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By Audrey Leon the Breagh Polk picked for RWE’s UK branch feld are people in different locations Hans-Joachim Polk took estimated at and cultures has spiced up over as managing director approximately my business life in addition for Hamburg-based RWE 19.8 Bcm. The and kept me motivated all the Dea AG’s UK subsidiary in Breagh gas feld time.” August. Polk, a 22-year vet- is located in

RWE has taken Polk to eran of the German explora- Blocks 42/13a company outposts in Egypt, tion company, began his and 42/12a in spending three and a half career in 1991 as a produc- the UK sector

Jarand Rystad, the head years in Cairo. He later tion operations engineer. He of the Southern of consultancy Rystad Energy, and transferred to Norway, where eventually became head of North Sea, about

Hans-Joachim Polk, Managing Director of RWE he most recently served as operations for production for 65km off the (Photo: RWE Dea AG)

Dea UK. managing director of RWE Dea Germany’s largest offshore coast of north east

Norge. Hugo Sandal, who pre- oilfeld, Mittelplate, which England where achieve safety goals at a high viously ran the company from is located off the country’s water depths are approxi- industry level,” he says. 1995 to 2011, succeeded Polk northern coast. He has also mately 60m. Polk said RWE’s safety cul- at RWE Dea Norge in June. previously served as senior Following the Breagh’s ture focuses on awareness and

Despite obvious differences in vice president, feld develop- startup, Polk says he’s excited behavior, with staff encour- running businesses in foreign ment for RWE Dea. to launch and further develop aged to share observations lands, Polk says one thing Polk said he has had a rich the Breagh Phase II project, as and make proposals. stays the same: RWE’s people. experience with the company. well as take lessons learned “Concerning our operations “One outstanding similarity “[RWE Dea] has offered me a from RWE’s successful pro- in the UK, I’m proud to see is the motivated and experi- variety of interesting posi- duction in the Clipper South the excellent safety perfor- enced staff that we fortunately tions, countries and projects, feld and utilize that knowl- mance in our projects as well have got in all our OPCO’s,” where I could perfectly edge on on other tight gas as drilling operations, which

Polk said. “The culture is develop my technical as well reservoirs. speaks for a well-functioning defnitely different, but with as leadership skills,” he said. In addition to production safety culture. I’ll do my best the open mind-set, which I “The acquaintance with so goals, Polk says he intends to to continue this positive trend have seen in Egypt as well as many enthusiastic RWE Dea further develop RWE’s HSEQ and support my people to

Norway, it was always standards. “I see RWE Dea’s develop our safety culture possible to build bridges safety culture and its efforts to even further,” he says.

respectively fruitful relations. Hence, I hope

Entrance and Egress my experience from my • Ensco Chairman, President company. Clay Williams has previous assignments and CEO Dan Rabun will retire been appointed to the Board of after nearly eight years of Directors and he will succeed will help me to succeed service. Rabun will continue Miller as NOV’s Chairman and here in UK.” to serve in his current role as CEO.

Polk listed the start-

Chairman, President and CEO • Stephen M. Johnson will retire up of the RWE-operated until the Board of Directors as McDermott International,

Breagh feld (70%) as has completed the succession Inc.’s chairman of the board, one of his top priorities process and a new CEO has president and chief executive for the short-term. RWE been appointed. ofcer— and as a director of

Dea UK announced • McDermott this month. David Merrill A. “Pete” Miller, Jr., in mid-October that chairman and CEO of National Dickson will succeed Johnson the feld was brought

Oilwell Varco Inc., will step down as president and chief execu- online, with three from his positions concurrent tive ofcer. Dickson has been wells producing an with the completion of plans appointed executive vice initial fow rate of 2.75 to spin of to its shareholders president and chief operating

MMcm/d of natural

RWE’s Breagh feld went into produc- its distribution business as an ofcer, a position he will hold gas. Total reserves of (Photo: RWE Dea AG) tion in mid-October. independent, publicly traded until December.

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