About Dr. Ivor Ellul
Dr. Ellul maintains a unique capability to meld technical expertise with financial acumen within a context of international experience and appreciation of cultures. Of European origin, he has been instrumental in building and growing successful enterprises across the major continents of the world.
With recognized proficiency in numerical modeling, he has held various leadership positions in energy and has founded, and successfully exited, a number of companies in the technology and oil and gas industries.
Experience
CiSK Ventures Limited
Managing Director
2015 - Present
Providing advisory services to the upstream, midstream, and downstream segments of the energy industry.
RPS Knowledge Reservoir
Chief Executive Officer
2013 - 2015
Responsible for overall management of and business development for the group delivering expertise in the areas of oil and gas exploration and production, reserves certification, knowledge-management, and flow assurance.
Knowledge Reservoir
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
2000 - 2013
Providing expertise in the areas of oil and gas exploration, management consulting, knowledge-management, new ventures, and pipeline engineering and simulation.
Kitba Consulting Services, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer and Management Consultant
1999 - 2000
Providing expertise in the areas of management consulting, business process engineering, workflow design, documentation solutions, web and media design, and training (CBT and WBT).
Smedvig Technologies, Inc.
President
1997 - 1998
Responsible for all aspects of management and operation of the Americas Division, serving North and Latin America.
Schlumberger GeoQuest
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
1995 - 1996
Managed worldwide Reservoir Technologies Sales and Marketing department in coordination with GeoQuest regional management.
Intera Information Technologies, Inc.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
1995 - 1995
Managed worldwide Sales and Marketing department.
Scientific Software - Intercomp, Inc.
Division Vice President and Executive Officer
1992 - 1995
Managed the Pipeline and Facilities Division with worldwide responsibility for all aspects of product development, support and marketing, project execution, and consulting.
Scientific Software, Intercomp (UK) Ltd.
Senior Consultant, Manager
1988 - 1991
Managed various projects including pipeline leak detection analysis, multiphase flow studies, and new product development. Developed single and multiphase pipeline network analysis software.
Imperial College, London
Research Fellow, Mineral Resources Engineering Department
1984 - 1987
Developed multiphase fluid flow computer code to solve three-dimensional two-phase turbulent recirculating flows in complex geometries.
Petrochem Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., Malta
Technical Manager
1983 - 1984
Responsible for design and engineering, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning of petroleum pipeline and tank farm installations.
MPM Plate & Welding Co. Ltd., Malta
Project Engineer
1982 - 1983
Responsible for new project investigation, feasibility analysis and tendering, contract coordination, design and monitoring of manufacture and erection of petroleum storage facilities
Jan-Peter Meyer KG, West Germany
Design Engineer
1980 - 1981
Designed oil storage tanks, low-temperature storage tanks, pressure vessels, chemical plants, and refinery systems.
Education
Imperial College, London
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering
1989
Imperial College, London
M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering
1982
University of Malta
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering
1980
Professional Qualifications
Professional Engineer (State of Texas)
2002 - Present
Member of the Institute of Energy (United Kingdom)
1992 - Present
Chartered Engineer (United Kingdom)
1992 - Present
Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
1980 - Present
Projects
| Year | Company | Position | Project Details |
| 1981 | Oil Tanking – Amsterdam | Design Engineer | Design and construction of fixed and floating roof storage tanks. |
| 1982 | Oasis Oil Company – Libya | Project Manager | Design of storage tanks |
| 1988 | Department of Energy – UK | Project Manager, Expert Witness | Analysis of Piper Alpha pipeline system |
| 1988 | Dow Chemical – Holland | Project Manager | Pipeline leak detection study |
| 1989 | BP | Project Manager | Hides gas condensate pipeline analysis |
| 1990 | Unocal – UK | Project Manager | Pipeline riser rupture analysis |
| 1990 | BP/Britoil – UK | Project Manager | Pipeline riser rupture analysis |
| 1990 | Shell Expro – UK | Project Manager | Brent pipeline system safety analysis |
| 1991 | Shell BP Todd – New Zealand | Project Manager | Pipeline hydrate dynamic analysis |
| 1992 | PTT – Thailand | Project Manager | Transient pipeline system analysis |
| 1993 | Aramco – Saudi Arabia | Project Manager | Zuluf pipeline system analysis |
| 1993 | Arco – Indonesia | Project Manager | Multiphase pipeline system analysis |
| 2001 | Murphy E and P | Project Manager | Liquid dropout analysis |
| 2001 | El Paso Corporation | Project Manager | Dynamic liquid dropout analysis |
