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Flying high
Michele Eaves’ dream as a young girl of being an air hostess couldn’t be more
removed from her current role as brownfield projects manager at EnQuest.
At what is a particularly interesting time for brownfield developments on the
UK Continental Shelf,
Wireline
catches up with Michele to find out more.
Michele Eaves, brownfield projects
manager at EnQuest, has 25 years
of experience in engineering,
manufacturing, project management
and construction in the UK offshore
oil and gas industry
M
ichele Eaves is excited
about her future in the
UK’s offshore oil and
gas industry.
And why shouldn’t she be? She is
after all at the vanguard of the
effort to ensure that as much as
possible of the UK’s oil and gas
reserves are recovered.
With between 15 and 24 billion barrels
of oil and gas still available, the UK
Continental Shelf (UKCS) has a lot of
potential and maximising economic
recovery from existing fields, or
brownfields, is a key part of the story.
One of the projects Michele is currently
working on as brownfield projects
manager at EnQuest is a £169 million
programme of investment to extend the
life of the Thistle oilfield. This secured
a brownfield tax allowance in February
following changes to the fiscal regime by
the UK Government.
With work on such mammoth projects,
Michele’s childhood aspirations of being
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