IAN REID MA. (Cambridge
University)
M.Phil. (Newcastle
Polytechnic)
NATIONALITY:
BRITISH DATE OF BIRTH: 22/09/1955
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2008
- present Independent
consultant, PetroCTS
2003-2008 Senior
Petrophysicist, Shell Netherlands
(NAM)
1999-2003 Team Leader, Shell
UK, Southern
North Sea Carboniferous Fields
1990-1999 Head of
Petrophysics, Shell UK, Southern North Sea
1985-1990 Petrophysicist,
Shell Exploration, Aberdeen
1979-1985 Senior Engineer,
British Gas R & Development, Newcastle
1977-1979
Research Assistant, Newcastle Polytechnic
Languages: English
(mother tongue), Dutch
(fair), French (Basic).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Skills:
Operational
Petrophysics, Formation Evaluation, Routine and Special Core Analysis,
Acquisition and Divestment Opportunity
Analysis, Cased Hole Analysis, Coaching and Mentoring, Field Evaluation
Management.
Geological Areas of
expertise:
UK and NL North Sea Rotliegend,
Carboniferous; Evaluation of Tight Gas in various countries.
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Presenter
at Petroleum Engineering learning events within Shell EP Europe.
Coaching
and Mentoring junior staff within Shell for a number of years.
2
years lecturing in Mathematics and Computing at Newcastle Polytechnic
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE Independent Consultant:
Established
own company, PetroCTS 2008 providing independent consultancy and training
services in Petrophysics. Ian is a multi-disciplinary Team Leader and Senior
Petrophysicist with strong analytical abilities and key coaching and mentoring
skills. He has 30 years successful experience with major operators in the Oil
and Gas industry working within both Exploration and Development teams and
across the full development cycle.
Senior Petrophysicist, Shell Netherlands (NAM):
Responsible
for a number of subsurface assets within the UK and NL Southern North Sea with a
key role in near-field Exploration activities. Co-ordinated the subsurface
activities for a number of commercial Acquisition and Divestment opportunities.
Worked closely with logging contractors and their management instigating and
promoting a formal approach to safety within formation evaluation which was adopted
across Shell EP Europe. Ensured effective application of state-of-the art
Petrophysical tools and techniques on UK and NL offshore gas fields.
Provided advisory services for a wide range of Petrophysical activities for
Shell Group worldwide. Acted as coach and mentor to a number of junior staff.
Team Leader, Shell UK Southern North Sea
Carboniferous Fields:
Managed all subsurface activities through the full
field development cycle. Initiated and submitted Field Development Plans;
planned and executed the drilling phase up to and beyond first production; responsible
for reservoir management within a complex gas contract network; negotiated
eventual field divestments. Scope covered 2 new platforms, pipelines, seismic
reprocessing, and 15 new wells.
Head of Petrophysics, Shell UK Southern North Sea:
Pioneered
new cutting edge technology developments in the formation evaluation of
Horizontal and Under-Balance-Drilled wells to enhance data quality and reduce
evaluation costs. These were successfully implemented in the profitable
development of the Tight Gas plays in the SNS.
Petrophysicist, Shell UK, Aberdeen:
Designed
evaluation and test programmes to ensure exploration well objectives were met. Evaluated
a number of new data analysis procedures leading to recommendations on their
adoption by Shell in the UK.
Designed and conducted Shell’s first successful tests of FEWD tools, resulting
in a position paper on their use throughout Shell.
Senior Engineer, British Gas,
Newcastle:
Successfully
developed 3D mathematical models of a magnetic pipeline inspection vehicle
leading to its introduction into field service. Created new techniques
involving Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence for the automatic
interpretation of large volumes of data. Supervised full-time and part-time
staff and managed contracts for farmed-out R&D work.
Research Assistant, Newcastle Polytechnic:
Lectured
in statistics, applied maths, and computing while pursuing research leading to
the award of M.Phil for a thesis on the analysis of dopant profiles in
semi-conductor materials.
