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The Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section
Offshore Achievement Awards
ABOUT THE OFFSHORE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
The Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs) recognise outstanding achievements in the energy industry. Rewarding innovative technologies, growth in companies both large and small, and the significant contributions of individuals within the industry, the OAAs give recognition to the superlative achievements of those who go above and beyond in the energy sector.
Committee’s Purpose
The Offshore Achievement Awards Committee is responsible for all aspects of the OAAs, with the expert help of Mearns & Gill who have partnered with SPE Aberdeen since 2012. The committee is comprised of a selection of SPE board members (see 'Committee Members' at the bottom of the page) and supported by an experienced judging panel of over 30 judges. You can Meet our Judges on the dedicated OAA website. The judging panel is made up of industry experts, previous winners, sponsors and volunteers.
What do we do?
Our main tasks are as follows:
• Developing and reviewing award categories.
• Managing the judging process.
• Organising the awards ceremony.
• Engaging with sponsors and the wider energy community.
• Working with Gray’s School of Art to design the Award itself.
Links to our dedicated OAA website:
• Buy Tickets or book a table at the Awards Ceremony
Want to join our committee?
We are always looking to enhance our committee and judging panel. Do you have what it takes? You don’t always need to be a technical professional unless you want to judge the technology categories.
Minimum Commitment:
• Attend a monthly online meeting
• Judge at least one category
• Assist the team in sourcing nominations and sponsorship.
Sound interesting? Please get in touch with Diane at aberdeen.manager@spe-uk.org
For all enquires email aberdeen.admin@spe-uk.org
Committee Members
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
Graham is the Group Business Development Director with ABL Group in Aberdeen. ABL is a global consultancy group of companies delivering technical solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. Graham has worked in engineering for decades, with close to 30 years in energy sectors.
He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice in a precision engineering firm but quickly transferred to equipment design and subsequently into oil and gas specialising in subsea and surface completion systems design. In 2003 Graham made the move from engineering to sales and business development and has worked for a range of service providers from SME and start-ups to multi-nationals in a variety of areas such as drilling, completions, subsea installation and construction, facilities and decommissioning.
Graham was Section Chair from 2021-23, Vice Chair 2019-21, spent 4 years as Chair/VC of the Continuing Education Committee, and was Chair of the SPE International Membership Committee from 2021-23. In addition to the SPE, Graham is an active participant and volunteer with several industry and non-industry bodies past and present such as LOGIC, DecomMission, EIC, Step Change in Safety. Graham is also a STEM ambassador, participates in various mentoring and coaching programmes, and Vice Chair of his local Community Council.
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Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
Stewart is Managing Director of McIntosh Technical Ltd, an independent Artificial Lift Consultancy. He has almost 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially starting his career with Schlumberger and working in various locations in Russia, Europe, Africa and the UKCS providing Field Service for ESPs. He then moved into Surveillance and Monitoring where he helped develop remote monitoring, creating the blueprint for what is done today. He then progressed into Applications Engineering and Project Management delivering high value, HPHT projects.
Today, Stewart works with closely with Artificial Lift Solutions Pte Ltd and many operator clients around the globe providing expert assistance from FEED, Project management and delivery, installation support and supervision, to Production Optimization of ESPs.
Stewart is a great believer in the STEM programme and is actively following the Energy Transition.
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Diane Wood
Section Manager
Diane is the SPE Aberdeen Section Manager, an SPE member since 2009, previously being the Secretary to the Board of the Aberdeen Section. She sits on the organising committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards and the Schools Career Guidance committee. With a background in science, a STEM ambassador and a published author of 12 scientific papers, Diane is passionate about encouraging the younger generation to study STEM subjects and join the Oil and Gas Industry. Diane previously worked at the Society of the Chemical Industry for 14 years, as Scotland Coordinator, in the corporate and membership development team, and as an electron microscopist at the Rowett Research Institute prior to that.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
Lorraine has worked in Accounting since leaving school almost 30 years ago, working either full time or part time whilst bringing up her family. After many years as an employee, she took the plunge 5 years ago and set up her own bookkeeping business. Lorraine became the SPE Aberdeen Bookkeeper at the beginning of 2015 and in 2017 also became the Section Treasurer. She thoroughly enjoys the work she does with SPE Aberdeen and is also excited to have recently joined the Executive Committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards.
