Attend this event to learn about the most interesting new developments in oil and gas IT infrastructure, in particular with cloud services, mobile data and satellite communications.
The oil and gas industry is moving towards cloud and mobile devices faster than anyone expected - and making it work will push company IT architectures to their limits.
We'll need to do more with wireless, satellite and fibre data communications, data storage infrastructure, analytics and data storage architecture.
36 per cent of oil and gas managers, engineers and IT managers have plans to use cloud services, and 23 per cent are already using them, according to a recent Microsoft / Accenture survey.
45 per cent of respondents thought that all company users, including management, engineers and operators, should be able to access KPIs and common information via mobile devices.
No attendance fee - limited places - register now to secure yours!
Speakers include
David Ellison, director of London oil and gas IT consultancy ISN Solutions, whose clients include Tullow, Afren and Premier Oil, 3 of the 4 largest independent oil and gas companies in the UK
Sam Murray, business development executive with Hermes Data Communications, a company which provides satellite and data communications services to Maersk, Parker Drilling, PSN, KBR, BP, Eni, Fluor and Petronas, with over 120 employees and earth stations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and UAE, among other places
Peter Black, managing director of EnergySys, a UK company which provides a cloud based system for managing production data, with clients including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Customers include Midenergy Operating (Texas), Atlantic LNG (Trinidad and Tobago), Apache North Sea, and Ithaca Energy
Terry Price, associate partner with IBM, speaking about faciliting improved decision making using probabilities
Chaired by Julian Pickering, director of Digital Oilfield Solutions and a past Head of Digital Technology for Global Drilling and Completions at BP, and BP's Head of the Field of the Future Facilities Programme.
Produced by Karl Jeffery, editor of Digital Energy Journal, the world's leading magazine for digital technology in the oil and gas industry (published by Finding Petroleum).
This is our second conference about IT infrastructure in the digital oilfield. Our first event was held in London on June 2nd, see here for the agenda and here for the delegates list.
Limited places - register now to secure yours.
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Julian Pickering - director - Digital Oilfield Solutions Ltd
Chairman's introduction
Dr Julian Pickering has a degree in Applied Physics from Brunel University, London and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University, where he was a BP scholar. He has worked for BP for 32 years and has held major posts including the Head of Digital Technology for Global Drilling and Completions and the Head of the Field of the Future Facilities Programme. He left BP in March 2010 and set up his own company, Digital Oilfield Solutions, with partners in the United States of America. He has provided consultancy services to many large Oil and Gas companies and is a consultant to the Energistics Data Standards Organisation.
Digital Oilfield Solutions Ltd
Digital Oilfield Solutions is a partnership between the UK company Digital Oilfield Solutions Ltd and the US company Digital Oilfield Solutions Inc. Through its extended network of Independent Delivery Partners it can service projects on a global basis.
Digital Oilfield Solutions is a member of Energistics (Dr Julian Pickering chaired the WITSML Executive Team in 2009 and remains a team member). The promotion of WITSML and PRODML and the quantification of associated business benefits are key objectives of their delivery.
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10:00
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David Ellison - director - ISN Solutions
Delivering Field Site IT - from today's challenges to tomorrow's potential.
Talk Description.
Thin client over satellite, wireless networking, real time video are some of the ways we are solving today's IT infrastructure issues but what lies ahead for IT and comms at the end of the decade? ...or at the end of the century?
Numerous challenges are shaping the way IT is being delivered to offshore drilling projects. ISN discuss the current state of play in the digital oilfield and offer some ideas for how things might look in the future, covering how we have overcome some of the demands E&P companies are facing in delivering applications to field sites, exploring evolving use of thin client over satellite, wireless networking, real time video and suggesting how emerging technology might transform the well site as a workplace.
Our unique field site experience means that we understand only too well the impact of IT issues faced at a well-site and how to minimise risks while delivering essential applications and services anywhere in the world.
David has been helping companies in the UK oil industry develop innovative IT strategies for the last 15 years at ISN and at Enterprise Oil before that, building upon an IT consultancy background at Flemings, NatWest and Fortis. His diverse IT background includes service delivery, project management, technical lead on desktop, server and network systems. David's main motivation is finding solutions, not necessarily technical ones, that provide clear business benefits to ISN's clients.
ISN Solutions
ISN Solutions provides IT services exclusively to the upstream oil and gas industry. Founded and operated by three former oil company IT and comms consultants, our business is built on unrivalled international field experience, delivering infrastructure projects offshore and onshore and providing IT services for oil companies in the UK and abroad.
