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Resume
Roger Hough retired from Shell in November 1999 after
32 years in the oilfield, and has set up a consultancy to capitalise on
his experience in oilfield operations and competitive intelligence - particularly
competitive technical intelligence (CTI).
Roger Hough has worked in the oil industry since 1967
when he joined Shell after graduating in Applied Mineral Sciences that
year from the University of Leeds. He has worked for Shell in various
countries - notably UK, Italy, Malta, Brunei, Oman, Netherlands, Canada,
and Venezuela. His last position was at the Shell Research and Technology
Centre in Rijswijk, The Netherlands where he was Senior Manager responsible
for intellectual property management. This involved both Disclosure
management and competitive technical intelligence. He is a member
of SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals).
In his previous assignment, Venezuela, as Operations Manager
he was charged with getting an offshore drilling and production venture
operational, (sour production) resulting in an increase in production
from some 8000 b/d in mid 1995 to nearly 50,000 b/d at the end of 1997.
Prior to that he had various assignments in the area of
drilling technology and petroleum engineering.
Hough has been active with the Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE) over many years, has chaired a number of technical conferences,
and has been an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on the topic of Slim Hole Drilling Technology.
Career Summary
| 2000 - |
Independent consultant. Currently member of SPE Distinguished
Lecturer Committee. Previously member of SPE Annual Meeting Programme
Committee, and Drilling Engineering Awards Committee. SCIP Calgary
coordinator 2000 - 2002. Lectures on drilling
technology. |
| 1998 - 1999 |
Senior Manager, External Liaison, responsible for Intellectual
Property management, and Competitive Technical Intelligence. |
| 1998 |
Manager - Benchmarking, Shell International Exploration
& Production, Netherlands responsible for benchmarking various
Shell production operations. |
| 1995 - 1998 |
Operations Manager - Shell Venezuela, Maracaibo |
| 1993 - 1995 |
Petroleum Engineering Manager / Senior Drilling Advisor
- Shell Canada, Calgary |
| 1989 - 1993 |
Manager - Well Technology Research – Shell Research,
Netherlands. During this time initiated a number of technologies that
are having major impact on the industry such as drilling dynamics,
slim hole and expandable tubulars |
| 1987 - 1989 |
Head of Drilling Operations - Petroleum Development,
Oman |
| 1984 - 1987 |
Head of Petroleum Engineering - Shell UK Exploration
and Production, Aberdeen, UK |
| 1982 - 1984 |
Head of Operations Engineering - Shell UK Exploration
and Production, Aberdeen, UK |
| 1978 - 1982 |
Head of Operation Engineering - Petroleum Development,
Oman |
| 1974 - 1978 |
Head of Operations Engineering – Brunei Shell Petroleum
Company |
| 1973 - 1974 |
Petroleum Engineer - Shell Italiana and Malta Shell |
| 1968 - 1973 |
Wellsite Petroleum Engineer / Operation Engineer / Computer
Applications Engineer - Shell Expro, Lowestoft and London, UK |
| 1967 - 1968 |
Basic training - The Hague, Netherlands |
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Service
Joined SPE 1972
Programme committee - Middle East Oil Show 1981
Instrumental in forming the Oman SPE Section after protracted negotiations
with the Omani Government
Programme committees - Offshore Europe 1983, 1985
Programme committee - Europec 1984
Programme Chairman - SPE Aberdeen Section 1985-7
Programme Chairman - Offshore Europe 1987
Membership Chairman - Oman Section 1988-89
Programme Chairman - Europec 1990
Member of 1991 SPE Nominating Committee
Fund Raising Chairman - SPE Hague Section 1991-2
SPE Forum Series Chairman - Slim Hole Drilling 1993
SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 1994-5 season
SPE Drilling Engineering Awards Committee 1999-2001
SPE Annual Technical Conference Program Committee 2000 - 2002
SPE Distinguished Lecturer selection committee 2002 - 2004
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