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Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 18 years with oil operating companies (Shell, BP, Marathon and Ramco) and 6 years with a major service company (Halliburton). He worked up from being a reservoir engineer involved in exploration and field development projects to being a Project Director responsible for full field development programmes.
In 2007 he became a founding Director of CO2DeepStore Limited, one of the first companies specifically seeking to provide the service of CO2capture, transportation and deep geological storage to alleviate the worst effects of climate change. In late 2014 he became the Chief Executive of OGIC – the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre – a Scottish government backed research funding agency that is entirely demand-led. OGIC provides grants to support company-led research and development in Scottish Universities. In March 2020 he joined Pale Blue Dot Energy as the Project Director for the Acorn low carbon and hydrogen and CCS project planned for the St Fergus gas plant north of Aberdeen – an early Energy Transition project.
He obtained an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in 1983 and an MBA through the Open University in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.
Ian has been a Director of the Aberdeen Section of SPE since 1986 and has served as Treasurer, Continuing Education Chairman and as Section Chair for 4 years. Since 2012 he has chaired the Offshore Achievement Awards Committee. Ian has also served as North Sea Regional Director on the SPE International Board and as a Director of SPE Europe Limited. Ian was appointed as the current chair of the section in December 2015.
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Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
Graham is the Group Business Development Director with ABL Group in Aberdeen. ABL is a global consultancy group of companies delivering technical solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. Graham has worked in engineering for decades, with close to 30 years in energy sectors.
He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice in a precision engineering firm but quickly transferred to equipment design and subsequently into oil and gas specialising in subsea and surface completion systems design. In 2003 Graham made the move from engineering to sales and business development and has worked for a range of service providers from SME and start-ups to multi-nationals in a variety of areas such as drilling, completions, subsea installation and construction, facilities and decommissioning.
Graham was Section Chair from 2021-23, Vice Chair 2019-21, spent 4 years as Chair/VC of the Continuing Education Committee, and was Chair of the SPE International Membership Committee from 2021-23. In addition to the SPE, Graham is an active participant and volunteer with several industry and non-industry bodies past and present such as LOGIC, DecomMission, EIC, Step Change in Safety. Graham is also a STEM ambassador, participates in various mentoring and coaching programmes, and Vice Chair of his local Community Council.
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Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
Stewart is Managing Director of McIntosh Technical Ltd, an independent Artificial Lift Consultancy. He has almost 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially starting his career with Schlumberger and working in various locations in Russia, Europe, Africa and the UKCS providing Field Service for ESPs. He then moved into Surveillance and Monitoring where he helped develop remote monitoring, creating the blueprint for what is done today. He then progressed into Applications Engineering and Project Management delivering high value, HPHT projects.
Today, Stewart works with closely with Artificial Lift Solutions Pte Ltd and many operator clients around the globe providing expert assistance from FEED, Project management and delivery, installation support and supervision, to Production Optimization of ESPs.
Stewart is a great believer in the STEM programme and is actively following the Energy Transition.
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Diane Wood
Section Manager
Diane is the SPE Aberdeen Section Manager, an SPE member since 2009, previously being the Secretary to the Board of the Aberdeen Section. She sits on the organising committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards and the Schools Career Guidance committee. With a background in science, a STEM ambassador and a published author of 12 scientific papers, Diane is passionate about encouraging the younger generation to study STEM subjects and join the Oil and Gas Industry. Diane previously worked at the Society of the Chemical Industry for 14 years, as Scotland Coordinator, in the corporate and membership development team, and as an electron microscopist at the Rowett Research Institute prior to that.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
Lorraine has worked in Accounting since leaving school almost 30 years ago, working either full time or part time whilst bringing up her family. After many years as an employee, she took the plunge 5 years ago and set up her own bookkeeping business. Lorraine became the SPE Aberdeen Bookkeeper at the beginning of 2015 and in 2017 also became the Section Treasurer. She thoroughly enjoys the work she does with SPE Aberdeen and is also excited to have recently joined the Executive Committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards.
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Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 18 years with oil operating companies (Shell, BP, Marathon and Ramco) and 6 years with a major service company (Halliburton). He worked up from being a reservoir engineer involved in exploration and field development projects to being a Project Director responsible for full field development programmes.
In 2007 he became a founding Director of CO2DeepStore Limited, one of the first companies specifically seeking to provide the service of CO2capture, transportation and deep geological storage to alleviate the worst effects of climate change. In late 2014 he became the Chief Executive of OGIC – the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre – a Scottish government backed research funding agency that is entirely demand-led. OGIC provides grants to support company-led research and development in Scottish Universities. In March 2020 he joined Pale Blue Dot Energy as the Project Director for the Acorn low carbon and hydrogen and CCS project planned for the St Fergus gas plant north of Aberdeen – an early Energy Transition project.
He obtained an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in 1983 and an MBA through the Open University in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.
Ian has been a Director of the Aberdeen Section of SPE since 1986 and has served as Treasurer, Continuing Education Chairman and as Section Chair for 4 years. Since 2012 he has chaired the Offshore Achievement Awards Committee. Ian has also served as North Sea Regional Director on the SPE International Board and as a Director of SPE Europe Limited. Ian was appointed as the current chair of the section in December 2015.
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Diane Wood
Section Manager
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
Graham is the Group Business Development Director with ABL Group in Aberdeen. ABL is a global consultancy group of companies delivering technical solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. Graham has worked in engineering for decades, with close to 30 years in energy sectors.
He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice in a precision engineering firm but quickly transferred to equipment design and subsequently into oil and gas specialising in subsea and surface completion systems design. In 2003 Graham made the move from engineering to sales and business development and has worked for a range of service providers from SME and start-ups to multi-nationals in a variety of areas such as drilling, completions, subsea installation and construction, facilities and decommissioning.
Graham was Section Chair from 2021-23, Vice Chair 2019-21, spent 4 years as Chair/VC of the Continuing Education Committee, and was Chair of the SPE International Membership Committee from 2021-23. In addition to the SPE, Graham is an active participant and volunteer with several industry and non-industry bodies past and present such as LOGIC, DecomMission, EIC, Step Change in Safety. Graham is also a STEM ambassador, participates in various mentoring and coaching programmes, and Vice Chair of his local Community Council.
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Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
Stewart is Managing Director of McIntosh Technical Ltd, an independent Artificial Lift Consultancy. He has almost 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially starting his career with Schlumberger and working in various locations in Russia, Europe, Africa and the UKCS providing Field Service for ESPs. He then moved into Surveillance and Monitoring where he helped develop remote monitoring, creating the blueprint for what is done today. He then progressed into Applications Engineering and Project Management delivering high value, HPHT projects.
Today, Stewart works with closely with Artificial Lift Solutions Pte Ltd and many operator clients around the globe providing expert assistance from FEED, Project management and delivery, installation support and supervision, to Production Optimization of ESPs.
Stewart is a great believer in the STEM programme and is actively following the Energy Transition.
Close
Diane Wood
Section Manager
Diane is the SPE Aberdeen Section Manager, an SPE member since 2009, previously being the Secretary to the Board of the Aberdeen Section. She sits on the organising committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards and the Schools Career Guidance committee. With a background in science, a STEM ambassador and a published author of 12 scientific papers, Diane is passionate about encouraging the younger generation to study STEM subjects and join the Oil and Gas Industry. Diane previously worked at the Society of the Chemical Industry for 14 years, as Scotland Coordinator, in the corporate and membership development team, and as an electron microscopist at the Rowett Research Institute prior to that.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
Lorraine has worked in Accounting since leaving school almost 30 years ago, working either full time or part time whilst bringing up her family. After many years as an employee, she took the plunge 5 years ago and set up her own bookkeeping business. Lorraine became the SPE Aberdeen Bookkeeper at the beginning of 2015 and in 2017 also became the Section Treasurer. She thoroughly enjoys the work she does with SPE Aberdeen and is also excited to have recently joined the Executive Committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards.
Close
Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 18 years with oil operating companies (Shell, BP, Marathon and Ramco) and 6 years with a major service company (Halliburton). He worked up from being a reservoir engineer involved in exploration and field development projects to being a Project Director responsible for full field development programmes.
In 2007 he became a founding Director of CO2DeepStore Limited, one of the first companies specifically seeking to provide the service of CO2capture, transportation and deep geological storage to alleviate the worst effects of climate change. In late 2014 he became the Chief Executive of OGIC – the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre – a Scottish government backed research funding agency that is entirely demand-led. OGIC provides grants to support company-led research and development in Scottish Universities. In March 2020 he joined Pale Blue Dot Energy as the Project Director for the Acorn low carbon and hydrogen and CCS project planned for the St Fergus gas plant north of Aberdeen – an early Energy Transition project.