| 2002 | El Paso Corporation | Project Manager | Dynamic liquid dropout analysis - network |
| 2003 | Murphy E and P | Project Manager | Subsea tie-back engineering and analysis |
| 2003 | DeepStar | Project Manager | Deepwater GOM Knowledge Base development |
| 2004 | Government of Papua New Guinea | Project Manager | Training in gas processing, transportation, and regulation |
| 2005 | Murphy E and P | Project Manager | Subsea tie-back engineering and analysis |
| 2005 | Husky Energy | Project Manager | Blowdown Analyses |
| 2005 | PetroQuest | Project Manager | Subsea tie-back engineering and analysis |
| 2005 | Enterprise Products | Project Manager | Single and multicomponent multiphase line analyses |
| 2006 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Chevron Cabinda flow assurance |
| 2006 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | CNR Olowi flow assurance |
| 2006 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | VietSovPetro Hoan Vu flow assurance |
| 2006 | Saudi Aramco | Project Manager | Seawater Injection System analysis |
| 2007 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | VietSovPetro Hoan Vu subsurface review |
| 2008 | Noble Energy | Consultant | Various international Flow Assurance projects |
| 2009 - 2013 | InterOil | Consultant | Elk – Antelope field development |
| 2010 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Southern Malongo Area Development Project |
| 2011 - 2013 | InterOil | Project Manager | Triceratops field development |
| 2012 | Yemen – Petroleum Exploration & Production Authority | Project Director | Countrywide Reserves Certification |
| 2012 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Marcellus Shale Gas Pipeline Flow Assurance |
| 2012 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Takula Water Injection Expansion |
| 2012 | XTO Energy | Project Manager | XTO Berwyn - ETC Gas Pipeline Flow Assurance Study |
| 2012 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Red River Flow Assurance |
| 2012 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Chevron NEMBA Stage II MeOH |
| 2012 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Marathon Alba Flow Assurance |
| 2013 | Devon Energy | Project Manager | Cana Pipeline System Flow Assurance |
| 2013 | Audubon Engineering | Project Manager | CrossTex Bearkat Flow Assurance |
| 2013 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Vaalco Etame Flow Assurance |
| 2014 | Dechert (Paris) LLP | Expert Witness | International Tribunal – Ecuador vs Burlington |
| 2014 | Devon | Project Manager | Dewitt Pipeline System Flow Assurance |
| 2014 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Maersk Chissonga Flow Assurance |
| 2014 | Secretariat for Hydrocarbons Ecuador | Project Director | Ultra Heavy Oil Block 20 Review |
| 2014 | Total Paris | Project Director | Unconventional Resource US Basin Review |
| 2015 – 2016 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | Hess Okume – Ceiba Pipeline Flow Assurance |
| 2015 | Dechert (Paris) LLP | Expert Witness | International Tribunal – Ecuador vs Perenco |
| 2015 | EDG Consulting Engineers | Project Manager | PetroVietnam – PQPOC Pipeline Analysis |
| 2015 | Epsilon Energy | Project Manager | Gas Gathering Pipeline System Analysis |
| 2015 | Oando Energy Resources | Project Manager | Nigeria asset production optimization |
| 2015 | Oando Energy Resources | Project Manager | OML 138 Block M&A Review |
| 2016 | Plains All American Pipeline | Project Manager | California Pipeline Oil Spill Analysis |
| 2016 | Hides Gas Development | Project Director | Papua New Guinea Exploration Work Program |
| 2016 | Olympic Peru | Project Manager | Waterflooding Review |
| 2016 | Tecnie / Altamesa Ecuador | Project Director | A&D review of Cuyabeno Sansahuari asset |
Publications
1. Ellul, I.R., Issa, R.I., Looney, M.K., "Numerical Computation of Multi-Dimensional Multi-Phase Flow", Fourth Int. Conf, on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Swansea July 1985.
2. Ellul, I.R., Issa, R.I., "Prediction of the Flow of Interspersed Gas and Liquid Phases through Pipe Bends", Chem. Eng. Res. Des, Vol 65, January 1987.
3. Ellul, I.R., Issa, R.I., "The Prediction of Interspersed Two-Phase Flow through Pipes with Obstructions", 3rd Int. Conf. on Multi-Phase Flow, the Hague, Netherlands, May 1987.
4. Ellul, I.R., Issa, R.I., "The Modelling of Gas-Liquid Bubbly Flow in Vertical Flow Lines with and without Constrictions", Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Multi-Phase Flow, Nice, France, June 1989.
5. Ellul, I.R., “The Prediction of Dispersed Gas-Liquid Flow in Complex Pipe Geometries”, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1989.
6. Ellul, I.R., “Selection Criteria in the Sizing of Gas-Oil Separators”, M.Sc Dissertation, University of London, 1982.
7. Ellul, I.R., “The Sizing of Gas-Oil Separators – and Integrated Approach”, Offshore Europe Conf. Aberdeen, September 1985.
8. Ellul, I.R., “The Utilization of Pipe Curvature to obtain Gas-Oil Separation”, European Petroleum Conference, London, October 1986.
9. Ellul, I.R., “Computer-Aided Pipeline Facilities and Control Systems”, in Underground Storage of Natural Gas, (Ed. M.R. Tek), 1989.
