Entering Oil and Gas
Career guidance, realistic pathways, international career advice and practical industry context.
$300 USD: 60 minute career callExplore Career SupportInternational Upstream Operations, Careers and Problem Solving
From Rig Floor to Boardroom.
Twenty five years of international upstream experience, turning drilling, completions and workover realities into clearer decisions for professionals, operators, recruiters and capital.
25 years Industry experience11 countries International operations3 divisions Advisory, talent, intelligence
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Experienced Professionals
Industry visibility, opportunity intelligence, connections and a specialist talent network.
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Recruiters and Staffing Firms
Access to technically credible upstream professionals and a trusted specialist referral channel.
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Operators and Service Companies
Talent, independent technical review, performance improvement and troubleshooting when operations go wrong.
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Investors, Boards and Capital
Independent drilling and completions judgment for due diligence, underwriting and execution risk.
Quoted by scopeReview an Upstream OpportunityThree Business Lines
One place for practical upstream judgment, talent and insight.
Access technical judgment, credible upstream talent and practical industry insight without searching across disconnected sources.
PEI Advisory
Independent drilling, completions and workover review, troubleshooting, benchmarking and technical due diligence.
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Make credible upstream experience easier for recruiters, employers and specialist projects to find when they need it.
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Get field stories, interviews, career insight and practical analysis that help you understand how the industry actually works.
Explore MediaFor Operations Teams
When the well is not following the plan, independent judgment can be cheaper than another day of NPT.
PEI focuses on specific operational outcomes rather than generic consulting. The first question is simple: what is happening, what does the evidence say, and what decision needs to be made next?
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Drilling Campaign DiagnosticPlan versus actual, NPT, ILT, recurring failure patternsPre Spud Independent Well ReviewAssumptions, offsets, execution risk, contingenciesNPT Root Cause ReviewEvidence based review of operational loss and decision pathwaysTechnical Due DiligenceIndependent wells perspective for capital and transaction teams
From the Rig Floor
How I got into oil and gas.
See how an upstream career is actually built, one job, one country and one opportunity at a time. These first four stories cover the decisions, mistakes and lessons behind the experience.
TikTok Story
Part 1
My Oil and Gas Story
How I got into oil and gas.
The first opportunity, the first decisions and what entering the industry actually looked like.
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TikTok Story
Part 2
My Oil and Gas Story
The early lessons that shaped the career.
The opportunities, decisions and realities that shaped the early years in the field.
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TikTok Story
Part 3
My Oil and Gas Story
Building experience one opportunity at a time.
How experience, mobility and credibility can compound into better opportunities over time.
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TikTok Story
Part 4
My Oil and Gas Story
From field experience to Practical Energy Insights.
How field experience eventually turned into a broader way to help professionals, companies and investors make better decisions.
Watch the storyThese early career stories currently live on TikTok. More interviews, technical discussions and long form upstream content will increasingly be available through the PEI YouTube channel.
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