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10:30
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Sam Murray - Business Development Executive - Hermes Data communications
Case study: VSAT oil and gas project in Iraq
Talk Description.
- Case study - VSAT oil and gas project in Iraq
- Delivery of satellite communications problems in harsh and remote environments
- Risks, project support, network design
Sam Murray will be speaking on the delivery of projects in harsh and remote environments and will cover topics such as the risks, project support, network design and future offerings and will also include a case study on a VSAT project in Iraq.
Sam Murray has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, particularly focused on the oil and gas industry.
Having been born and raised in Aberdeen, Sam has seen the area’s exploration and production activities grow from its pioneering days to the global centre of excellence we see today.
He has held both technical and sales roles within BT and its joint venture partnership with AT&T - Concert, Marconi International Marine, Invsat, Nessco and Arqiva, recently joining Hermes Datacomms to support their Aberdeen based clients and to develop new business in the region.
During his career, Sam has account managed many of the world’s leading integrated oil companies on a global basis.
Sam holds Full City & Guilds Telecommunications Certifications and a Bachelor of Arts degree in World Class Sales Management from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Hermes Data communications
Hermes is a British company owned by its directors and backed by private equity with over 20 years of experience providing high quality, reliable and efficient communications to the oil & gas industry, particularly in difficult and challenging locations. We have a strong regional presence in the Middle East, Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Russia and Central Asia.
Hermes now provides coverage in 88% of the world's oil reserves and 92% of the world's gas reserves. Hermes has over 13 offices in 9 countries and employs over 120 people worldwide, with over 400 VSAT installations and Earthstations in the UK, Denmark, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UAE, Singapore, Australia and USA.
Hermes provides service to several prestigious customers within the oil & gas industry, including Maersk, Parker Drilling, PSN, KBR, BP, Eni, Fluor, Petronas, to name a few.
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11:30
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Terry Price - Associate Partner | Global Chemicals & Petroleum Upstream - IBM
Knowledge Automation - Decision Making Based on Probability Factors
Talk Description.
Analytics (Historical and Predictive)
Optimisation (production and Information)
Knowledge Automation - Decision Making Based on Probability Factors
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is a multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. As of September 2011, IBM is the second-largest publicly traded technology company in the world by market capitalization.
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12:30
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Peter Black - Managing director - EnergySys
Enabling business agility with production allocation in the cloud
Talk Description.
- How the cloud can help you be more agile in managing production reporting and production allocation
- How to do data integration in the cloud
- How cloud systems can help you respond to changing business demands throughout the asset life
- How the cloud can enable secure information exchange within the company and with partners
- Why cloud is a business revolution not a technology revolution
Oil and gas exploration and production is a dynamic business, rapidly evolving and continuously responding to technical and commercial challenges. Asset acquisitions, transfers and divestments are common features of this changing landscape, and even the largest operators struggle to obtain a coherent view of asset performance across their estate.
Small and medium sized operators frequently have to rely on their expertise and experience to optimise production from mature assets or those with limited reserves, and need to be able to start, extend, and complete production in the most cost-effective and frictionless way possible.
This presentation will use practical examples to demonstrate that the cloud is a key enabler of agile business practices in oil and gas, focussing on production reporting and production allocation. It will illustrate the challenges and complexities associated with adoption of a mature asset, and its associated systems and processes. It will describe data gathering across assets, to obtain a corporate view and deliver standardised reporting.
It will illustrate the benefits to be obtained when developing new assets, and the ways in which cloud systems can respond effectively to the demands of the business throughout the asset life. Finally, the opportunities afforded by secure information exchange both within the enterprise and with partners will be explored, offering potentially dramatic improvements in productivity.
Through these examples, we will show that the cloud is not a technology revolution, but a business revolution, allowing oil and gas companies to create agile business models that can respond more effectively to shifting market conditions.
EnergySys
energysys.com is the home of the Production Allocation Cloud, the most advanced cloud solution in the world for oil and gas production allocation and reporting.
The same technology that powers the massive Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is available in the cloud on a low-cost, per user per month, subscription platform. energysys.com is a radically innovative solution delivering robust, proven, and scalable enterprise web technology at an affordable price, whatever your size.
