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Michael Dammerer

Abu Dhabi,UAE

Summary

Teamwork is my passion and leadership my dedication.

Having worked in various disciplines across the oil and gas industry I have developed my principles which I like to pass on to my colleagues and my son:

  • Respect - always respect your vis-a-vis
  • Integrity - always behave right even when no one is looking
  • Reliability - always stick to your promises
  • Fun - maybe the most important

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Head of Operations Yemen

OMV
Abu Dhabi, UAE
06.2022 - Current
  • Ensuring safe operations in challenging environment in terms of security and asset maturity.
  • Being responsible for all field operations including operations, production, maintenance, integrity, and well engineering focusing on PEAR - People’s safety, Environmental Protection, Asset Integrity, and Reputation of the company.
  • Achieved team collaboration with regular staff meetings and feedback loops.
  • Coordinated cross-departmental initiatives to achieve overall business objectives.
  • Fostered positive work environment with open communication channels.

Advisor Production & Engineering

OMV
Abu Dhabi, UAE
04.2024 - Current
  • Responsible to deliver on production targets for each asset while maintaining production cost management to maximize value for OMV
  • Act as one of the formal OMV representative for PFISC (Production Facilities Integrity Sub-Committee) across concessions with OMV participation
  • Supporting the asset lead in ensuring that OMV secondees to ADNOC deliver value and support OMV strategic objectives for the assets
  • Increase asset value through the systematic identification, maturation and application of key technologies in the MEA region, including digital technology
  • Stimulate knowledge transfer internally and with external partners
  • Represent OMV MEA externally for technology related topics.

Advisor Special Projects

OMV
Tunis, Tunisia
01.2022 - 03.2022
  • Advise on the best strategy to deliver current business objectives, evaluate business risks and opportunities and support to develop resources and plans to ensure sustained volume and profitable growth of the business
  • Advise for developing and communicating long-term business strategies and goals and ensuring their attainment in order to maximize shareholder value through current and long range profitable growth
  • Evaluate and work out concepts on request new business opportunities related to renewable energy or similar in the country
  • Responsible for presenting to the Executive management decisions and plans
  • Proper representation of OMV and its interest's vis-à-vis JV partners, contractors and contacts with other oil companies as regards OMVs interests in the country
  • Coordination, accuracy and preparation of supporting material to the GM of all projects, work programs and budgets as accorded with the Finance Manager/Director or any other important matters concerning the Company's business
  • Act as the deputy of project owner (GM) of asset related capital projects
  • Owns the business case for such projects and accounts for assigned CAPEX budget and project delivery in scope and budget
  • Establish Nawara System as conduit for South Tunisia gas, including exploration, development and management of transport and processing contracts
  • Responsible to develop short and long term plans including MTP.

Head of Department for South Tunisian Assets

OMV
Tunis, Tunisia
09.2018 - 12.2021
  • Responsible for filling the opportunity funnel with ideas and projects to ensure value creation in South Tunisia
  • Acting as Asset Development Manager for multiple projects at different stages of the maturation process at the same time making sure they materialize in the right time and costs implementing the ALARP principle across all disciplines
  • Liaise with authorities, partners, and stakeholders to identify and mature additional opportunities
  • Main responsible for mid-term planning and Business Development.

Member of the Board of Thyna Petroleum Services

OMV
Sfax, Tunisia
09.2017 - 12.2018
  • Appointed to act on behalf of OMV to ensure the company's prosperity by collectively directing the company's affairs
  • In addition to business and financial issues, dealing with challenges and issues related to corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and corporate ethics.

Head of Exploration, Development & Production

OMV
Tunis, Tunisia
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • Heading a multidisciplinary department representing all technical functions (exploration & appraisal, development & reservoir engineering, production & engineering, well engineering, IT/IM) towards successful and sustainable growth in Tunisia.

Head of Operations

OMV Petrom
Ploiesti, Romania
12.2014 - 06.2017
  • Heading more than 700 people to ensure safe & stable production in a very mature field under challenging cost environment
  • Responsible for all operations activities in the Asset - Production coordination
  • Workover
  • Production monitoring - Production optimization
  • Surface & subsurface - Integrated activity planning - Operations readiness & assurance

Department Manager Workover and Well Management

OMV Petrom
Bucharest, Romania
07.2013 - 11.2014
  • Managing and aligning all workover/ intervention activities in OMV Petrom SA (approx. 1,500/ year)
  • Budgeting of these activities (approx. 160 MMEUR; Domestic Assets)
  • Defining and monitoring KPIs
  • Technical authority regarding workover operations
  • Top level management support
  • Establishing of MTPs and forecast of budget and production from workover
  • Efficiency improvement

Team Leader Technical Design & QC (Workover)

OMV Petrom
Bucharest, Romania
01.2012 - 06.2013
  • Main Responsibilities: - Responsible for W/O support and Lessons Learned application for all workover jobs (incl. Heavy workovers)
  • Development of workover programmes for key wells (top 10% CAPEX candidates), leading workover planning meetings in Assets
  • Quality control for workover activities.
  • Workover standardisation and efficiency benchmarking.
  • Establishment of companywide engineering standards and processes for Workover activities, acting as a knowledge centre.
  • Ensuring Petrom-wide application of new technologies and follow-up.
  • Support for workover with engineering capabilities.
  • Replying to any request for information, providing answers, and solutions to Petrom top management and OMV concerning strategic development in workover-related subjects.

Senior Subsurface Engineer

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
Langwedel, Germany
02.2009 - 12.2011
  • Managerial and staff responsibility
  • Guidance and leadership for subordinate engineers and supervisors
  • Health, safety and environment concerns
  • Interdisciplinary communication as liaison officer to headquarter and partners
  • Reporting to management as deputy head of subsurface department
  • Well stimulation
  • Well operations
  • Production optimization
  • Scheduling of budget and manpower
  • Coordination with partners
  • Risk Management
  • Completion and Workover
  • Coiled Tubing operations
  • Mentoring of Junior Engineers, Master students and students on internship

Well site supervisor

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
Langwedel, Germany
06.2010 - 09.2011
  • Due to shortage of manpower acted as supervisor for various well operations such as
  • Slick- and wireline
  • Coiled tubing
  • Work over (+/- 5 days/month)
  • Worked flexible hours, covering nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Operational Reservoir Engineer

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
Langwedel, Germany
12.2006 - 01.2009
  • Production forecast short & medium term
  • Monitored oil and gas reserves to ensure sustainable operations over time.
  • Well testing; scheduling, performing, analyzing
  • Well intervention, perforating
  • Predicting and evaluating water production and disposal
  • Reservoir optimization
  • Streamlined production forecasting for improved strategic planning.

Executive Officer (Responsible Official)

Federal Ministry of Economics
Vienna, Austria
05.2004 - 10.2006
  • The Department of Energy and Mining within the Federal Ministry of Economics is the legal authority for all mining (incl
  • Oil and Gas) operations in Austria
  • