Michael Stewart

Business Unit Director for Sword Venture UK

I am responsible for the development and implementation of the Sword Venture Sales strategy, Account Management, Marketing and ensuring our team achieves sales focussed targets.

Responsible for a range of offsite and onsite DataCo managed Projects and Services, based in our Aberdeen Technical Office and client sites, covering Data and Information Management domains. Primarily responsible for the financial and personnel management of our Aberdeen Technical facility. • Petrophysical Well Log Managed Service - 7+ years • Subsurface Data Managed Services and Projects - 7+ years • Client site full Well and Seismic Data Managed Service - 5+ years • IM governance projects and programmes - 3-5 years • Document and data migrations - 3-5 years • Internal technology and tool development - 3-5 years • Project and Services Manager for Wells, Seismic and Information Management projects and managed services • Maintain a high level overview of all project teams, ranging from small 2 person teams to large 8-10 person teams servicing large multi-national oil companies. • Responsible for Project initiation and start-up, planning, implementation and delivery • Responsible for coordinating the full Tender process for DataCo UK including contracual, commercial and technical responses. • Project scoping and planning, project tracking and reporting to the client • Assisted in managing global projects, working in different time zones for multiple stakeholders • Implemented DataCo’s own Project Management Office (PMO) and continue to act as the Focal Point for our Aberdeen Technical Office Key Skills • Project and Programme Management (Prince2 accredited) • Business Analysis (BCS accredited) • Service Delivery Management (ITIL 3 accredited) • Subsurface Data Management • Information Management • Financial and operational planning, analysis and control • Proposal and Technical writing • Tender Management I continue to consult in the Data Management and Information Management domains, primarily focussing on SME, Business Analysis and Project Management type roles.

• Petrophysical curve editing, producing QC’d spliced curve sets for both exploration geologists and petrophysicists. • Data mining, data capture, loading and QC of required attributes for well header and numerous subsurface data types including, log curves, check shot, deviation surveys, casing, core intervals, test data, picks etc. • Collaboration with Geodetic specialists for capture and quality assurance of all well positional data, including surface co-ordinates, deviation surveys and bottom hole positions • Development of ad-hoc database solutions to assist with the rationalisation of large and complex datasets • File storage/loading/sharing among many key programs i.e. RECALL and OpenWorks, Geolog and Petrel • Developing ArcGIS solutions to allow the user community easier access to the corporate data store and to view the progress of the data clean-up • Communication with onsite client staff, notably Team Geologists and other Data Management professionals • Team Member of the Quality Improvement Project (QIP) within Shell International, SIEP, Netherlands • Training of new staff members in curve joining and log QC

Main duties involved collecting, collating, inputting and interpreting geological cuttings from the well bore. • Analysing cuttings calcimetery and hydrocarbon shows • Working alongside Lead Geologist to construct interpreted logs in real time • Real time/LWD data and sample acquisition • Inputting data into “Insite”, Halliburton’s own data management system • Drilling and gas data management and communicating these values to team members and senior members of the rig • Using Insite systems, working closely with wellsite geologists and drillers • Working as part of a small team often to completion of well or log • Working with data engineers helping to maintain well information and integrity