10. Ellul, I.R., "Pipeline Leak Detection", The Chemical Engineer, June 1989.
11. Ellul, I.R., "Advances in Pipeline Leak Detection Techniques", Pipes and Pipelines International, May-June 1989.
12. Ellul, I.R., Jacobsen, K.A., Pauchon, D., Mackay, D.C., Sugarman, P., "A Study of Transient Multiphase Effects in the Operation of Rich Gas Pipelines", ASME Petroleum Division Conference, January 1990.
13. Ellul, I.R., "Online Leak Detection on Gas Transmission Systems", Symposium on the Use of Computers for Gas Transmission and Distribution Systems, Budapest, October 1990.
14. Ellul, I.R., "Advances in Pipeline Leak Detection Techniques", ASME Petroleum Division Conference, January 1991.
15. Rygg, O.B., Ellul, I.R., "The Dynamic Two-Phase Modelling of Offshore Live Crude Lines under Rupture Conditions", 23rd Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1991.
16. Ellul, I.R., King, P.E., Findlay, W.A., Delacroix, M.P., "The Use of Dynamic Simulation in Offshore Multiphase Pipeline Design,", 5th International Conference on Multiphase Production, Cannes, June 1991.
17. Finch, L., Ellul, I.R., Gochnour, R., “Implementation of Mechanistic Flow Models in a Practical Multiphase Flow Simulator”, PSIG 1991 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, October 1991.
18. Iwere, F., Ellul, I.R., “The Adoption of Gas Storage As a Means of Operation within a Rule 636 Environment”, PSIG 1995 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1995.
19. Thomassen, P.R., Ellul, I.R., “Technology Tips The Scales For Improved Recovery Rates”, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, September 1997.
20. Ellul, I.R., “Mejores tasas de recuperacion”, Petroleo International, September-October 1998.
21. Ellul, I.R., Yarus, J.M., Zamora, D.H., “Pemex uses Step-by-Step Approach”, Knowledge Management in the E & P Marketplace, October 2000.
22. Schmadeka, W., Ellul, I.R., “Enlivening Hardcopy Documents for Web Delivery”, STC Region 5 Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2000.
23. Ellul, I.R., Brooker, P.B., “The Prediction of Liquid Dropout and Associated Slugging in Offshore Pipeline Gathering Systems”, PSIG 2002 Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 2002.
24. Ellul, I.R., Brooker, P.B., “The Prediction of Liquid Dropout and Associated Slugging in Offshore Pipeline Gathering Systems”, PSIG 2002 Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 2002.
25. Ellul, I.R., “An Enterprise-Wide System to Share Knowledge and Accelerate Development for Deepwater and Non-Conventional Wells”, Knowledge Management in Oil & Gas, Houston, January 2003.
26. Ellul, I.R., Smith, C.M.S, Bradberry, C., “Hydrodynamic Flow Assurance and How it Affects Facilities Design: Achieving Optimum Operability”, Flow Assurance – A Holistic Approach, Houston, May 2003.
27. Ellul, I.R., Smith, C.M.S, “Offshore Facilities Design Under Upset Operating Conditions”, Flow Assurance Conference, Kuala Lumpur, September 2003.
28. Ellul, I.R., Saether, G., Shippen, M.E., “The Modeling of Multiphase Systems under Steady-State and Transient Conditions - A Tutorial”, PSIG 2004 Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, October 2004.
29. Ellul, I.R., “The Role of a Consultant – What is it Really?”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, July 2006.
30. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 2006.
31. Ellul, I.R., Hughes, Y. Asante, B., “Natural Gas Training 101 – Training in Paradise”, PSIG 2007 Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, October 2007.
32. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, December 2007.
33. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 2008
34. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 2009.
35. Ellul, I.R., “Dynamic Multiphase Simulation – The State of Play”, PSIG 2010 Annual Meeting, Bonita Springs, Florida, May, 2010
36. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 2010.
37. Ellul, I.R., Asi, S.R., “Can Dynamic Complex Multiphase Phenomena Be Modeled?”, PSIG 2011 Annual Meeting, Napa Valley, California, May, 2011.
38. Ellul, I.R., “Knowledge Management Editorial”, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 2011
39. B.Calgaro, P.Andreussi, M. Bonizzi, V. Faluomi, M.Margarone, I. Ellul, “Simulation of Stratified Gas-liquid Flow in Near-horizontal Pipes”, PSIG 2012 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May, 2012.
40. Ellul, I.R., “Aftermath of the Piper Alpha Disaster – Forensic Analysis”, HSE Safety Workshop, Lagos, Nigeria, September, 2013.
41. Ellul, I.R., Matlock, M., Archer, T.C., “Challenges in Operating Onshore Multiphase Systems”, PSIG 2014 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 2014.
42. Ellul, I.R., “The Piper Alpha Disaster - A Forensic Pipeline Simulation Study”, PSIG 2014 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 2014.
43. Mack Shippen, Ivor R. Ellul, William Bailey, “Flow Assurance – At What Cost?”, PSIG 2016 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, May 2016.
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