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David Bamford

David Bamford is well known around the oil & gas industry both as an explorer and a geophysicist. He holds a Physics degree from the University of Bristol and a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the University of Birmingham.

Since 2004, he has been a non-executive director at Tullow Oil plc, being recruited for this position especially for his exploration knowledge. He serves on the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and was chairman of the latter, and Senior Independent Director, for 3 years prior to his retire from the board at the end of April 2014.

He joined the board of Premier Oil in May 2014.

He retired from BP plc in 2003, his last four positions being Chief Geophysicist (1990-1995), Business Unit Leader (General Manager) for first West Africa and then Norway (1995-1999), and finally Head of Exploration until 2003.

He has served on the boards of Paras Ltd, a small exploration and IS/IT consulting company in which he held 22% equity, until its sale to RPS Energy in 2008 and Welltec a/s, a Danish well engineering company, as the nominee of the private equity investor Riverside.
From 2012 to 201 he was on the board of ASX-quoted Australia Oriental Energy as a non-executive director.

He was a founder of Richmond Energy Partners, a small oil & gas research house, and several media companies that focus on the oil & gas sector, and has served as an advisor to Alliance Bernstein, Opus Executive, the Parkmead Group plc, and Kimmeridge Energy LLP. Since retiring from BP, he has undertaken asset and company valuation projects for investment banks, hedge funds and small oil companies.

All Video Presentations from David Bamford

Flaring - No Hiding Place!
Webinar: Reducing gas flaring - monetising gas instead - understanding what is possible
Friday, June 30, 2023

Welcome & Introduction: The islands of the West Indies need our support
Super Basins 15: Exploration Opportunities in the Caribbean
Friday, February 24, 2023

Q&A followed by Close no later than 14:15
Super Basins 12: The 'Top 10' Source Rocks?
Friday, January 27, 2023

Measuring Flaring and GHGs!
Lunch'n Think Webinar: Monitoring & Regulation of Methane Emissions
Friday, February 12, 2021

W(h)ither Innovation in Seismic Technology?
Investing in North Sea projects and technology
Monday, March 23, 2020

Where is geophysics going?
New Geophysical Approaches
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Chairman's introduction and overview
Finding Oil in Mexico and the Caribbean
Friday, October 21, 2016

Where do we go from here?
Finding New Exploration Ideas
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

New Technologies can transform our sub-surface insights!
Transforming Sub-Surface Interpretation
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Impact of Macondo: Do we now know what happened? What does it mean for global exploration?
by David Bamford from Finding Petroleum


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