About us
Oil
& Gas UK
Officers
Co-Chairs
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Bob Keiller
Chief Executive
PSN
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Archie Kennedy
Managing Director
ConocoPhillips UK Ltd
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Vice-Chairs
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Mike Bowyer
Managing Director
Halliburton
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John Gallagher
Vice President Technical - Europe
Shell UK
E&P
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Hon. Treasurer
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Jon
Murphy
Chief Operating Officer
Venture Production plc
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Oil & Gas UK
Board Members (pdf file)
The Oil & Gas UK Directorate
Chief Executive
The chief executive is a
member of the Board of Oil & Gas UK and hence a member of PILOT. He is also
chairman of CDA and a director of OPITO The Oil & Gas Academy.
Policy Directorates
Operations
The operations
directorate delivers solutions to increase the efficiency and lifespan of
operations on the UK
continental shelf, while ensuring overall integrity. The operations team
develops and implements policy on licensing, exploration and appraisal, field
development, production operations, decommissioning, brownfields,
legal (standard agreements) and the supply chain.
Health, Safety and
Environment
The HSE directorate manages
a broad range of safety, environment, skills, security and EU issues. It works
closely with the Step Change in Safety initiative and OPITO - The Oil & Gas
Academy and represents member company interests to all relevant government
departments and regulators, including Scottish Government, HSE, BERR, DEFRA,
SEPA, EA, DTP and CAA.
Economics and
Commercial
The economics directorate
aims to promote the international competitiveness of the UK continental
shelf by securing a fiscal, economic and regulatory framework that is conducive
to business. It focuses on our industry’s contribution to UK energy policy and the development of the UK gas industry
(offshore and onshore) in the context of the country’s security of energy
supply.
Communications
The communications
directorate promotes an environment in which member companies can better pursue
their business objectives by raising awareness and understanding of industry
issues amongst its stakeholders and opinion formers. Activities include
government relations, media relations, membership communications and events.
Finance and Corporate
Services
The finance and corporate
services directorate has the responsibility for the management of all aspects of
the organisation’s support functions, specifically in the provision of
financial reporting and accounting control. It also seeks to provide and
maintain efficient HR, IT and office management systems and processes.
Our subsidiary companies
Oil & Gas UK has three not-for-profit subsidiary companies, two of which
(CDA and Step Change in Safety) have their own membership.
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CDA
(Common Data Access Ltd)
CDA was set up in 1995 to provide data management services to the industry. It
is best known for the Well DataStore, an online
collection of members’ well data, and for the DEAL website, which allows
public access to data and information about the industry’s exploration and
production activities on the UK
continental shelf (more at http://www.cdal.com
and http://www.ukdeal.co.uk).
- Malcolm
Fleming, Chief Executive
- Colleen
Bonthron, Commercial Manager
- Richard
Salway, Service Manager
- Martin
Wadsworth, Operations Manager
- Raye
McRitchie, Data Technician
- Rina Begum, Business Support
Assistant
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LOGIC
LOGIC was established in 1999 to stimulate supply chain collaboration and
improve the competitiveness of the UK continental shelf. It is the
custodian for a number of key cross-industry projects including the
helicopter flight share programme, the offshore personnel tracking system,
Vantage POB, and a range of industry deeds and standard contracts (more at http://www.logic-oil.com).
- Pia Mandler, Business Advisor
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Step
Change in Safety Ltd
Step Change in Safety was founded in 1997 as the industry’s leading safety
initiative. Membership is open to all companies working in the sector,
whether they are members of Oil & Gas UK, or not. It also includes
representatives from the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Trade
Unions. Its remit is to make the UK the safest oil and gas
exploration and production province in the world by 2010, and is rooted
firmly on the principles of cooperation and sharing. Step Change focuses on
three prime areas of activity: recognising hazards and reducing risk;
personal ownership for safety; and asset integrity (more at http://www.stepchangeinsafety.net).
- Ian
Aitchison, Support Team Leader
- Dave Nicholls, Support Team
Member
- Norman
Marwick, Support Team Member
- Carolyn
Middleton, Business Support Assistant
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To find out more about
becoming a member, email membership@oilandgasuk.co.uk
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