Application letter with cv, Sigve Hamilton Aspelund

1. Sigve Hamilton Aspelund
Production optimizing integrated petroleum IT operations engineer & research scientist. CEO
at ACE ODIN
sigve.aspelund@lyse.net
Summary
With varied experience from different positions I have gained the experience you are asking for and
can start in the position within a short notice.
Multi-experienced Positive, Objective, Willing, Energetic and Resourceful action oriented scientist that
has a very high focus on optimization, enthusiastic and creative about how to improve work results.
Team player that really like to socialize with other people and work well independently and proactive
in problem solvings.
Regards
Sigve Hamilton Aspelund
Phone: +4792647129
sigve.aspelund@lyse.net
Blog page:
http://sigvehamiltonaspelund.wordpress.com/
Specialties
Integrated IT operations specialist
Market knowledge & business insight
Production optimization specialist
Exploration geoscientist
Reservoir engineer
Alliance creator
Technologist
Oral presentation skills
Realist
Experience
Chief Executive Officer at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore Development
International National
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2. August 2009 - Present (1 year 8 months)
• Solving problems together with alliances
• Project leader in oil, gas, it and recruiting
• Creating alliances
• Administrative and drilling project for Frank`s international
• Representing at ONS
• Business research
• Connecting business worldwide
• Advising: Held an advising consultation on behalf of Gerson Lehrman Group
• Security: Held an security-presentation at the seminar: Bringing businesses from east and west
together by TransEuropean Centre at Rica Forum
• Created Linkedin groups:
Networking for creating opportunities
Networking for creating leaders
Networking for creating business
• Network communication
• Developing network: Linkedin (3.5k+)(1.2M+ in 2nd. 15M in 3rd.), Facebook & Twitter
• Business Development ACE ODIN
Courses
2011: Best practices on the road to smart panel discussion
2011: In the case for smarter oil & gas
2011: Oil and Gas 2030 & Beyond
2011: Integrated Operations & Maintenance: Step Change to Improve Productivity & Mitigate
Operational Risk
2011: Facebook Changes and Social Media Marketing
2011: Get an Unfair Advantage! How to Predict the Future and Benefit from the Current Economic
Situation
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3. 2011: How to become a successful entrepreneur
2010: The future of innovation – University of Stavanger
2010: Seminar: People, Planet, Profit – University of Stavanger
2010: The economy game – Skape
2010: Business presentation strategy – Skape
2010: Sales and service – Skape
2010: Advanced business development – Skape
2009: HSE seminar: A safer working day – Bureau Veritas
2009: Seminar: Bringing businesses from east and west together – Transeuropean centre
2009: Intro to business development – Skape
2009: Networking – Skape
2009: Political industry course – Sandnes
11 recommendations available upon request
Teacher consultant from ACE ODIN at Akademiet Videregående skole
August 2010 - November 2010 (4 months)
Teaching: Mathematics, physics and chemistry
Teacher consultant from ACE ODIN at Stavanger kommune
August 2009 - December 2009 (5 months)
Teaching at Stavanger Offshore Tekniske Fagskole:
Teaching:
• Production technique 1 & 2
• Drilling technology
• Geology and formation evaluation
• Health, Safety and Environment for the oil industry
• Well control
• Drilling fluids
• Operating and control systems
• Mathematics
• Chemistry prosess
• Alternative energy
Consulting students at PetroChallenge Norway 2009 @ University of Stavanger
Managing event expedition to Weatherford oil field base in Forus
Leading students expeditions at oil museum in Stavanger and Ullrigg @ International Research
Institute of Stavanger
Production Engineer consultant at Oilfield Technology Group
November 2008 - July 2009 (9 months)
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4. Production engineer consultant at StatoilHydro (Grane)
Responsible for:
• Production steering
• Well testing and analysis using SAP. Displaying results in OFM.
• Production analysis with Flow Manager
• P&I plan
• Production optimizing with GORM
Hazid
Project leader: Analyzing market for SWATH
Production Engineer at Talisman Energy
March 2007 - October 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Project leader: Responsible for improving oil production at Varg
Sub project leading: Subsurface within integrated operations (TENAS operation project)
Production supervising with PI process book designing and real time allocation programming with
PI excel
Responsible for:
• Annual and monthly reports
• Well allocation including production analysis
• Well testing and well test analysis
• Weekly production & injection planning and morning meetings with the communication tool
GoToMeeting
• Real time production analysis with PI process book
• Production optimizing with Prosper and GAP
Planning well operations:
• Mechanical operations: Increased oil production from 600 Sm3/d to 1200Sm3/d in a well by
increase reservoir pressure by increasing water injection and changing the choke and reduce the
pressure drop, stabilized 2 slugging wells by changing gas lift valves (Stabilized total production)
• PLT, Water shut of and perforations (Increased oil production from 100 Sm3/d to 250 Sm3/d).
• Production optimizing including field visits offshore at Petrojarl Varg and Varg A
• Event organizing: Organized presentations and a seminar
• Production forecasting
• Technical contact with vendors
Courses:
2008: F.A.S.T. Fekete RTA – Stavanger
2008: Oil Field Manager – Stavanger
2008: PI process book & PI excel – Stavanger
2007: Mbal, Prosper & GAP – Petroleumexperts, Edinburgh
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5. 2007: Gas lift course – Schlumberger Aberdeen
2007: PI process book – Stavanger
2007: Offshore safety course – Falck Nutec Stavanger
5 recommendations available upon request
Consultant from IOR Chemco at Badger Explorer
January 2007 - February 2007 (2 months)
Consultant: Project within petrophysics and geology. Data collection and data base development.
Reservoir Engineer at IOR Chemco
January 2006 - February 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Analyzing of the world marked (High water cut reservoirs and sand producing reservoirs)
Consultant at Badger Explorer.
Representation at ONS
Reporting (Inteligel progress at IRIS) to Norwegian Research Council, Total, Statoil and Norsk
Hydro
Screening of Espoir operated by Canadian Natural Recourses
05-11.06 Project research: at International Researh Institute of Stavanger
• Field manager: mGel reservoir stimulation for increased oil recovery at Gullfaks C including:
Quality assurance of treatment, photographing onsite and reporting
• Application to ONS innovation award (Was nominated to the award)
• Articles published at OTC (Offshore & Energy) and ONS (Scandinavian oil and gas magazine)
• Representation at IOR 2006 in Tulsa Oklahoma (SPE)
• PowerPoint designing for sales meetings and reporting
• Presentation for potential customers in Aberdeen
• Contact developing (Gained 15 business meetings with oil companies such as Maersk oil, Venture
production, CNR international, Amerada Hess in Aberdeen and Talisman-Energy in Stavanger over
a short period)
• Marked analyzing of the British shelf (High water cut sand reservoirs)
• Screening of projects including well log investigation and reservoir evaluation: Brage (Norsk
Hydro), Gullfaks (Statoil)
Courses:
2006: Water shut off – Randy Seright, SPE IOR06 Tulsa Oklahoma
1 recommendation available upon request
Research consultant from IOR Chemco at International research institute of Stavanger
May 2005 - November 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Project research: Optimisation of IOR Chemco`s mSand technology (chemicals for sand
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6. consolidation):
Petrophystical measurements: PV, permeability, porosity and RRFw
Articles:
Forskning: http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2005/november/1132741898.83
Petromaks: http://verden.abcsok.no/index.html?q=sigve+aspelund+ior&x=0&y=0&lr=
Mudlogger geologist at Geoservices
January 2003 - December 2005 (3 years)
• Functioning as Dataoperator/ Secure safe well drilling
• Well monitoring: Pit volume control and gas control
• Maintaining sensors and repairing equipment
• Reporting of geology
• Geology: Catching samples, lithology analyze, cuttings and cavings description and calcimetry
analysis and core handling
• Logistics: Sending equipment and samples onshore.
When working for Geoservices I was working indirectly for Lars Johan Skjold (Statoil) many times.
When he was coming to our working area he asked me for the answer to the geological
interpretation. He also told me that the best geologists were engineers because we described what
we could see. The geologists were describing what they thought they could see.
My leader Arie Romer wrote the following about me: Sigve has executed his work tasks to our full
satisfaction and therefore we give him the best recommendations.
