Harbour Energy: Talbot – 50 years to develop a ‘Small Pool’

Join SPE Aberdeen's Programme Committee and Harbour Energy for a panel session on the development of the Talbot field. Abstract coming soon!

Carl Elliott is a Lead Geologist with Harbour Energy and served as the Well Team Lead through the development planning and drilling of the Talbot Field. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he commenced his career with ConocoPhillips in 2005, remaining in seat through the acquisition by Chrysaor and transformation into Harbour Energy. Currently deployed to the NOV team, Carl has worked across a spectrum of exploration, development and production geoscience roles across the North Sea.

Anna Fletcher is a Senior Geophysicist with thirteen years’ experience in the UK. She began her career at Centrica Energy, later Spirit Energy, working across their UK oil and gas and CCS portfolio. In 2022, Anna joined Harbour Energy’s J Area Paleocene and Chalk Team in the UK Central North Sea, where she was involved in the execution phase of the Talbot development. Following the successful Talbot development drilling campaign, she joined Harbour’s Viking CCS team in 2024.

Paolys Llaguno is a Lead Reservoir Engineer at Harbour Energy with nearly 30 years of experience in reservoir management, field development planning, and reserves evaluation. Her expertise spans conventional, tight gas, fractured, and heavy‑oil reservoirs across the North Sea and international assets, including Vietnam and Venezuela.

Frazer Barclay is a Senior Manager at Harbour Energy, responsible for subsurface portfolio maturation of UK operated assets. A University of Glasgow graduate in Geology and Applied Geology, he began his career with WesternGeco and later specialised in QI geophysics and reservoir characterisation at Odegaard and Schlumberger. He has led technical teams across operated and non‑operated assets through multiple mergers, including BG Group, Shell, Chrysaor, and Harbour Energy, and has worked in the UK, Malaysia, and Australia.