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Founded in 2006, Digital Energy Journal is the world's leading magazine for digital technology in the upstream oil and gas industry, covering developments in exploration, drilling and production, covering IT infrastructure, software, automation and people. We produce 6 issues per year, distributed by print and pdf, and an e-mail newsletter every Friday. Digital Energy Journal is published by Finding Petroleum. Subscriptions are GBP 250 a year.
Energistics is a not for profit organisation to help facilitate information sharing and business process integration in the oil and gas industry. It has 97 members, including all of the oil majors and major oil service companies. It is also manages the WITSML and PRODML data exchange standards for drilling and production, and provides a neutral forum for collaborative learning and sharing.
brightsolid online technology specialise in the architecture and secure delivery of critical infrastructures from our UK-based data centres. We offer fully managed cloud-applications, dedicated or multi-tenant platforms and reliable disaster recovery solutions backed by our experience of working with some of the UK's leading organisations.
ISN Solutions provides IT services exclusively to the upstream oil and gas industry. Founded and operated by three former oil company IT and comms consultants, our business is built on unrivalled international field experience, delivering infrastructure projects offshore and onshore and providing IT services for oil companies in the UK and abroad.
Cuthbert Kagabo Atwinirebyoona
MBA Oil&Gas Management Student
Aberdeen Business School
United Kingdom
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Kevin Blyth
Global Business development
Harris CapRock Communications
United Kingdom
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phil roscoe
UK Telecomms team lead
Nexen Petroleum ltd
United Kingdom
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Boyd Ross
Director
ABS Ltd
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Bill Green
Account Director
Hermes Datacomms
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Calum McRae
Manager, IT Operations and Infrastructure
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd
United Kingdom
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Kevin Roger
Director
Accenture
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Sam Murray
Business Development Executive
Hermes Datacomms
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Nilesh Pansare
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER EMEA
PALANTIR SOLUTIONS
United Kingdom
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Stephen Gunn
IT
Achilles
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Katy Harrison
Marketing & PR Manager
Hermes Datacomms
United Kingdom
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Michal Kanda
Account Manager for Europe
Petrolink
United Kingdom
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Thomas Kelman
Senior Project Manager
AUPEC LTD
United Kingdom
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Jide olukotun
Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Howden Technology
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Graeme Anderson
Director
Prodacon Ltd
United Kingdom
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Alex Richards
Business Manager - Oil & Gas
BAE Systems Detica
United Kingdom
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Alan Joss
Infrastructure Specialist
HP
United Kingdom
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Sandeep Padinhare Veetil
Manager
Reliance Industries Limited
United Kingdom
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John MacCallum
Remote Connectivity Coordinator
Baker Hughes
United Kingdom
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Martin Harbord
Technical Support Analyst
HRH Geology
United Kingdom
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Chris Gladding
Group IT Manager
Reservoir Group
United Kingdom
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Steven Noble
Baker Hughes
United Kingdom
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Paul Haynes
Consultant
Hydrogen
United Kingdom
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Doug Reid
IT Technical Lead
Reservoir Group
United Kingdom
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Eugene Zuzik
In-country systems specialist
Baker Hughes
United Kingdom
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Julia Ramaci
Hydrogen Group
United Kingdom
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Sean Cooke
RGU
United Kingdom
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Lewis Yim
Operations Manager
Baker Hughes
United Kingdom
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Tracey Hulse-jones
Client Manger
IBM
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SIMON PERRITT
PTCI HARDWARE SALES
SCHLUMBERGER
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Mike McHale
Business Development Manager
brightsolid online technology limited
United Kingdom
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Alan Johnstone
IBM
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Alan Cleeton
Business Development Manager
Schlumberger
United Kingdom
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Alastair Shakeshaft
Director
BusinessPort Limited
United Kingdom
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Bruce Jones
Business Development Manager
IBM
United Kingdom
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Zaki Ali
Senior Reservoir & Production Engineer
Schlumberger
Kuwait
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Iain Lennox
Head of IT&C
Cairn Energy
United Kingdom
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Anil Aggarwal
IBM UK Ltd
United Kingdom
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Olukayode oladoyin
Drilling Engineer
Schlumberger
United Kingdom
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James Grant
Head of IS - Upstream
Centrica Energy
United Kingdom
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Keith Wildridge
Account manager EMEA
IDS
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Afef Belaid
IT Wellsite Service Manager
Schlumberger
France
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Alan Ramsdale
IS Architect
Centrica Energy Upstream
United Kingdom
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Colin Dawson