Courses:
2005: Data engineer – Stavanger
2005: HSE training course – Geoservices
2005: Basic safety and emergency and evacuation course for Ula/Valhall – BP
2004: Kick sheet – Geoservices
2004: Secondary well control course – Geoservices
2004: Primary well control course – Geoservices
2004: Offshore work permit and safe job analysis course – Internet course
2004: Helicopter evacuation and Statoil internal course – Nutec
2003: Mud logging training course – Geoservices
2003: Offshore safety course – Nutec
1 recommendation available upon request
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at BP
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7. 2005 - November 2005 (less than a year)
Vallhall IP (2/8-G-10 T3 & 2/8-G-11-T4/TS)
Ula (7/12-A-5 B & 7/12-a-05b-t2)
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at Statoil
April 2003 - September 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Rig worked on:
Statoil:
Deep Sea Trym (34/10-4-2H, 24/10-M-3BH & 6407/9-E-2H)
Transocean Searcher (15/9-E-3H, 15-9-E-1H, 15/9-E-4H & 6506/12-Q-2H)
Snorre B (34/4-1-1H & 34/4-K-7 H)
West Navigator (65/07-3-4)
Stena Don (6608/10-B-4BH)
Borgland Dolphin (34/10-F-2 Y1H & 3-1/11-A11)
West Alpha (6506/11-P-3 H)
Sleipner A (15/9-A-23 A, 15/9-A-19 & 15/9-A19T2)
Hydro:
Transocean Leader (6605/8-1)
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at Talisman Energy
2004 - 2004 (less than a year)
Gyda (2/1-A16 AY1 & 2/1-A16 AY1/T2)
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at ENI
2004 - 2004 (less than a year)
Ocean Vanguard (6406/1-3)
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at Total E&P
2003 - 2003 (less than a year)
Scarabeo 6 (25/5-C-1H)
ML geologist consultant from Geoservices at Shell
2003 - 2003 (less than a year)
Deep Sea Trym (6407/9-E-2H)
Laboratory Engineer at Reslab
2002 - 2002 (less than a year)
Special Core Analysis:
Measurement of petrophysical data: Permeability, porosity and capillary pressure/resistivity curves
Project leader: Technical contact with customers
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8. Geoscientist consultant at Roxar
September 2001 - 2002 (1 year)
Reservoir Modelling:
System helpdesk (RMS 6.2) at Oslo office/ Technical contact with customers
Software error localization: Importing Eclipse grid files for inspection in RMS 7.0 and general bug
hunting in new applications in the software at Stavanger office
Courses:
2001: Presentation Technique – Roxar
2001: RMS, reservoir modelling system, heterogeneity – Roxar
2001: RMS, reservoir modelling system, simulation grid – Roxar
2001: RMS, reservoir modelling system, streamlines – Roxar
2001: RMS, reservoir modelling system, introduction – Roxar
1 recommendation available upon request
Substitute at MI Drilling fluids
August 2001 - August 2001 (1 month)
Summer job: Mixing drilling fluids.
Sven A. Iversen was my employer. Sven write following about me: Sigve Aspelund performed his
work impeccable, he has our best recommendations.
Security guard at Falck Securitas
2000 - 2000 (less than a year)
Summer job: Security guard at Offshore Northern Sea
Students assistant at University of Stavanger
July 2000 - November 2000 (5 months)
Students assistent: Mathematics 1 (Calculus/General mathematics)
Summer job: Post office
Summer job: Information work
Stock work at IKM laboratorium
June 1998 - September 1998 (4 months)
Summer job: Logistics: Handeling oil field equipement (Manometers, down hole temperature
measurement...)
My leader was Tor Audun Rusdal. He write the following about me:
Sigve has been dutiful in his work at our company and solved his tasks in a satisfactory way.
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9. Security guard from Royal Norwegian Navy at NATO
October 1997 - June 1998 (9 months)
Security guard at Royal Norwegian Navy base Nato Forax at Hundvåg Stavanger
Menig at Royal Norwegian Navy
July 1997 - June 1998 (1 year)
Security guard @ NATO base RSD Ulsnes, Hundvåg
- My leader Roger Hesjedal wrote the following words about me: The soldier is an particularly
positive person, very cooperative, dutiful, and have performed his tasks in a very satisfactory way,
and I would strongly recommend Sigve Aspelund to future employers.
Naval diving school Håkonsvern @ Bergen
- The best candidate @ admission and my leader told me that I was one of the toughest of the
divers.
Menig at Harald Hårfagre navy base @ Stavanger
Courses:
1998: Fiberoptics, computer network and telephone network – RSD
1998: Electronics course – RSD
1998: Excel spreadsheet – RSD
Help works workshop at Weatherford
June 1997 - July 1997 (2 months)
Summer job: Cleaning oil pipes, moving pipes with fork lift and crane
I was working for Egil Hetland. The personal consultant Liv Helen Høiby wrote following: Sigve was
managing his work to our satisfaction and we will give him our best recommendations to future
employers.
