Mr. Jeremy J Gilbert
Managing Director
Barrelmore Ltd
Jeremy Gilbert. Jeremy is the recently retired Chief Petroleum Engineer from British Petroleum (BP) where he was responsible for the company's worldwide petroleum engineering performance and associated research and development program. He joined BP in 1964.
Born and educated in Ireland. Moderatorship in Mathematics from Dublin University. Joined BP in 1964, worked as production engineer in Libya and then helped introduce the new technique of reservoir simulation into BP - working in Libya, US, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi - prior to eight years in Iran in reservoir engineering posts and as Planning Manager. From 1979, supervised BP's North Sea reservoir engineering and later managed all BP's UK petroleum and reservoir engineering activities. Worked in San Francisco as Vice President of BP Alaska Exploration before returning to UK in 1987 as Technical Manager for the development of Wytch Farm field. Appointed BP's Chief Petroleum Engineer, responsible for the company's worldwide petroleum engineering performance and for an associated R. and D. program, in 1988; later became Resource Development Manger, overseeing technical recruitment and helping design and implement the 'Challenge' program for new staff.
In subsequent posts worked on a range of staff development, equity and major legal issues in London, Houston and Anchorage. Retired from BP in 2001. Is now Managing Director of Barrelmore Ltd., a company providing technical audit and training support to the oil industry worldwide. Has been Chairman of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh)'s Industrial Advisory Board, a member of Imperial College (London)'s and of University of Alaska (Fairbanks)'s Industrial Advisory Boards, an external examiner for Masters' courses at Robert Gordon's University (Aberdeen) and Heriot-Watt Universities. Has also occupied several significant posts in the Society of Petroleum Engineers, including that of Chairman of the London Section. Lives in West Cork, Ireland - where he and his wife own a bookshop.
