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COO for London based Nobel Upstream, a company newly established in 2014 with development projects in West Texas and Azerbaijan and looking to acquire additional conventional and unconventional assets in those countries and in the UK. Petroleum engineering background with a strong technical foundation gained internationally through a variety of onshore and offshore oil and gas field developments. Experienced leader for operated projects and assets at all stages of the lifecycle with an aptitude for building high performing integrated project teams. Extensive field development planning, optimisation and management experience with a particular emphasis on maximising project value and ensuring effective front end loading. Business development and project evaluation experience for all lifecycle stages from exploration through to tail end production. Has strong communication skills and is adept at dealing with third parties, colleagues and management in a global environment. Operations well site supervisor for drilling, completion and testing programs.Chief Operations Officer @ Focused on building an E&P business in the US, UK and Azerbaijan with a mix of conventional and unconventional assets. The company is in growth mode seeking new investment opportunities and building a team to manage it's existing and future asset portfolio. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) London, United KingdomDirector Pre-Developments @ Director for global conventional Pre-Developments activities with combined subsurface and conceptual engineering teams located in Kuala Lumpur, London and Houston. Responsible for progressing exploration discoveries through field development planning activities into project execution. From April 2011 to June 2014 (3 years 3 months) London, United KingdomSubsurface Manager Developments @ Established the Pre-Developments group for ENAA, building a fully staffed subsurface team and establishing effective working practices with the Commercial and Developments groups and the Exploration and Production customer functions. From October 2007 to April 2011 (3 years 7 months) London, United KingdomAsset Manager West Africa @ Implemented the Vitol Exploration program for the 100% Vitol owned Cape Three Points project, involving 3D seismic acquisition and the drilling of one Exploration well. Led the farm down process. Non-operated representative for the Vitol Congo assets and Nigerian Aje gas field development. From April 2007 to October 2007 (7 months) London, United KingdomSubsurface Manager Business Development @ Responsible for provision of all subsurface and drilling advice, analysis, inputs and technical negotiation required in support of the exploration and business development team. Technical team leader and member of commercial negotiation team for a number of business development projects in North Africa, the Middle East and the FSU. From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) London, United KingdomSubsurface Manager Liverpool Bay @ Manager of multi-disciplinary team, encompassing exploration and production geoscientists, reservoir, production and facility engineers. Responsible for all well and reservoir management and development plus near field exploration for the Liverpool Bay project encompassing the Douglas and Lennox oil fields and the Hamilton and Hamilton North gas fields. From 2001 to 2004 (3 years) London, United KingdomSenior Reservoir Engineer Liverpool Bay @ Senior Reservoir Engineer for the Liverpool Bay Development project, BHPB’s largest operated asset. Pioneered first BHPB full field modeling using integrated reservoir characterisation processes. Facilities constraints modeling and de-bottlenecking studies. Gas fields performance analysis and development planning. From 1997 to 2001 (4 years) London, United KingdomSenior Reservoir Engineer @ Focal point for three major fields in South Oman. Played key role in transforming the Amin Field, a poorly understood ‘sleeping giant’ of 1 billion barrels, into a significant development opportunity. Pioneered the introduction of a new company-wide forecasting tool within PDO. Nimr Field integrated reservoir characterisation modeling leading to a major infill drilling campaign. From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Senior Reservoir Engineer @ Responsibility for 20 North Sea gas fields, comprising development planning, routine monitoring and long term forecasting. Reservoir engineer responsible for the L9 Field appraisal and development planning, leading to formulation of basis for design documentation. Advisor to the exploration department in the evaluation of offshore prospect viability, involving scouting field development planning and economic analysis. From 1991 to 1995 (4 years) Well Site Engineer / Operations RE @ Planning and execution of: Rabi field pressure surveillance campaign of buildup surveys and continuous monitoring; wireline formation tests with Gearhart SFT; and Rabi PVT sampling campaign. Supervisor for the implementation of drilling, completion and production testing programs. Responsibilities included mud engineer, wellsite geologist and all service contract supervision. From 1988 to 1991 (3 years) Petroleum Engineer @ Evaluation of reserves and production forecasts for the Camisea Field a major gas/condensate discovery in Peru. Shell Phase I personal and technical training including practical experience onshore/offshore The Netherlands. From 1987 to 1988 (1 year) Consultant Civil Engineer @ Structural engineer for a variety of London office developments. From 1984 to 1985 (1 year) London, United KingdomMSc, Petroleum Engineering @ Imperial College London From 1985 to 1986 BSc, Civil Engineering @ University of Bristol From 1981 to 1984 Nigel McKim is skilled in: Petroleum, Subsurface, Upstream, Contract Negotiation, Reservoir Management, Project Planning, Petroleum Engineering, Reserves, Oil/Gas, Project Management, Gas, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy, Energy, Field Development