Richard Innes

Richard started his career in the oil and gas industry in 1997 as a development engineer for Andergauge Drilling Systems. He went on to spend 8 years there working on various R&D projects, drilling and coiled tubing product developments and in operations support roles. In 2005 he moved to TotalEnergies E&P UK (now NEONext + as a Completion Engineer working predominantly on the world’s most developed HPHT fields, Elgin and Franklin. In 2010 he became Completion Team Lead where he oversaw the completions of new field developments including Laggan-Tomore in the West of Shetland and West Franklin, then the world’s most extreme HPHT development. In 2015 he took his current role of Well Services and Completion Leader, looking after four teams covering Completions, Well Interventions, Well Integrity and Subsea/Surface XT/WHDs. He is also the Technical Authority for Operational Wells.  

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Richard graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Aberdeen and followed up with a Masters based on his R&D work between the University of Aberdeen and Andergauge Drilling Systems. He has also completed the Cranfield University General Management Programme. In 2022 Richard achieved Fellow status with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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He has been involved with the ICoTA Europe committee since 2016 and joined the board in 2023 as Junior Chair.

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