Annual Report 2010 - Ophir Energy

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Control room on the rig floor, Deepsea Stavanger
Michael Fischer Bsc (hons), phD - Chief Operating Officer
Dr Fischer is a geologist who spent the first 10 years of
his career with BP Exploration in Aberdeen. Following
assignments in Spain, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the
People’s Republic of China, he moved to Woodside Energy
Ltd. (“Woodside”) in Perth, where he was part of the group
responsible for building the company’s position outside of
the North West Shelf interests (Woodside’s primary
Australian producing asset). Dr Fischer was part of the core
team responsible for developing and delivering Woodside’s
international strategy. Dr Fischer then took on the position
of asset manager (West Africa) and led the team responsible
for discoveries at Chinguetti, Banda and Tiof. He left
Woodside in 2004 to join OMV Exploration & Production
GmbH as senior vice-president for exploration, operations
and projects where he had full responsibility for both the
geoscience and engineering technical functions. Dr Fischer
joined Ophir in 2006.
John innes Bcom, h Dip Acc, AcA - Director - Finance
Mr Innes is a chartered accountant (qualified in Australia)
with over 20 years’ experience in the resources sector.
Before joining the oil industry in 2001, Mr Innes was a
project manager with responsibility for the overseeing of
Australia’s then largest mining company’s interests in two
large joint ventures in Western Australia. In 2001, Mr Innes
joined Fusion as the finance manager where he was
responsible for all financial and corporate affairs of the
Fusion group. Prior to entering the resources sector Mr Innes
was a senior manager with Deloitte working in Australia
and South Africa where he specialised in corporate advisory
services, taxation and assurance. Mr Innes joined Ophir
in 2004.
Crew change, Deepsea Stavanger
David Bond Bsc (hons) - Director - Drilling
Mr Bond began his career in 1981 as a drilling engineer
with ConocoPhillips Ltd in the North Sea. He has held
several positions in both engineering and supervision
with BHP Petroleum in the Timor Sea and with Woodside.
During his time with Woodside, he pioneered the
development of the “Technical Limit” management process
which significantly changed Woodside’s drilling and
completion performance and has since been adopted by
several major oil companies around the world. Mr Bond was
also Woodside’s international drilling manager and he led
Woodside’s first international operation in deepwater
offshore Mauritania. Prior to joining Ophir, Mr Bond was
general manager (drilling & completions) for Reliance
Industries Limited in India, managing a multi-rig operation
for both ultra-deepwater exploration and ultra-deepwater
developments. Mr Bond is currently leading Ophir’s
capability expansion to drill in ultra-deepwater in Africa.
Mr Bond joined Ophir in 2007.
Andy Oldham Bsc (hons) - Director - Exploration
Mr Oldham began his career in 1981 with Seismograph
Service Limited working for six years in North Africa and
Australia as a field geophysicist and party chief. He then
spent nine years with Santos Limited, working as an
exploration geophysicist on the Cooper/Eromanga Basins
and the Timor Sea. In 1997, he joined Woodside, and during
his ten years there he acted as a technical coordinator on
the Mauritanian, Algerian and Kenyan assets, overseeing the
subsurface exploration teams in those areas. Mr Oldham is
currently responsible for all exploration activities within the
operated and non-operated assets. Mr Oldham joined Ophir
in 2007.
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