Skills
Eclipse (Beginner, <1 year experience)
Prosper (Expert, 2 years experience)
GAP (Expert, 2 years experience)
RMS (Intermediate, <1 year experience)
Reservoir Engineering (Expert, 10 years experience)
Excel (Intermediate)
Technical Presentations (Expert, 10 years experience)
Petroleum Geology (Advanced, 3 years experience)
Well control (Advanced, 3 years experience)
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10. Water shut off (Expert, 2 years experience)
PI (Advanced, 2 years experience)
Oil&Gas (Expert, 15 years experience)
New Business Development (Advanced, 4 years experience)
Sales Management (Intermediate, 3 years experience)
Teaching (Advanced)
Production engineering (Expert, 5 years experience)
Drilling (Advanced, 3 years experience)
Petrophysics (Intermediate, 3 years experience)
Technical Project Leadership (Expert, 8 years experience)
Education
Universitetet i Stavanger
Post-qualifying education, Reservoir engineering, 2003 - 2003
Universitetet i Stavanger
M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum engineering with applied science programme. Master of
science (Lorenz strange attractors), 1997 - 2001
Falken
Sequrity guard, Sequrity, 2000 - 2000
Universitetet i Bergen
Examen philosophicum (2.6) (Grades in paranthesis 1.0 is the best), 1998 - 1998
Håkonsvern dykker og froskemanskole
Naval diving, 1997 - 1997
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Candidatus Magisterii(B. Sc.), Mathematics Physics, 1995 - 1997
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11. Interests
Head-hunting (Generating opportunities for people), strategic simulators (football managing and Sid
Meier`s Civilization), listening to music: Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Led
Zeppelin (top quartet). Reading: Lord of the Rings (Return of the king is my favourite part), Dan
Brown, Lars S. Christensen..., Movies: Lord of the rings, matrix, thrillers, action, epic movies,
historical movies...., politics.
Sports: Soccer (Bryne FK) & training at Elixia (present).
Before: Swimming in Bryne swimming club (Norwegian championship, Youth championship, area
championship) (Was among the best swimmers born in 1976 from Norway), playing soccer, karate,
tae-kwondo, jui-jutsu, land-hockey.
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12. Sigve Hamilton Aspelund
Production optimizing integrated petroleum IT operations engineer & research scientist. CEO
at ACE ODIN
sigve.aspelund@lyse.net
19 people have recommended Sigve Hamilton
"Sigve is a truly self motivated high performer who can bring a wide ranging skillset to virtually any
company in the oil and gas industry. I've relied multiple times on his knowledge and insights of the
Norwegian sector in particular. I've seen Sigve use his spare time to pass his knowledge along to
up and coming energy industry professionals. Sigve has the skills to make a fast transition into
many positions, and any learning curve will be minimized due to his experience and academic
background. Regards, John Savage"
— John Savage, Account Manager, Halliburton, was with another company when working with
Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore Development International National
"I enjoyed very much to meet Sigve. I believe he will represent a great value to almost any
business."
— Geir Ullenes, Bedriftsrådgiver Rekruttering & Omstilling, Proffice AS, was a consultant or
contractor to Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore Development International
National
"Sigve is one of my favorite followers and friends in Lkdn. He understands that I try to supply
valuable information no matter that it is unsolicited from him. But, if we are connected and I can not
send him some selected by me content, and I do not get any information from him, then why we
should be connected? He acts on the contrary to others that never send anything, further refuse to
say thanks for info signals and ask not getting anything from me, but they do not want to break the
connection with me at the same time.. hard to understand! Undoubtelly, Sigve get the key to issues
very fast and he will be a good partner to work!"
— Jorge C. Palma, CEO, Founder, Port Engineering Consulting Group, worked directly with Sigve
Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore Development International National
"Sigve is a visionary, a true patriarch of progress. In the time I've known him and worked with him,
his exemplary actions towards helping others is a testament to his person. I highly recommend him
for any endeavor, he is truly a one of a kind and an asset to any organization he represents. There
is no can't in Sigve, he always seems to find a way to make things happen. Cheers and kudos to
you Sigve!"
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13. — Junior Sanchez {LION}, CEO/President of New York Chapter, All Of Us Or None, was with
another company when working with Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore
Development International National
"SIGVE is having lots of contacts world wide and has very good Man- Management. skills.He is
multi talented person with fair knowledge of Oil industry, Software Industry & HR Recruitment
industry.It is good to know him. Venkatesh"
— Venkatesh Annadevara, BDM Domestic & International Business, SIRGRACE
Technologies, was with another company when working with Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund
Consulting & Energy Offshore Development International National
"Sigve's greatest strengths match those most necessary to consistent growth and success in most
areas of running a business. I consider Sigve's to be an accomplished teamplayer with domestic
and international multidisciplined experience from the oil & gas industry. He projects a huge interest
of selv ambition, as well as a desire to help his teampmates excel. I believe that upon review you
will recognize that Sigve's strategies and knowledge are exactly what your company needs."
