PRESS RELEASES
Dr. William J. Pike becomes Chairman of the World Oil Advisory Board
June 18, 2010
HOUSTON, Texas – Dr. William J. Pike, an energy advisor with 43 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, has joined World Oil’s Editorial Advisory Board as Chairman.
“Dr. Pike’s tremendous experience and knowledge of the upstream oil and gas industry will be valuable assets in guiding our Advisory Board. Aside from his numerous positions in oil and gas publishing, he has more than 20 years of hands-on experience in drilling and production operations, both onshore and offshore,” said Ron Higgins, Publisher of World Oil. “Additionally, we are pleased to renew our association with
Dr. Pike as he served first as the Regional Editor and then as International Editor for World Oil magazine from 1992 to 1995, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is very knowledgeable about the energy trends and technological advances that drive our fast-paced industry .”
In his role as Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, Dr. Pike will offer insight and direction for the editorial content of World Oil and will author an industry forecast column in the December issue of World Oil. Dr. Pike joins the 10-member Advisory Board, which consists of upstream industry leaders from around the world.
Dr. Pike is currently a consultant within NISC, an IBM company, and works under contract in the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a division of the U.S. Department of Energy. He has worked in the U.S., Britain, Europe and Russia, serving as an economic and technical advisor to the energy industries and various governmental agencies. He has contributed to several books on oil and gas technology and energy economics and has authored technical papers on offshore drilling and production.
He is a Life Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Chairperson of the Society’s Energy Information Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Drilling Engineering Association. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of Energy Politics, a publication of the University Of Dundee School Of Law, and is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s Academy Executive Board. He is a Lecturer on energy technology and economics at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Dr. Pike holds a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for his analysis of the technical development of North Sea oil and gas and its impact on the Scottish economic base.
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