AGR appoints new UK-based well engineering manager

13/09/2021
Matt Street, AGR well engineering manager in the UK

AGR has appointed Matt Street to the position of Well Engineering Manager, to be based at the company’s Aberdeen office in the UK. A senior energy industry professional who has worked on numerous well projects, Mr. Street brings with him over 20 years of experience in global offshore operations and a background spanning rig contractors, Well Management contractors, and operators.

Mr. Street joins AGR as the company, a leading independent provider of specialist services and project management for the energy industry, is working with clients to help them protect their key investments and optimise their operations through the Energy Transition.

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He is well known to AGR. Mr. Street has previously worked as an independent consultant managing a number of major Well Management contracts successfully delivered by the organisation. These included, amongst others, several deepwater E&A drilling campaigns in West Africa and the West of Shetland, frontier exploration drilling in the Caribbean Sea, and various decommissioning projects both in the UK North Sea and further afield. 

The focus of the Well Engineering Manager role will be to ensure the currency of the AGR technical standards, and work towards securing the policies and procedures are in line with the industry’s best practice, guidance, and statutory legislation.  Mr. Street will bring leadership to all aspects of the Delivery Process to ensure the highest required standards are met in order to assist the company’s clients in achieving top quartile performance not only technically but also in both safety and environmental targets. 

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Street said:

“I’m delighted to be joining AGR at this exciting time of change within the E&P industry, when excellent operational management is more important than ever. As someone who has worked closely with the company at the sharp end of their operations over a number of years, I’m convinced of AGR’s commitment to professionalism and delivering outstanding services in all aspects of client operations. I very much look forward to contributing to their ongoing success in the ever-developing energy environment.”

AGR has been based in Aberdeen since 1997 when its predecessor, Peak Group, was established in the Granite City. Recent work coming out of the firm’s Aberdeen office includes the decommissioning of 24 wells on the Kinsale field offshore Ireland, and the successful delivery of six wells as part of a larger outsourced alliance bringing value to a major North Sea Operator.

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