— Cindy Ann Eliassen, Owner & Managing Director, HR Business Partner, was with another
company when working with Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore
Development International National
"Sigve is a person par excellence with a perfect blend of HIGH EQ AND IQ,with exceptional
leadership skills and great sensitivity.He has high business acumen and a meticulous approach,a
combination which enables a person to achieve good results in a short span of time with Accuracy
and precision both.It was a pleasure to know him personally and professionally-A Golden treasure
for any company."
— Shankarnarayan Ramakrishnan, Management Consultant, I-Point Consulting Services Pvt
Ltd, was with another company when working with Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Consulting &
Energy Offshore Development International National
"If I see linkedin benefits, sigve appears to be one of them. He is very vibrant & proactive ;always
available. I benefitted myself with his advising, consulting & teaching & he also helped me in
uderstanding Linkedin & its usage. He is very creative person & it seems to me that his brain
machine is meant to generat ideas. what a talented & knowledgeable person is he. When I met him
I was working at NTSA Saudi Arabia as Consultant. You name a thing & the next moment it is
done...Thanks Sigve to be my partner & friend."
— Farasat Saeed(farasatsaeed@hotmail.com)-LION, Regional Project Reporting
Executive, Telenor Pakistan, was with another company when working with Sigve Hamilton at
Aspelund Consulting & Energy Offshore Development International National
"Creative and intelligent with an excellent scientific bent, Sigve is also totally focused in his
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14. approach to work and pleasant to deal with."
— Nirmal Sachdeva, was Sigve Hamilton's client
"Sigve is a multi experienced engineer with very solid experience in many aspects related to oil and
gas industry. He really likes to socialize with other people and also has eagerness to learn new
things. I would appreciate the chance to work with Sigve now and in the future."
— Agung Ertanto, Reservoir Engineer, StatoilHydro, was with another company when working
with Sigve Hamilton at Aspelund Petroleum Consulting
"Sigve has the capabilities of a 'business giant'. He is steadfast and dedicated to whatever he
chooses to do...he strives for excellence..."
— Nadira Haniff, Worldwide Independent Distributor, Xango LLC, worked with Sigve Hamilton at
Xango
"Experienced PI user at the time (2008). Fast learner who knew how to, and was not afraid to, use
modern IT tools in his trade as a petroleum engineer"
— Børre Heggernes, CTO, Amitec, was a consultant or contractor to Sigve Hamilton at
Talisman-Energy
"Sigve Hamilton is a hard worker, proactive and eager to learn. He can solve the problem at under
pressure"
— David Tobing, PE Team Leader, BP Indonesia, was with another company when working with
Sigve Hamilton at Talisman-Energy
"I worked with Sigve Hamilton in enhancing the production of oil wells through gas lift. He was very
acommendating and knowledgeable of this subject area. He is very focused and knows his
reservoirs. His friendly attitude made him really easy to work with. I would welcome the opportunity
to work with him in the future."
— Lloyd Ragnar Burnett, Sr. Sales and Operations Adv., Petroleum Technology
Company, worked directly with Sigve Hamilton at Talisman-Energy
"Sigve has a very aproachable personality and pays great attention to details in work. Always
prompt to assist colleagues and willing to put in the extra milel to get things done. I wish him well in
his new undertakings."
— Lee Chih Chiang, Snr Completion / Integrity Engineer, Talisman Energy, worked with Sigve
Hamilton at Talisman-Energy
"Sigve is a very dedicated production engineer with very high focus on optimisation to increase
production from our oilfields. Within our Integrated Operations initiative Sigve is a key member."
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15. — Kjell Gaute Risa, Project Lead, Talisman Energy Norge, worked directly with Sigve Hamilton at
Talisman-Energy
"I enjoyed interacting with Sigve when he had his office at IRIS while working for IOR Chemco."
— Sigmund Stokka, Research Director, IRIS, was with another company when working with Sigve
Hamilton at IOR Chemco
"Sigve Hamilton is very enthusiastic, and creative about how to improve work results."
— Lars Johan Skjold, Staff Geologist, Statoil, managed Sigve Hamilton indirectly at Geoservices
"Sigve and I worked together at Roxar within the Software Solutions Business Unit, where he
formed part of the Geoconsultancy Team that I was responsible for placing out on Consultancy
Tasks with Clients. He was always a hard worker, who was keen to learn. I wish him all the best for
his future career development."
— Neil Quentin Smith, Software Sales Manager Scandinavia, Roxar, managed Sigve Hamilton
indirectly at Roxar
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