global gas and LNG and the implications to the business in a developing and transitional period
• Provided analytical support for international projects by assessing monetisation options of bringing gas to new markets and advising on commercial opportunities for Statoil
• Constructed pricing models on spreads in core European markets to assess arbitrage opportunities and analysis of fundamental developments

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

• Oseberg Main Sub-surface Team. Day to day management of the field, Well planning and drainage strategy.
• Part of a field specific future development project investigating and assessing technical and commercial business cases for extension and maturation of resources.
• Successfully lead cross functional teams, with significant project budgets, for development of business opportunities.
• Well leader for a unique multi-disciplinary sub-surface project, assessing investment opportunity, stakeholder alignment, complete technical and economic analysis and presentation to management and partners.
• Involved with daily decision making processes for reservoir management, well optimisation, interventions and work-overs.
• Maturation of infill targets during the well planning phase.

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

TPD TEX RMANTechnologies, Projects & Drilling (TPD); Technology Excellence, Reservoir Management.Projects involved early phase field development, business planning, (sub-sea) concept selection, project definition and feasibility.Experienced in field appraisal and planning future operations.Generated thesis and mentored an Imperial MSc student (Summer 2013)

London, GB

Modules:*Reservoir rocks, fluids, production mechanisms and flow equations.*Reservoir characterisation process and creation of integrated models.*Drilling, completion and performance prediction.*Simulation and prediction of the behaviour of the reservoir model.*Surface facilities, safety and environment and field development.Placed 1st in the group field.

Stavanger, Rogaland, NO

Completed my MSc thesis with Statoil on the Troll oil and gas field in the North sea. Investigating different simulation grid techniques on a complex mature oil field and the further utilisation for optimising well placement.

Aerospace design consultancy

Provided design and engineering solutions for the Aerospace industry on a variety of temperature, pressure and speed sensors.

Coventry, England, GB

Designed speed probes for a range of customers including Pratt & Whitney,Agusta Westland and Rolls Royce.

Worked in the design office, where I was involved with multiple aspects of the design and organisation of the SAF1 car during its inaugural season in the FIA F1 world championship.

Organised safety tests for main stream car manufacturers to put new vehicles through stringent crash tests.Instrumented crash dummies provided acceleration and impact data which was analysed and reviewed.

Msc, Dic, Petroleum Engineering

Beng (Hons), Automotive Engineering

Foundation Engineering, Engineering

Various Leadership Courses, Business/Managerial Economics

Education record