Chemical Engineer, Director
BSc (Hons), CEng, MIChemE
Craig has over 30 years of international experience as a chemical engineer, in a variety of technical corporate governance roles, mainly in the upstream oil and gas sector. This includes 21 years with Schlumberger as their lead chemical engineer globally. He was presented with the Schlumberger Chairman’s Award for his contribution to an oil field reactivation project in Colombia.
In recent years, he has gained significant experience of major international arbitration cases, determined under ICC and UNCITRAL rules. The international disputes were in North Africa, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. He has also advised on the resolution of domestic industrial disputes in England and in The Netherlands.
Directed an international due diligence study of the world’s largest-scale carbon capture and storage project, exceeding stakeholder expectations of quality, cost, and schedule. Developed Schlumberger’s process safety and integrity management system and rolled it out to all producing assets worldwide, achieving 80 percent (%) compliance within 2 years. Created, from scratch, Schlumberger’s competence assurance system for production facilities professionals, boosting job satisfaction and slashing attrition rates from 9% to 3%.
Key skills include hydrocarbon asset development, petroleum economics, project management, process safety management, process engineering, production optimization, flow assurance, plant commissioning, and operations.
Education and Certifications • Chemical Engineering, BSc (Hons): University of Strathclyde(1984) • Chartered Engineer:Engineering Council (CEng) (1988)
• Academy of Experts: Foundation (2017) • Academy of Experts: Into Court (2018) • Bond Solon: Report Writing (2018) • Bond Solon: Courtroom Skills (2019)
• Member:Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE) (1988)