He obtained an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in 1983 and an MBA through the Open University in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.
Ian has been a Director of the Aberdeen Section of SPE since 1986 and has served as Treasurer, Continuing Education Chairman and as Section Chair for 4 years. Since 2012 he has chaired the Offshore Achievement Awards Committee. Ian has also served as North Sea Regional Director on the SPE International Board and as a Director of SPE Europe Limited. Ian was appointed as the current chair of the section in December 2015.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
Graham is the Group Business Development Director with ABL Group in Aberdeen. ABL is a global consultancy group of companies delivering technical solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. Graham has worked in engineering for decades, with close to 30 years in energy sectors.
He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice in a precision engineering firm but quickly transferred to equipment design and subsequently into oil and gas specialising in subsea and surface completion systems design. In 2003 Graham made the move from engineering to sales and business development and has worked for a range of service providers from SME and start-ups to multi-nationals in a variety of areas such as drilling, completions, subsea installation and construction, facilities and decommissioning.
Graham was Section Chair from 2021-23, Vice Chair 2019-21, spent 4 years as Chair/VC of the Continuing Education Committee, and was Chair of the SPE International Membership Committee from 2021-23. In addition to the SPE, Graham is an active participant and volunteer with several industry and non-industry bodies past and present such as LOGIC, DecomMission, EIC, Step Change in Safety. Graham is also a STEM ambassador, participates in various mentoring and coaching programmes, and Vice Chair of his local Community Council.
Close
Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
Stewart is Managing Director of McIntosh Technical Ltd, an independent Artificial Lift Consultancy. He has almost 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially starting his career with Schlumberger and working in various locations in Russia, Europe, Africa and the UKCS providing Field Service for ESPs. He then moved into Surveillance and Monitoring where he helped develop remote monitoring, creating the blueprint for what is done today. He then progressed into Applications Engineering and Project Management delivering high value, HPHT projects.
Today, Stewart works with closely with Artificial Lift Solutions Pte Ltd and many operator clients around the globe providing expert assistance from FEED, Project management and delivery, installation support and supervision, to Production Optimization of ESPs.
Stewart is a great believer in the STEM programme and is actively following the Energy Transition.
Close
Diane Wood
Section Manager
Diane is the SPE Aberdeen Section Manager, an SPE member since 2009, previously being the Secretary to the Board of the Aberdeen Section. She sits on the organising committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards and the Schools Career Guidance committee. With a background in science, a STEM ambassador and a published author of 12 scientific papers, Diane is passionate about encouraging the younger generation to study STEM subjects and join the Oil and Gas Industry. Diane previously worked at the Society of the Chemical Industry for 14 years, as Scotland Coordinator, in the corporate and membership development team, and as an electron microscopist at the Rowett Research Institute prior to that.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
Lorraine has worked in Accounting since leaving school almost 30 years ago, working either full time or part time whilst bringing up her family. After many years as an employee, she took the plunge 5 years ago and set up her own bookkeeping business. Lorraine became the SPE Aberdeen Bookkeeper at the beginning of 2015 and in 2017 also became the Section Treasurer. She thoroughly enjoys the work she does with SPE Aberdeen and is also excited to have recently joined the Executive Committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards.
Close
Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 18 years with oil operating companies (Shell, BP, Marathon and Ramco) and 6 years with a major service company (Halliburton). He worked up from being a reservoir engineer involved in exploration and field development projects to being a Project Director responsible for full field development programmes.
In 2007 he became a founding Director of CO2DeepStore Limited, one of the first companies specifically seeking to provide the service of CO2capture, transportation and deep geological storage to alleviate the worst effects of climate change. In late 2014 he became the Chief Executive of OGIC – the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre – a Scottish government backed research funding agency that is entirely demand-led. OGIC provides grants to support company-led research and development in Scottish Universities. In March 2020 he joined Pale Blue Dot Energy as the Project Director for the Acorn low carbon and hydrogen and CCS project planned for the St Fergus gas plant north of Aberdeen – an early Energy Transition project.
He obtained an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in 1983 and an MBA through the Open University in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.
Ian has been a Director of the Aberdeen Section of SPE since 1986 and has served as Treasurer, Continuing Education Chairman and as Section Chair for 4 years. Since 2012 he has chaired the Offshore Achievement Awards Committee. Ian has also served as North Sea Regional Director on the SPE International Board and as a Director of SPE Europe Limited. Ian was appointed as the current chair of the section in December 2015.
