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Alex Lucas
Alex Lucas
Chairperson
Alex Lucas is a Well Engineer with more than two decades of international experience from well construction to P&A, CCS repurposing and legacy well integrity. He has worked for several major operators such as Shell, Maersk Oil, TotalEnergies and now PETRONAS where he is the Subject Matter Expert for well abandonment. He has a passion for new technology and has spent several years driving operator technology roadmaps that have delivered a number of innovations now widely implemented across the industry.
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Jonathan Heseltine
Jonathan Heseltine
Program Chairperson
Coming soon.
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Katherine Beltran Jimenez
Katherine Beltran Jimenez
Membership Chairperson
Coming soon.
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Bart Joppe
Bart Joppe
Administrative Chairperson & Treasurer
Bart Joppe is the Well Abandonment Director for Baker Hughes, based in Houston, Texas. With 28 years at Baker Hughes, he has held operational, technical sales, and business development roles across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and the United States, with deep expertise in Well Intervention and Well Abandonment. He has been a facilitator for Baker Hughes & SPE Well Abandonment training courses and holds a bachelor’s degree from the Institute for Petroleum and Gas Technology Noorder Haaks in Den Helder, the Netherlands.
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Waqas Munir
Waqas Munir
Online Community Webmaster
Waqas Munir brings over 19 years of international experience spanning operations, sales, and well intervention, with a track record across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. A subject matter expert in well intervention and abandonment, he is known for leading growth initiatives, shaping strategy, and delivering operational excellence. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum and Gas Engineering.
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Lewis Macaulay
Lewis Macaulay
Young Professional Chairperson
Coming soon.
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Oluwatosin Akintan
Oluwatosin Akintan
Young Professional Chairperson
Coming soon.
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Hunter Dunham
Hunter Dunham
Past Chairperson / Regional Liaison - APAC
Coming soon.
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Matteo Loizzo
Matteo Loizzo
Past Chairperson
Coming soon.
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Gregory Stephenson
Gregory Stephenson
BOD TD-Facilities & Construct
Coming soon.
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Ruth Thomas
Ruth Thomas
Industry Liaison - Subsurface
Coming soon.
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Pierre-Edouard Vincent
Pierre-Edouard Vincent
Regional Liaison - Europe
Coming soon.
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Marcelo Matos
Marcelo Matos
Regional Liaison - Latin America
Marcelo Matos holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc degree in Decommissioning from the University of Aberdeen. He joined Petrobras in 2008 as Equipment Engineer and became a specialist in Petroleum Engineering in 2011. With a background as company man supervising offshore operations and as P&A Design Engineer, he has been P&A Advisor for Offshore Wells at Petrobras for 8+ years and was responsible for coordinating the latest review of the Brazilian Industry Well Abandonment Guidelines.
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Susan Nash
Susan Nash
Regional Liaison - North America
Coming soon.
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Mark James
Mark James
Regional Liaison - North America
Mark James has over 20 years’ experience providing primary, remedial, and abandonment cementing support across Service Company and Operator roles. He has broad experience covering land (conventional and unconventional), shallow and deepwater operations. He also has an interest in, and has supported projects for, development of real time job execution monitoring tools.
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Adrin Shafil
Adrin Shafil
Regional Liaison - APAC
Adrin Shafil Bin Ahmad Nasir is the Country Manager for Malaysia & General Manager for Well-Safe Solutions in the Asia Pacific region, overseeing the company’s strategic growth and delivery of integrated well decommissioning, full well life cycle and energy transition solutions across Asia Pacific. Bringing in a strong blend of operator and service provider expertise, Adrin held key positions as COO (drilling rig and HWU contractor) at Velesto Energy Berhad, and led technical teams with PETRONAS and other operators such as BHP Billiton, INPEX, Petrofac, Nippon Oil and Exxonmobil. He is passionate on the topic of P&A design, and provides views for field informed insight into P&A best practices, regulatory alignment and cost-efficient execution. His view of the SPE is that is the best vehicle for driving collaboration, and over the years he has actively taken roles as keynote and industry speaker, panel member, technical paper presenter, and event committee member.
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Peter Egbe
Peter Egbe
Regional Liaison - MENA
Coming soon.
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Steven Allan Canny
Steven Allan Canny
Director
Coming soon.
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Miles Ponsonby
Miles Ponsonby
Director
Coming soon.
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Willem Boon von Ochssee
Willem Boon von Ochssee
Member
Willem is a well engineering leader with over 35 years of experience across the full well lifecycle, recognised for his technical depth in well integrity, well abandonment, and engineering frameworks. He has a strong track record in developing standards and processes that support safe, consistent, and high-quality project delivery. He has made a significant contribution to advancing well integrity and P&A practices, including industry initiatives on competency development, well barrier verification, and decommissioning. Willem is an active member of the professional community, regularly contributing to industry working groups.
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SPE Technical Section Leadership

Plug and Abandonment Technical Section

Officers and Board Leadership

Meet the volunteer leaders helping guide SPE’s Plug and Abandonment Technical Section across programming, membership, administration, online community, stakeholder engagement, and regional liaison activity.

Section Leadership

Alex Lucas
Chairperson
Petronas
Jonathan Heseltine
Program Chairperson
InnoTech Alberta
Katherine Beltran Jimenez
Membership Chairperson
Equinor
Bart Joppe
Administrative Chairperson & Treasurer
Baker Hughes
Waqas Munir
Online Community Webmaster
Blackstone Consultants

Young Professional Leadership

Lewis Macaulay
Young Professional Chairperson
Weatherford
Oluwatosin Akintan
Young Professional Chairperson
SLB

Past Chairs and Advisors

Hunter Dunham
Past Chairperson / Regional Liaison - APAC
Chevron
Matteo Loizzo
Past Chairperson
Consultant
Gregory Stephenson
BOD TD-Facilities & Construct
Oxy

Liaisons and Directors

Ruth Thomas
Industry Liaison - Subsurface
Well -Safe Solutions
Pierre-Edouard Vincent
Regional Liaison - Europe
Total
Marcelo Matos
Regional Liaison - Latin America
Petrobras
Susan Nash
Regional Liaison - North America
AAPG
Mark James
Regional Liaison - North America
Shell
Adrin Shafil
Regional Liaison - APAC
Well-Safe Solutions
Peter Egbe
Regional Liaison - MENA
Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC)
Steven Allan Canny
Director
Archer
Miles Ponsonby
Director
NOPSEMA
Willem Boon von Ochssee
Member
Elemental Energies