Wednesday 12 July 2017

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Io Oil & Gas – Baker Hughes a GE Company – GE Oil & Gas - McDermott


Could this be the team to realise the potential of Aminex?



Aminex announced Appointment of io oil & gas consulting to Conduct Gas Development Study

On 10th July Aminex-PLC stated that they are pleased to report the appointment of io oil & gas consulting, a Baker Hughes, a GE Company, and McDermott joint venture, to prepare a gas commercialisation study to assist with the development of the Ntorya field, part of the Company's Ruvuma PSA acreage in Tanzania. The study is designed to identify gas monetisation options available to the Company including potential early development facilities to supply gas to local market and enable near term revenue generation.

The Ntorya-2 appraisal well was drilled earlier this year and successfully tested in March 2017 at a stabilized rate of 17 million cubic feet per day. The well was suspended for future production. Aminex's management estimates that the Ntorya appraisal area has Pmean GIIP of 466 billion cubic feet.


Gas from longer-term development of the field is
expected to be supplied to the Natural Gas Pipeline and in conjunction with this Aminex is keen to implement solutions for early monetisation of Ntorya gas prior to full field development and construction of associated infrastructure. The Company may explore options to collaborate further in the future with io oil & gas consulting and to leverage Baker Hughes, a GE Company, and McDermott expertise in developing gas infrastructure in Tanzania.


Here we take a look at the team...



io is a team of highly experienced industry experts, with a broad range of experience

io is led by CEO Richard Dyson. Richard is passionate about effecting transformation in the oil and gas industry, and of finding the new and different ways of working which are paramount for projects to be enabled in this ‘lower for longer’ world.

Richard Dyson
Ceo
Richard has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and is a skilled upstream executive with wide ranging expertise in both developing strategic direction and executing projects. During his career, Richard has held various leadership roles giving him strong international knowledge and expertise working across geographies including US, UK, London, Brazil, Norway, Middle East, Caspian region and Kazakhstan. He has led a number of significant feasibility and concept selection studies for all manner of clients and has a keen interest in organisational decision quality.

As CEO of io, he is heading up io’s vision and implementing change in the oil and gas industry. io is a new model of upstream consultancy that delivers much-needed certainty into the design and planning of oil and gas development by starting with the end in mind. Working in direct partnership with operators to reach their specific objectives, io provides the formidable combination of an independent consultancy offering a range of services. In engineering expertise it is unrivalled in its unique offer of deep sector knowledge and full field development expertise.

Oliver Dixon
Coo & Cfo

Oliver has spent 15 years driving companies’ growth strategies through acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, most recently with GE Oil & Gas’s subsea division. He brings strategic thinking, strong project execution skills and an in-depth understanding of business models across different industries. Oliver will focus on establishing the infrastructure for the business to service its customers and optimising the business performance.

Oliver Dixon is Chief Financial Officer of io oil & gas consulting, a joint venture of GE Oil & Gas and McDermott International, Inc. that harnesses powerful thinking to deliver certainty across complex offshore oil and gas projects.

Chris Freeman
Senior partner & director field development

Dr Freeman has more than 30 years of experience within oil and gas, and has held positions at BG Group and the UK government and industry initiative -Leading Oil & Gas Industry Competitiveness (LOGIC).

Phil Penfold
Partner & global business director

Phil is a Partner & Global Director for Business Development at io, a new model of upstream consultancy that delivers much-needed certainty into the design and planning of oil and gas developments. io provides a wide range of strategic consultancy and advisory services covering reservoir due diligence, M&A advisory, field development planning, development economics, gas monetisation strategies and consortium development.

Phil is a versatile and pro-active leader with a strong track record of working across global organisations in multiple sectors to achieve business goals. Resounding expertise in business development and customer relationship management formed from strong personal integrity, commitment to excellence and best practice. Experienced in operations management and able to translate this experience into strategy development and delivery of business growth. Possess significant business and commercial acumen, communication and influencing skills.

He has over 30 years’ experience in professional services working with clients in the hydrocarbons and infrastructure sectors and has held various roles in Leadership, Business Development including Global Customer Relationship Management, Proposal Management and Project Controls. His previous roles were Advisian Managing Director Europe and Regional Consulting Director role for Europe, Middle East and North Africa where he established the UK Consulting business alongside the development of Consulting across the region which ultimately leading to the formation of Advisian.

Mike Nevin
Partner & vice president operations – Middle East

Mike joined io from Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants where he had been Country manager (UAE for the previous 8 years, prior to that he was Senior and then Principal Process Engineer over an 8 year period after serving as a Process enginner for 3 ½ years at KBR, Inc.

Ed Hernandez
Partner & vice president of operations – Americas

Responsible for overall direction and sustainable growth in the Americas region. Create execution models to support the development of key upstream projects for regional operators with specific focus on improving operational efficiencies, bridging organizational gaps, providing innovative technical solutions, reducing capital cost and organizing equity schemes where necessary. Build Americas team with industrial diversity - subsurface and reservoir, drilling and completions, subsea, production facilities and affiliated infrastructure. Powerful thinking, better solutions

Robert Dickson
Partner and business development - Africa

23 years’ experience of adding value to E&P clients across the globe. For the past 10 years Robert has been a Management Consulting and E&P adviser on subjects such as Field Development, Production and Operations Efficiency, Digital Oilfield and Unconventional Oil and Gas.

Rob Thomson
business development director – AsiaPac

Responsible for overall direction and sustainable growth in the Americas region. Create execution models to support the development of key upstream projects for regional operators with specific focus on improving operational efficiencies, bridging organizational gaps, providing innovative technical solutions, reducing capital cost and organizing equity schemes where necessary. Build Americas team with industrial diversity - subsurface and reservoir, drilling and completions, subsea, production facilities and affiliated infrastructure. Powerful thinking, better solutions.




Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world’s first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

BHGE helps its customers acquire, transport and refine hydrocarbons more efficiently, productively and safely, with a smaller environmental footprint and at lower cost per barrel. Backed by the digital industrial strength of GE, the company deploys minds, machines and the cloud to break down silos and reduce waste and risk, applying breakthroughs from other industries to advance its own.

With operations in over 120 countries, the company’s global scale, local know-how and commitment to service infuse over a century of experience with the spirit of a startup – inventing smarter ways to bring energy to the world.


GE Oil & Gas is inventing the next industrial era in the oil and gas sector, with an impressive portfolio of capabilities across the value chain.

Constantly pushing the boundaries of technology to solve today’s toughest operational and commercial challenges, GE Oil & Gas has the skills, knowledge and technical expertise to bring together the physical and digital worlds to fuel the future, providing advanced technology and innovative solutions through high quality products and services.


Established in the 1960s
>15,000 employees
Operating in 70 countries


McDermott is a vertically integrated and leading engineering, procurement, construction and installation services provider for upstream fixed and floating production facilities, pipelines and subsea systems for complex offshore and subsea oil and gas projects.

From concept to commissioning, McDermott helps oil companies safely produce and transport hydrocarbons. McDermott’s locally focused and globally integrated resources include a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels, fabrication facilities and engineering offices.


Established in 1923

~12,400 employees

Operating in 20 countries