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Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
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Graham Dallas
Past Section Chair and Chair of Offshore Achievement Awards
Graham is the Group Business Development Director with ABL Group in Aberdeen. ABL is a global consultancy group of companies delivering technical solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. Graham has worked in engineering for decades, with close to 30 years in energy sectors.
He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice in a precision engineering firm but quickly transferred to equipment design and subsequently into oil and gas specialising in subsea and surface completion systems design. In 2003 Graham made the move from engineering to sales and business development and has worked for a range of service providers from SME and start-ups to multi-nationals in a variety of areas such as drilling, completions, subsea installation and construction, facilities and decommissioning.
Graham was Section Chair from 2021-23, Vice Chair 2019-21, spent 4 years as Chair/VC of the Continuing Education Committee, and was Chair of the SPE International Membership Committee from 2021-23. In addition to the SPE, Graham is an active participant and volunteer with several industry and non-industry bodies past and present such as LOGIC, DecomMission, EIC, Step Change in Safety. Graham is also a STEM ambassador, participates in various mentoring and coaching programmes, and Vice Chair of his local Community Council.
Close
Stewart McIntosh
Section Chair
Stewart is Managing Director of McIntosh Technical Ltd, an independent Artificial Lift Consultancy. He has almost 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially starting his career with Schlumberger and working in various locations in Russia, Europe, Africa and the UKCS providing Field Service for ESPs. He then moved into Surveillance and Monitoring where he helped develop remote monitoring, creating the blueprint for what is done today. He then progressed into Applications Engineering and Project Management delivering high value, HPHT projects.
Today, Stewart works with closely with Artificial Lift Solutions Pte Ltd and many operator clients around the globe providing expert assistance from FEED, Project management and delivery, installation support and supervision, to Production Optimization of ESPs.
Stewart is a great believer in the STEM programme and is actively following the Energy Transition.
Close
Diane Wood
Section Manager
Diane is the SPE Aberdeen Section Manager, an SPE member since 2009, previously being the Secretary to the Board of the Aberdeen Section. She sits on the organising committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards and the Schools Career Guidance committee. With a background in science, a STEM ambassador and a published author of 12 scientific papers, Diane is passionate about encouraging the younger generation to study STEM subjects and join the Oil and Gas Industry. Diane previously worked at the Society of the Chemical Industry for 14 years, as Scotland Coordinator, in the corporate and membership development team, and as an electron microscopist at the Rowett Research Institute prior to that.
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Lorraine Mutch
Section Treasurer
Lorraine has worked in Accounting since leaving school almost 30 years ago, working either full time or part time whilst bringing up her family. After many years as an employee, she took the plunge 5 years ago and set up her own bookkeeping business. Lorraine became the SPE Aberdeen Bookkeeper at the beginning of 2015 and in 2017 also became the Section Treasurer. She thoroughly enjoys the work she does with SPE Aberdeen and is also excited to have recently joined the Executive Committee for the Offshore Achievement Awards.
Close
Ian Phillips
Section Director & Past Chair - Programme Committee
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 18 years with oil operating companies (Shell, BP, Marathon and Ramco) and 6 years with a major service company (Halliburton). He worked up from being a reservoir engineer involved in exploration and field development projects to being a Project Director responsible for full field development programmes.
In 2007 he became a founding Director of CO2DeepStore Limited, one of the first companies specifically seeking to provide the service of CO2capture, transportation and deep geological storage to alleviate the worst effects of climate change. In late 2014 he became the Chief Executive of OGIC – the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre – a Scottish government backed research funding agency that is entirely demand-led. OGIC provides grants to support company-led research and development in Scottish Universities. In March 2020 he joined Pale Blue Dot Energy as the Project Director for the Acorn low carbon and hydrogen and CCS project planned for the St Fergus gas plant north of Aberdeen – an early Energy Transition project.
He obtained an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in 1983 and an MBA through the Open University in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer.
Ian has been a Director of the Aberdeen Section of SPE since 1986 and has served as Treasurer, Continuing Education Chairman and as Section Chair for 4 years. Since 2012 he has chaired the Offshore Achievement Awards Committee. Ian has also served as North Sea Regional Director on the SPE International Board and as a Director of SPE Europe Limited. Ian was appointed as the current chair of the section in December 2015.
