Oil & Gas UK appoints new board members

Oil & Gas UK announced a number of appointments of member company representatives to its board.



In addition to the new members joining the board, existing board member Neil McCulloch, president North Sea, of Enquest, is named as the new vice chair representative for the operator community, while board member Terry Savage, corporate relationship director, Global Energy Group is named as his counterpart, as vice chair representing the contractor community.



Joining the board this spring are:

• Andrew Thomson, managing director, offshore, North Sea, Aramark

• Chris Bird, managing director, MOL Energy UK

• Dave Stewart, CEO, Wood Group PSN 

• Gunnar Breivik, managing director, Statoil Production UK

• Matt Betts, UK vice president, Halliburton 

• Neil Clyne, operations director, Transocean Drilling UK Ltd.

• Paul Goodfellow, upstream director UK & Ireland, Shell E&P

• Pete Jones, managing director, United Kingdom, TAQA 

“We have some challenging times ahead for operators and contractors to jointly address the cost and efficiency review needed to ensure continuity for the energy industry.
The UK Continental Shelf has produced over 43 billion bbl and gas to date, a feat which was only made possible by hundreds and thousands of companies across the UK which make up our world-class supply chain. This supply chain is now also worth some £15bn to the UK in exports every year,” Savage said.

Those leaving the Oil & Gas UK board include:

• Adrian Rose, managing director, Transocean North Sea   
• Glen Cayley, Shell Upstream International

• Gordon Ballard, chairman and country manager, Schlumberger UK Ltd.

• James Edens, vice president and managing director, CNR International UK Ltd.
• Martin Rune Pederson, managing director, Maersk Oil UK

• Mike Skitmore, UK business unit manager, Premier Oil

• Robin Watson, chief executive, Wood Group PSN

• Susan Elston, vice president strategic development, Sodexo Remote Site Scotland Ltd.

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