Over the last 30 years, the oil and gas industry has developed strong and flexible processes to drive efficient business performance and become innovative at developing new products. Once a company has made a discovery with an exploration well, what usually follows is...
In the oil and gas industry, so much depends on technical excellence. The same applies to unitisation – when you’re dividing up a straddling field that crosses the licence boundaries of two or more companies, you need a sound technical understanding of the opportunity...
How would you identify good quality assurance? Can you be certain the reviewers have considered everything they need to know? How would you be able to tell that you have what you need to proceed with confidence, when you’re potentially risking millions on an upstream...
We’re going to disclose information based on consulting experience that we have never before shared outside of Rockflow. Of course, this isn’t our first or last word on consultancy. There’s plenty we’ve already said about the value of a multidisciplinary team and of...
When people want assurance, they’re often looking for certainty. But in the oil and gas industry, and particularly in subsurface disciplines, certainty is rarely a factor you can count on. What you actually need are experts who can help you manage and navigate varying...
The Technical Expert’s role, indeed his or her overriding responsibility, is to assist a tribunal or court on matters within his or her expertise. This contrasts with a factual witness whose role is to present his or her recollection of the facts. To be useful to the...