Online Talk | The Art of Subsurface Assurance: How to Ensure Your Technical Work is Assured

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Event Information

Speaker: Dr Stuart Archer, Petroleum Geologist

Topic: The Art of Subsurface Assurance: How to Ensure Your Technical Work is Assured 

Abstract

Subsurface assurance is an important activity in all oil companies with implications for HSE, technical / economic success and ultimately the reputation of the company. When done well it goes unnoticed, functioning smoothly behind the scenes as part of everyday work (the early days, little and often assurance model) but all too frequently assurance can become a high profile ‘battle ground’ when technical teams and assurers lose the mutual trust and respect that is a pre-requisite for success (the late, hot and heavy assurance model).  There is an art to being an assurer as it requires not only experience, technical acumen and the insight to foreshadow potential problems but an ability to work well with people as a technical mentor.

Speaker Biography

Dr Stuart Archer is a petroleum geologist, with 30 years experience and skills in reservoir characterisation. His research interests are in clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. Previously, he held the position of Director of the exploHUB Training Centre at the University of Aberdeen and has also worked in industry in for ConocoPhillips, Dana Petroleum, Maersk Oil, Total, RPS, Chrysaor and Harbour Energy (in Aberdeen, Houston, Copenhagen and London).  For the last 10 years he has specialised in Subsurface Assurance. He is currently on a career break and plans to travel to the US this summer to watch Scotland at the World Cup…in a kilt and with his bagpipes!

This meeting is organised by the Risk, Resources, Economics and Commercial SIG committee.