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JHMA is pleased to join other E&P, consultancy and service companies in becoming a ‘William Smith’ sustaining sponsor for the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB). This offers a little extra support to the Society. Together with the oil and gas industry in general it is under financial pressure: revenue is curtailed due to cancelled or postponed events. JHMA’s director has been a PESGB member since 1985 and we hope that the highly regarded Society will continue its activities for the benefit of members and for geoscience education in general....

JHMA training material is all designed in modules that can, given the current circumstances, be delivered remotely via video/screensharing. Please contact us for information....

JHMA has supported confidential Unitisation and Redetermination cases for two international clients through Q1 2020. We wait to understand how the global pandemic and petroleum industry price collapse may affect these and other projects over coming months. JHMA was also set to launch the PESGB’s ‘Night School’ initiative in London by facilitating four evening workshops in Project Management and Technical Writing. As a casualty of the UK lockdown these have been postponed for now. We wish all clients, friends and their families well for the coming months. In the meantime all JHMA work is conducted from home with full remote access to office systems....

During AIPN committee discussions which led to update of the widely used 2006 model form Unitisation & Unit Operating Agreement, JHMA actively promoted a new ‘principles-based’ approach to the specification of redetermination technical procedures. Please get in touch to discuss how this change and other improvements in the model form will impact drafting of unitisation agreements. For the first time a model Pre-Unitisation Agreement (PUA) is also promoted by the AIPN; JHMA can also advise on technical aspects of negotiating a PUA whether adopting this model form or not....

Over 35 consulting staff from RPS Energy participated in a series of well-received JHMA-hosted workshops in Project Management and Technical Writing during summer and autumn of 2019. In-house versions of these workshops continue to be popular....

We recently ran this workshop on three occasions for separate client groups, ranging from full week to half day versions, addressing varied operating areas each with unique challenges. Feedback was excellent! The workshop continues to be available for 2018. Previously we also presented a series of introductory ‘lunch and learn’ seminars for law firms in UK and NW Europe....

During Q3 2017 JHMA compiled and edited technical submissions to support a client’s successful bid to acquire a stake in a newly formed Middle East concession. The resulting long-term partnership agreement has subsequently been announced in the press: contact JHMA for further publically available details. As part of this project over 50 client E&P staff and managers also participated in JHMA’s Effective Technical Writing workshops....

JHMA's training workshops are again offered through HOT Engineering of Austria as public courses: Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff: A Structured System – Vienna, 12 to 15 September 2017 Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Project Management Approach – Vienna, 18 to 20 September 2017 Please contact HOT Engineering for further details....

Manuals and materials used for JHMA’s two popular practical workshops in Integrated Reservoir Studies/Project Management, and Effective Technical Writing for E&P Staff have been given a ‘facelift’ for 2017. These two- to five day workshops are available in-house and also as public versions through HOT Engineering of Leoben, Austria. See website page and summary downloads....

This incorporates for the first time in one source experience gained during over 20 years’ of advisory roles and Expert work performed by John Martin and co-author Ian Linnett of RPS Energy. See website page and summary download or contact JHMA for further information....