Paul Dymond
Operations Director, Oil & Gas UK

Paul joined UKOOA, now Oil & Gas UK, in July, 2003 and is responsible for operations issues and bringing a consolidated industry perspective to cross-industry, non-fiscal initiatives in support of sustaining North Sea success, including exploration, field developments, supply chain, decommissioning and infrastructure. 

Since then, Paul has been involved in updating and promoting the industry’s Codes of Practice, liaising with the Department for Energy (DECC) to improve exploration licensing, trading and fallow processes, co-ordinating the PILOT ‘Brownfields’ and ‘Changing Gear’ initiatives, including the follow-ups on recommendations concerning improving stewardship, decommissioning securities, standard legal agreements and enhancing supply chain effectiveness. Paul is also responsible for the inter-industry liaison with the fishermen (being Company Secretary for the newly formed Fisheries Legacy Trust Company) and he is a Director of several Oil & Gas UK subsidiary companies; including Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness, LOGIC and Common Data Access, CDA. 

With over 30 years of upstream industry experience, mainly based in the UK, Paul started as a Petroleum Engineer with BP, before moving into a variety of commercial and external affairs roles within the same company. Prior to his move to UKOOA he held the position of General Manager of Sullom Voe Oil and Gas Terminal in Shetland. Before that he was Manager of Government and Public Affairs in Aberdeen, where he was active in the early deliveries from the Oil and Gas Industry Taskforce, the forerunner of PILOT.