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21 Apr 2023

Ask the Expert: Determining a successful Well Interventions Team, and overcoming challenges with Add Energy’s Senior Production Engineer Trina Morillo

In the latest installment of our ‘Ask the Experts’ series, Add Energy’s Well Integrity and Production Optimization expert, Trina Morillo, shares powerful insights from her diverse career in oil and gas, which has spanned from Venezuela to Australia.

10 Mar 2023

Meet our Drilling and Wells trainers in The Add Energy Academy

At Add Energy, we're passionate about what we do! That’s why we’ve carefully designed our own comprehensive training courses on drilling and well integrity to fill the current knowledge gap and lack of training around these subjects, as well as the growing pressure for teams to upskill.

08 Mar 2023

Ask the Expert: Why safety is needed now more than ever, with Add Energy’s Executive Vice President of Safety and Risk Engineering, Jim Morrison

Located in Melbourne, Add Energy’s Executive Vice President of Safety and Risk Engineering, Jim Morrison, has gained an acute awareness of crisis management and risk management.

Jim has been a leader in providing world class consultancy services to a diverse range of organizations across the world so they can implement safer working practices, from well engineering and drilling completion teams, to ports and maritime facilities.

28 Feb 2023

Expanding Add Energy’s drilling and wells capabilities into Asia: Meet our new Senior Drilling Engineer

Since joining ABL Group in July, 2022, Add Energy’s Drilling and Wells division now has the ability to offer a full engineering lifecycle to our clients. With new opportunities arising, we are excited to announce the expansion of our Wells division with in-country presence into Asia.

Azman Johari Skymmar has joined Add Energy’s Drilling and Wells division as a Senior Drilling Engineer. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Skymmar’s new role will consist of expanding, developing and operationalizing Add Energy’s Well Engineering expertise in this region. With a background in production and drilling engineering, Skymmar has over 25 years of experience in the industry and looks forward to the opportunity to work on more technically challenging ventures and use his local connections to grow the new Malaysian presence.

01 Feb 2023

The NORSOK D-010 standard and why it is fundamental to well integrity management

Developed by Norway’s oil industry initiative, NORSOK, the well-respected D-010 standard for well integrity in drilling and well operations defines the minimal functional requirements for well design, planning and execution with the aim of maintaining well integrity throughout the life-cycle of the well. It includes a mixture of functional and prescriptive guidelines which are found very useful to operators, who use the standard as part of their management system and service contracts, and to regulators, who include references to D-010 as part of their guidelines.

21 Dec 2022

Relief well planning and why you need it, with Add Energy’s Senior Vice President of Well Control and Blowout Support

Historically, relief well planning skills and knowledge were guarded in secrecy by a few industry specialists, however, it is a vital last line of defense in the case of a blowout. Add Energy’s course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to relief well planning and what should be included in a plan so operators can drill more safely and react swiftly in the case of a blowout.

In this blog post, we speak to the creator of the course and Add Energy’s Senior Vice President of Well Control and Blowout Support, Ray Tommy Oskarsen. We ask him to share his valuable insights on what relief well planning is, what it requires, and why it is fundamental to any drilling and wells operation…

19 Aug 2022

Evaluation of possible pressure reduction in relation to blowout and kill rates

Commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority, Add Energy has produced a report that evaluates possible pressure reduction in relation to blowout and kill rates.

14 Mar 2022

How to boost team spirit in drilling teams to maximize performance

In a recent poll on our LinkedIn page, we asked Drilling Managers to vote for what they believe is the most important daily habit to do their job as effectively as possible. ‘Offering discussion opportunities’, ‘Daily HSSEQ discussions’ and ‘Holding efficient meetings’ were among the votes, but a focus on team spirit was the top habit, receiving 43% of the votes.

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Ask the Expert: Determining a successful Well Interventions Team, and overcoming challenges with Add Energy’s Senior Production Engineer Trina Morillo

Meet our Drilling and Wells trainers in The Add Energy Academy

Ask the Expert: Why safety is needed now more than ever, with Add Energy’s Executive Vice President of Safety and Risk Engineering, Jim Morrison

Located in Melbourne, Add Energy’s Executive Vice President of Safety and Risk Engineering, Jim Morrison, has gained an acute awareness of crisis management and risk management.

Expanding Add Energy’s drilling and wells capabilities into Asia: Meet our new Senior Drilling Engineer

Since joining ABL Group in July, 2022, Add Energy’s Drilling and Wells division now has the ability to offer a full engineering lifecycle to our clients. With new opportunities arising, we are excited to announce the expansion of our Wells division with in-country presence into Asia.

The NORSOK D-010 standard and why it is fundamental to well integrity management

Relief well planning and why you need it, with Add Energy’s Senior Vice President of Well Control and Blowout Support

Evaluation of possible pressure reduction in relation to blowout and kill rates

Commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority, Add Energy has produced a report that evaluates possible pressure reduction in relation to blowout and kill rates.

How to boost team spirit in drilling teams to maximize performance

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