About us

Oil & Gas UK Officers

Co-Chairs

	Bob Keiller Chief Executive PSN
	Archie Kennedy Managing Director ConocoPhillips UK Ltd

Vice-Chairs

	Mike Bowyer Managing Director Halliburton
	John Gallagher Vice President Technical - Europe Shell UK E&P

Hon. Treasurer

Jon Murphy Chief Operating Officer Venture Production plc

The Oil & Gas UK Directorate

Chief Executive

Malcolm Webb mwebb@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

Andrew Bassett Executive Assistant abassett@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Alex Cottenham Team Secretary acottenham@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Policy Directorates

Operations

Paul Dymond Operations Director pdymond@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

	Norman McLennan Supply Chain Manager nmclennan@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Euan Meldrum Operations Project Manager emeldrum@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Lindsay Stenhouse Operations Business Analyst lstenhouse@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Samantha Reid Business Support Assistant sreid@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Health, Safety and Environment

Chris Allen Health, Safety and Environment Director callen@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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 industry’s skills academy and represents member company interests to all relevant government departments and regulators, including Scottish Government, HSE, BERR, DEFRA, SEPA, EA, DTP and CAA.

	Mick Borwell Environmental Issues Manager mborwell@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Robert Paterson Safety Issues Manager rpaterson@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	John Conmy European Affairs Consultant jconmy@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Bob Kyle Safety Consultant bkyle@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Jessica Burton Health, Safety & Social Business Analyst jburton@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Stuart Kirk Environmental Business Analyst skirk@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Heather Maxwell Business Support Assistant hmaxwell@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Economics and Commercial

Mike Tholen Economics and Commercial Director mtholen@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

	David Odling Gas & Commercial Issues Manager dodling@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Agustin Rivara Fiscal Issues Manager arivara@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	James Eustace Economics Business Analyst jeustace@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Communications

Trisha O'Reilly Communications Director toreilly@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

	Rona MacDonald Government Relations Manager rmacdonald@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Sally Fraser Press & PR Manager sfraser@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Britta Hallbauer Press & PR Manager bhallhauer@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Fiona Bridgeman Marketing Services Executive fbridgeman@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Alexa Chaffer Communications Executive achaffer@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Stacey Hopkin Events Executive shopkin@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Louise Wood Events Executive lwood@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Kerry Fulcher Communications Assistant kfulcher@oilandgasuk.co.uk

Finance and Corporate Services

Graham Elgie Finance and Corporate Services Director gelgie@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

	Frances Russell Finance Manager frussell@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Sarah Fisher Accounts Assistant sfisher@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Kristelle Papie Accounts Assistant kpapie@oilandgasuk.co.uk			Gemma Bruce Business Support Assistant (Aberdeen) gbruce@oilandgasuk.co.uk
	Katasha Rose Business Support Assistant (London) krose@oilandgasuk.co.uk

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.

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

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

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 Willie Gibson, Support Team Member Russell Robertson, Support Team Member Mechelle Gordon, Technical Administrator

To find out more about becoming a member, email membership@oilandgasuk.co.uk