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A cross examination of Expert Witness selection in the oil and gas industry

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Three Lessons in high-stakes field development plans

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The timeless value of Decision Quality in 2025

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GESGB interviews Alan Atkinson, Geoscience Director at Rockflow

GESGB’s series ‘Wiggle Room’ interviews Rockflow’s Geoscience Director, ...

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Trusted, independent opinions need a competent person

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How assurance can aid businesses to deliver greater value

When people want assurance, they’re often looking for certainty. ...

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The two foundational questions for every upstream asset strategy

In the upstream oil and gas industry, asset managers can ...

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How to make quality assurance more consistent, reliable, and effective

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Exploration: the need for optimism, and how to temper it

Anyone who’s spent a day in the oil and ...

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Article Why we need to talk more about exploration failure at Rockflow

Why we need to talk more about exploration failure

We’ve spoken before about how explorers need to be ...

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Agile and digital – is it what incumbent players are missing in the energy transition?

Many of our team at Rockflow have spent years working ...

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Assurance and agility: Are these two opposing qualities?

Many independent companies in the oil and gas industry are ...

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Assurance as it could be: A not-so-costly investment

Since October 2023, we have had plenty to reflect on at ...

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Why renewing an asset strategy often fails and how to get it right

Over the last 30 years, the oil and gas industry has ...

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The myths surrounding assurance in upstream Oil and Gas

Why assurance gets a poor reputation, and how you can ...

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So, you want to be an upstream oil and gas consultant…

Oil and gas projects are often built on the work ...

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Article Rockflow approach - How to treat data as a real oil and gas asset

Do you really treat data as an asset?

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The 7 deadly sins of oil field development

The team at Rockflow have seen developments of virtually every ...

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Honesty and Integrity are the essential characteristics of an Expert Witness

No one would doubt that integrity is an essential element ...

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Is your field development plan ready to progress? How to create the best outcomes?

One oil or gas field in the North Sea is ...

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Myth busting: fresh thinking for the energy transition

In the oil and gas industry, it’s easy for ...

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What startups need in order to win in the energy transition

While we aren’t really picking favourites in the energy ...

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How small operators can become first-class well planners

Without a thorough and systematic well planning process, you’re ...

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Negotiations: The art, the science, and the questions you should be asking

Negotiations play a pivotal role in the oil and gas ...

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Our trade secret: Why clients keep coming back to Rockflow

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Article When do you need to hire the services of a technical master in the oil and gas industry? Well, a better question might be: when can you afford anything less than a master?

Technical mastery: What is it? And when should you call on it?

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The limitations of in-house specialists: a case of sticky oil

At Rockflow, our team members have backgrounds as explorers, developers ...

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How an advisor can unblock a ‘stuck’ opportunity

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Know what you don’t know – the value of specialists

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A cross examination of Expert Witness selection in the oil and gas industry

This article is by Zoe Young, the head of Rockflow’...

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Arbitration, litigation, and card games: Why disputes occur and how to resolve them

Although Rockflow is a technical upstream consultancy, a number of ...

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How to build a culture of peer-to-peer challenging among your engineers

In any industry, established best practices are essential for ensuring ...

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Article The art and science of depth conversion

The art and science of depth conversion

Very few would claim expertise in depth conversion. Although geoscientists ...

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How upstream O&G companies can navigate disagreement

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The data customer is always right: understanding the roles in managing data quality

In the oil and gas industry, data quality is everything. ...

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How to find an expert among expert witnesses

On the surface, the role of an expert witness might ...

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Three Lessons in high-stakes field development plans

The stakes are usually high with any field development plan. ...

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Depth Conversion – the geophysical black art?

Depth conversion: every seismic interpreter needs to do it, or ...

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What is the role of an Expert Witness?

The Technical Expert’s role, indeed his or her overriding ...

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The timeless value of Decision Quality in 2025

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Podcast: Digital gets real in mid-market oil and gas with Lewis Gillhespy

Podcast Overview: Digital innovations in oil and gas with Geoffrey ...

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Asset management: how to support this overlooked discipline in the upstream O&G industry

Make a quick list in your head of all the ...

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The psychological game of unitisation

In the oil and gas industry, so much depends on ...

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In praise of the mapmaker: Why they’re more vital than you might think

When the world was less thoroughly travelled, cartographer’s maps ...

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Why you won’t understand geomodelling until you’ve spoken to a true master of the discipline

What does a specialist geomodeller do, exactly? The answer sounds ...

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Article Why Decision Quality is important (and why it so easily falters)

Why Decision Quality is important (and why it so easily falters)

One might assume that the importance of Decision Quality is ...

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Diagnosis before cure: when to call an upstream doctor

The challenge with every upstream project is finding what the ...

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Deal Due Diligence: what goes wrong and why?

We can all think of deals have gone wrong. Common ...

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15 companies are following this data roadmap – how do you compare?

Lewis Gillhespy, Executive Advisor at Rockflow, is one of our ...

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Subsurface assessment: the critical difference between evidence and assumptions

The foundation of any assessment rests on two elements: quality ...

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Is material balance analysis kryptonite for the modern geocellular model?

In an industry so driven by technology as oil and ...

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Can a business run as a democracy? 7 lessons from a worker’s co-operative

Ask any group of entrepreneurs and company founders why they ...

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Article Translation, delegation and saying no: the key to leading subsurface teams

Translation, delegation and saying no: the key to leading subsurface teams

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Five steps to bringing data into the boardroom

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Planning exploration? Know how your discovery will make money first!

It’s easy to think of oil and gas exploration ...

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Podcast: Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Lewis Gillhespy

Lewis Gillhespy joins renowned speaker, author and podcast host Geoffrey ...

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Delivering technical quality under time pressure

Being able to move quickly is an essential capability for ...

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Well planning: is it time to evolve your process?

Risk is an inherent part of life when you’re ...

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Lewis Gillhespy to lead Technical Excellence Practice at Rockflow

Rockflow, one of the UK’s most trusted independent expert subsurface and management advisory firms, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lewis Gillhespy as Practice Lead for Technical Excellence. Leading the Technical Excellence Practice reflects...

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