Accounts Manager
IDS
United Kingdom
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David Smith
Solutions Manager
Schlumberger Information Solutions
United Kingdom
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Serhii Konovalov
O&G Business Development and Innovation
Cisco
United Kingdom
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Tommy Mihaylov
Software Developer
IDS
United Kingdom
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Dave Plummer
Engineer
Shell
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Huw Pegler
Director, Oil & Gas
Cisco Systems
United Kingdom
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Amit Tambi
Business Development Manager
Infosys Limited
United Kingdom
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Opeyemi Amoo
CEO
Sider Energy Resources
United Kingdom
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Hossein Pari
Project Manager
Corex UK
United Kingdom
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Gordon Duthie
Sales and Marketing Executive
Infotechnics
United Kingdom
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Paul Milne
IT Manager
SPD Limited
United Kingdom
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Georgina Elrington
Owner
CTLD
United Kingdom
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Paul Thomson
Business Development Manager
Instalec Technology Group
United Kingdom
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Francis Idachaba
Senior Research Adviser
SPDC
Nigeria
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Stephen Lancaster
Dana Petroleum
United Kingdom
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David Ralston
ICT Business Manager
Instalec Technology Group
United Kingdom
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Malcolm Brown
Manager of Information, Communications & Technical Services
Sterling Resources
United Kingdom
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Christopher Neill
Solutions specialist
Dell
United Kingdom
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David Ellison
Director
ISN Solutions Ltd
United Kingdom
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Willie Jamieson
Global Service Manager - Offshore Communications
Talisman Enrgy UK Ltd
United Kingdom
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Michael Togher
IT Consultant
Dell
United Kingdom
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Mike Scott
Consultant - Production
Landmark EAME Ltd
United Kingdom
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Ralph Vettese
- Well intervention engineer
TAQA
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karl jeffery
editor
Digital Energy Journal / Finding Petroleum
United Kingdom
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Mark Ashford
Managing Director
MACOM Consulting Ltd
United Kingdom
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Alexandre PELLETIER
Business Development Director
Tata Communications
France
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Martin Blindheim
Managing Director
Energy Growth Partners Limited
United Kingdom
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Keith Greig
IM&T Manager
Maersk Oil
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shreyas koliyot
MD
Tech27 Systems Ltd
United Kingdom
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Erik Eriksson
Head of Sales
EnergySys Limited
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Kevin Zeiler
Infrastructure Manager
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd
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Ian Hindmarsh
IT Director
Technip
United Kingdom
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David Petherick
Head of Marketing
EnergySys Limited
United Kingdom
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Tanguy Blachère
R&D Engineer
Maxwell Downhole Technology
United Kingdom
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Steven Anning
Business development Manager
Telstra International
United Kingdom
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Adam Marmaras
Event Organiser
Finding Petroleum
United Kingdom
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Craig Allardyce
Technician
Merlin ERD
United Kingdom
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sandra mwesigye
LLM Oil and Gas Law
university of aberdeen
United Kingdom
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Graham Bryce
Manager Aberdeen, Processing and Marketing
Fugro Seismic Imaging Ltd
United Kingdom
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Neil Mccrindle
Business Development Manager
MTI Technology
United Kingdom
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Jean-Pierre Van Frank
Principal Systems Engineer
WGPSN
United Kingdom
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Abderrahmane Lefgoum
Senior Geophysicist 4D Buiness developement
Fugro-FSI
United Kingdom
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Vasiliy Zbaraskiy
Drilling Solution Engineer 3
National Oilwell Varco
United Kingdom
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Mayela Torrealba
Well Data Manager
WIPRO
United Kingdom
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Nick May
IS Business Analyst
GDF SUEZ E&P UK
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Lawson McBay
Senior Account Manager
NesscoInvsat
United Kingdom
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Kyriaki Raizi - Cooke
Real Time Drilling Subject Matter Expert
WIPRO Technologies
United Kingdom
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Graeme Forman
GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd
United Kingdom
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Alastair Hunter
Sales Manager
NesscoInvsat Limited
United Kingdom
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Stephen Phillips
Geologist
Wipro UK Limited
United Kingdom
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Melissa Lawrie
Service Quality & Knowledge Champion
Halliburton
United Kingdom
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Chris Copner
Business Applications Team Lead
Nexen Petroleum (UK) Ltd
United Kingdom
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Douglas Stevenson
Director
YR20 (UK) Limited
United Kingdom
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Douglas Gow
Account Executive
Harris CapRock
United Kingdom
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