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...
One oil or gas field in the North Sea is of a similar scale and complexity to many mid-size companies on the FTSE 250 – so it’s not surprising that field development plans are extensive, complex and in need of review. Companies often ask advisors like those at...
In the oil and gas industry, it’s easy for the energy transition to be dominated by a charged debate: is it happening too fast or not fast enough? Oil and gas companies, caught between two sets of stakeholders, can sometimes find it hard to look beyond the tension,...
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? It’s been said that if you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs....
At Rockflow, our team members have backgrounds as explorers, developers and operators and we’re great respecters of discipline expertise. Out of necessity most people working in the oil industry are specialists of one kind or another (or at least, this is how they...
