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1) Conceived (in 1990) and developed two new well construction fluids : TAME clouding glycol fluids and cesium formate brine 2) Conceived and qualified with Prof Eric van Oort in 1992/93 a novel shale drilling fluid based on Jeffamine ED600 diamine. A similar Jeffamine product was later marketed by Schlumberger as Ultradrill 3) Researched and took to market (1978-1987) two novel drilling fluid viscosifiers and fluid loss agents : Shellflo-S succinoglycan and Shellflo-XA xanthan biopolymers 4) Assembled and marketed Shell's portfolio of Surdyne oilfield chemicals (1987-1989) Specialties: Oilfield chemicals, new product development, new business development, business start-up
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DirectorFormate Brine Ltd. Apr 2012 - Nov 2024Lincolnshire -
Managing DirectorFormate Brine Ltd. Mar 2012 - Nov 2024United KingdomFormate Brine Ltd. is a consultancy company offering technical and strategic advice on all matters relating to formate brines and their use in the oilfield. The Director of Formate Brine Ltd has worked with formate brines since 1986.
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Manager - Marketing And Product DevelopmentCabot Specialty Fluids Jan 2011 - Mar 2012Aberdeen, United KingdomMarketing cesium formate brine and developing the next generation of high-density cesium brine products for HPHT well drilling, completion, workover and suspension -
Technical Sales DirectorCabot Specialty Fluids Nov 2004 - Apr 2011Aberdeen, United KingdomPromoting the use of cesium formate brine as a drilling, completion and workover fluid that improves the economics and reduces the risk of deep gas field developments. Back in 1920's the oil industry took a wrong turning by adopting solids-weighted drilling fluids. Cesium formate brine has put drilling fluids back on the right (solids-free) track. It took 80 years, but we are getting there ......
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Global Business Manager - Oilfield ChemicalsNorsk Hydro Feb 1998 - Nov 2000Immingham, UkAnother new oilfield chemicals start -up- selling Hydro's formate brines, ester drilling fluid (Jafaester DF 200) and nitrate brines. The latter were new chemicals to the oilfield market. Packaged together under the Petrocare brand - "organic chemicals for well construction and reservoir management" . Combined sales of 12,000 metric tonnes in first year of trading -
Managing DirectorForbrico Ltd 1995 - 1998Norley, England, United KingdomForbrico was a JV set up between Norsk Hydro and Great Lakes Chemicals to produce and market formate brines for use as drilling and completion fluids. New product to new market. Managed the establishment and start-up of Forbrico, first as a consultant and then as the company Managing Director. Failed to secure exclusive access to cesium formate brine from Cabot Corporation but created a business supplying Hydro's potassium formate brine to the oilfield fluid service companies. Moved business across to Hydro Chemicals when the JV partners decided to part.
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Senior Research ScientistShell Research Rijswijk Jan 1990 - Feb 1994The Hague Area, NetherlandsWorking with Bruce Stewart, Gerard Bol, Siv Howard, Jacques van Vliet, Eric van Oort and Roger Hough (to name a few). Research and development of novel well drilling and completion fluids, namely cesium formate brine and the TAME clouding glycol muds system. Conceived and qualified a novel shale drilling fluid based on Jeffamine ED600 diamine, of a type later marketed as Ultradrill. Was working on novel nylon-synthesising mud (producing nylon from soluble monomers under downhole conditions, to coat borehole wall while drilling) just before I moved back to Shell Chemicals.Was also Team Leader for Shell's Formation Damage and Well Productivity Improvement R&D initiative, working closely with Corex -
Technical ManagerShell Chemicals Uk 1987 - 1989Manchester, United KingdomWorking with Alf Thompson and Dwain Neil in Shell Chemicals' New Business Development Unit in Carrington. Started up a new oilfield chemicals business selling a range of new drilling additives and production chemicals under the Surdyne brand
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Business DevelopmentShell International Chemicals Company Jan 1982 - Dec 1986London, United KingdomWorked for Wouter de Gruyter, Vernon Appelboam and David Goodman in the Specialty Chemicals New Business Development section of SICC in Shell Centre, London. Started up SICC's first oilfield chemicals business selling 1) Enordet AXS, ATS and AOS surfactants for micellar flooding and steam foam EOR applications and 2) Enorflo and Shellfo biopolymers for polymer flooding EOR and viscosifying drilling fluids. Our "Water-Soluble Polymers" R&D programme led to the birth of formate brine technology for reservoir drilling and completion. Led eventually to first use of formate brine and Shellflo-S polymer in drilling fluids used in the Draugen field development in 1993 - two innovative Shell technologies field tested together.
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Research ScientistShell Research Sittingbourne Aug 1973 - Mar 1981Worked as fermentation technologist in Shell's biotechnology laboratory with John Norris, Dave Harrison, Geoff Hamer, Bez Khosrovi, Roger Cripps and Kees Schram. Initially a member of the Single Cell Protein team developing a process for producing protein from natural gas. Filed first patent at age of 22 in 1973. Later joined the Biopolymers team developing microbial polysaccharides for use in oil well drilling and EOR. Moved to Shell Chemicals to commercialise two products of this research programme.
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Undergraduate Student ResearcherMicrobiological Research Establishment (Mre) Oct 1970 - Jun 1971Porton DownResearching the penicillinase activity of Staphylococcus aureus. My supervisor was the late Dr. Tony Atkinson (http://www.biochemist.org/bio/03305/0050/033050050.pdf) in team including Jack Melling, Ken Sargeant, Charles Evans and Dick Yeo.
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Applied Biology -
Cirencester Grammar School -
St Bartholomew'S Grammar School, Newbury"O-Levels" Courses In Chemstry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, English Literature, Latin, French
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