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How to make quality assurance consistent

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

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Delivering technical quality under time pressure

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How assurance can aid businesses to deliver greater value

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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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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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Our trade secret: Why clients keep coming back to Rockflow

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How upstream O&G companies can navigate disagreement

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

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

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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

Is there a project or investment opportunity that’s lying ...

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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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what start-ups need in order to win the energy transition - Rockflow

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

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

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

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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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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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Myth busting: fresh thinking for the energy transition

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

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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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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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The art and science of depth conversion

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

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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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What is the role of an Expert Witness?

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

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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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Trusted, independent opinions need a competent person

What does it mean to be a "Competetent Person" and ...

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

Do you really treat data as an asset?

How often have you heard leaders state we need to ...

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Depth Conversion – the geophysical black art?

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

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The psychological game of unitisation

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Rockflow’s Lewis Gillhespy to present at PETEX 2024 on Subsurface Transformation in the Digital Age

Rockflow, a leading consultancy in energy subsurface solutions, is proud to announce that Lewis Gillhespy, one of its senior technical leaders, will be presenting at the upcoming PETEX 2024 Conference. The event, renowned as one of the most significant...

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

Delivering technical quality under time pressure

How assurance can aid businesses to deliver greater value

Diagnosis before cure: when to call an upstream doctor

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

Our trade secret: Why clients keep coming back to Rockflow

How upstream O&G companies can navigate disagreement

Is material balance analysis kryptonite for the modern geocellular model?

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

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

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

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

How an advisor can unblock a ‘stuck’ opportunity

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

What startups need in order to win in the energy transition

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

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

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

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

Honesty and Integrity are the essential characteristics of an Expert Witness

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

Myth busting: fresh thinking for the energy transition

Subsurface assessment: the critical difference between evidence and assumptions

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

Assurance and agility: Are these two opposing qualities?

The art and science of depth conversion

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

What is the role of an Expert Witness?

Deal Due Diligence: what goes wrong and why?

Trusted, independent opinions need a competent person

The 7 deadly sins of oil field development

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

Podcast: Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Lewis Gillhespy

Do you really treat data as an asset?

Depth Conversion – the geophysical black art?

The psychological game of unitisation

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Rockflow’s Lewis Gillhespy to present at PETEX 2024 on Subsurface Transformation in the Digital Age