Wireline Issue 43 - Autumn 2018

News Round-Up | Oil & Gas UK

New Society for Petroleum Data Managers A new professional society has been launched with the aim of inspiring lifelong learning, advanced knowledge, and career development for petroleum data managers. The Society for Petroleum Data Managers (SPDM) is a result of collaboration between Oil & Gas UK subsidiary Common Data Access Limited (CDA), and Norway-based data and information management community ECIM. Both organisations have an established track record of supporting and promoting petroleum data management in the oil and gas industry, and the joint formation of an independent society is a natural progression of these initiatives. SPDM is a member-driven, non-commercial professional society, populated by individual members. It is currently led by an interim board, comprising individuals nominated by the founder organisations. The objective of the interim board is to establish the society and initial services, begin recruiting members, and organise elections to establish and hand over governance to a member-elected board.

All individuals with an interest in petroleum data management are invited to join – membership opens in 2019.

Find out more about the Society for Petroleum Data Managers: https:// societypdm.com/

Legal conference Despite the wild weather, a record number of delegates attended the 5th Oil & Gas UK legal conference at Aberdeen airport on 20 September. Following a business update from Mike Tholen, topics covered included OGA regulatory matters, decommissioning, legal privilege, ‘Commercial Sharp Practice’ and an update on the latest court decisions on contractual interpretation. Murdo McLeod QC provided an outstanding after-dinner speech, and a good number of delegates then answered the Conference Co- Chair’s call to “Carry on Networking” in the bar until well after midnight.

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