Petroleum Data Manager

I am working at QATAR PETROLEUM in E&P data management as a SENIOR PETROLEUM DATA ANALYST. I have over twenty years experience in information management with wide experience in petroleum data management.

SENIOR PETROLEUM DATA ANALYST, Qatar Petroleum, Doha, Qatar
February 2001 – Current
I work in the Oil & Gas Ventures Technical Service Department in Qatar Petroleum. I manage technical records centre services with a team of 8 staff. We provide cost-effective and timely delivery of document, data and scanning services for geoscientists and petroleum engineers for field development and reservoir studies. The team is responsible for the indexing cataloguing all documents and scanning services for the Directorate. We also ensure timely delivery of technical data to bidders for appraisal of hydrocarbon potential during block bidding rounds. I support the development the master database system. I manage a copying & scanning contract with an external contractor and have responsibility for writing client service QMS procedures and KPIs for ISO 9000 accreditation. I am department focal point for training services, budget preparation, annual business plan preparation, record centre relocations, health & safety plans and job descriptions.

RECORDS MANAGER, Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO), Benghazi, Libya
1998 - 2000
I worked for a records management consultancy company (Kestrel Ltd) to set up and maintain an electronic records management system. I wrote and implemented records management procedures and conducted training courses. I also established a training services records system.

HSE DATA CENTRE SUPERVISOR, Shell Chemicals, London UK
1996 - 1998
Established and managed an HSE Information Centre. I installed a networked health and safety CD-ROM database service.

RECORDS MANAGEMENT ADVISOR, Archive & Records Centre, Manama, Bahrain
1992 - 1995
Developed records management process/procedures for Government of Bahrain and gave assistance and training in records management to employees of the Government Records Centre.

BUSINESS INFORMATION OFFICER, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados
1990 - 1992
Employed by the Commonwealth Secretariat and set up a Small Business Data Centre and an electronic data retrieval system to assist business advisors at the development bank and small businesses throughout the Caribbean.

TECHNICAL LIBRARIAN, Johnson Matthey, Reading, UK
1988 - 1990
I managed the technical library for an electronic and chemical company.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
BSc (Honours) in Chemistry from Liverpool University (1979)
Diploma in Librarianship & Information Studies from John Moores University (1983)