Catalyzing improved performance of the drilling industry
Stephen ColvilleInternational Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
The APPEA Journal 53(3) - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ12126
Published: 30 June 2013
Abstract
IADC’s Red Thread details how IADC will achieve its core goal of catalysing improved performance for the drilling industry. With a focus on reducing risk and increasing trust by enhancing operational integrity and championing better regulation, IADC is setting the course for the future of the industry. With a goal of creating the space for industry to grow and working collaboratively with all stakeholders in the industry, IADC’s members are working on initiatives and programs that will have a positive and far-reaching impact on the drilling industry.
Mr Colville has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate public affairs and government relations, with extensive on-the-ground experience in North and South America, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, Eurasia, and Asia Pacific. He became IADC chief executive in 2012. Mr Colville previously served as Vice President-Communications for Royal Dutch Shell—Projects & Technology Business, a position he held since August 2009. He moved to that position after serving as Vice President-Communications—Global Gas Business for Royal Dutch Shell, and had joined the company in December 2006 in that position. Prior to Shell, Mr Colville served in various management-level policy, government and public affairs positions for Chevron, which he joined in 1997. His earlier background includes seven years as an industry advocate, working in London and Brussels since 1990 to implement public and government-affairs campaigns. Mr Colville began his career in the UK Department of Trade and Industry in 1979, working in key policy divisions on trade regulations, competition regulation and project management. |
