Neil McNaughton

Owner, The Data Room (Oil IT Journal)

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Started out as geophysicst, then exploration manager, then general manager. Moved to service side of oil and gas business and then set up data management and IT consultancy, The Data Room. Now mostly involved with technology watch and publishing the newsletter Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com. Professional goals - keep on learning and communicating on IT matters of relevance to oil and gas. Interested in getting in touch with others who share similar interests for possible publishing joint venture(s). Specialties: Oil and gas IT, data management, writing, technology watch.

Experience

  • Owner at The Data Room (Oil IT Journal)
    1995 - Present · 31 yrs 7 mos

    Consulting, writing, technology watch in oil and gas - especially IT

  • Marketing Manager at Beicip-Franlab
    1993 - 1994 · 1 yr

    Marketing studies for this, the commercial arm of the French Petroleum Institute (IFP).

  • General Manager at Pétrole Saint Honoré
    1989 - 1992 · 3 yrs

    Now defunct E&P company operating in France

  • Head of Geophysics at Triton France
    1982 - 1992 · 10 yrs

    Subsidiary of Triton Energy Corp. of Dallas, TX

  • Geophysicist at Total E&P
    1974 - 1982 · 8 yrs