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Helge Hove Haldorsen is VP Strategy & Portfolio and Mexico Country Manager for Statoil Development and

Production North America in Houston. Haldorsen has an MSc in petroleum engineering from The Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim Faces of the Industry and a PhD in reservoir engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Haldorsen was a Second Lieutenant in The Royal Norwegian Navy and held various positions within reservoir engineering at Esso Exploration Norway in

Stavanger, Sohio Petroleum Co. in San Francisco and Anchorage, and The

British Petroleum Co. in London. Haldorsen joined Hydro in 1987 and held a number of key management positions with the company: Chief Reservoir

Engineer, VP Exploration & Research and President E&P International.

After the acquisition of the Houston-based independent ‘Spinnaker’ by

Hydro in 2005, Haldorsen served as president until the merger with Statoil in

October 2007. Haldorsen has served on the Society of Petroleum Engineer’s (SPE) Board of Directors for three years and he has been an SPE Distinguished

Lecturer and an SPE Distinguished Author. He has written many technical papers and articles and has been a Professor of Industrial Mathematics at the University of Oslo, as well as a lecturer at Stanford University.

Haldorsen is currently a member of the Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board at The University of Texas at Austin, a member of the ‘OTC D5: THE NEXT BIG THING’ Advisory Board and a member of the SPE Boards of

Directors. Haldorsen currently serves as the 2015 SPE President. membership without com- of the business, and ? nally, visionary. He would have millennials to the business will promising what really sets the force for good we are in been one to say “why not?” make E&P more competitive.

SPE apart – quality! Another the communities where we when man ? rst conceived the

What do you want your goal entails SPE stepping up operate. Also, the industry is idea of going to the moon. The legacy to be?

to the plate to help the E&P full of wonderful, interesting, oil and gas industry needs

I’d like to be known for industry quickly improve its entrepreneurial people with more people like Haldorsen, several things. First, that I competitiveness by becoming whom you develop long-term with an optimistic view reminded everyone in the E&P E&P2.0. Lastly, that SPE is trusting relationships. I also paired with a dose of realism ‘eco-system’ of the ‘chang- very appealing to and offers enjoy the fact that everything regarding the leaps that this ing the world’ part of their a great value proposition for is really uncertain: we can’t industry can achieve in terms job description, and what a young professionals. really describe the subsur- of technology, collaboration force for good they are locally face suf? ciently well to make and fueling human progress.

How do you see SPE engag- and globally. The energy they accurate predictions, we don’t Why not? ing the next generation of oil really know the future oil and produce fuels human progress and gas talent?

and gives us a huge sense of gas price, and hence, there Faces of the Industry features

By ‘listening loudly’ to them. purpose. Second, I wanted will always be surprises – those who do extraordi-

First, they learn, connect up,

SPE to rush the latest technol- negative and positive. nary things for the industry. solve problems, and innovate ogy, the best methodology, the Nominate someone by email-

As you take on your role as differently than 55-year-olds. safest approach and the new- ing Kelli Lauletta. president of SPE, what are

On the one hand, manag- est E&P business models out your 2-3 top goals?

ing the ‘crew change’ means to our 124,000 members with- Kelli experienced E&P profession- out delay. Lastly, that I helped That SPE’s 124,000 members Lauletta is als mentor and pass on their

SPE to constantly renew itself, quickly have access to the lat- an HR wisdom to the young profes- becoming SPE2.0, SPE3.0 and est and greatest information consultant sionals (YPs). On the other

SPE4.0. SPE can renew itself in their professions, espe- with 17 hand, SPE and the industry by embracing new e-tools for cially since new technology/ years must learn from YPs on how sharing, connecting and dis- methodology/research and experience. to become the SPE2.0 that they seminating, as we never stop development in? ection points She also ? nd appealing. When YPs our quest for having a great keep reoccurring and the serves as an editor for ask “what’s in it for me,” we value proposition to members ‘half-life’ is getting shorter. OilOnline.com. If you have must have great answers – and and the industry. SPE quickly adapts to the story ideas email Kelli at we do. Attracting tech-savvy

Haldorsen is an enthusiastic changing needs of its diverse [email protected].

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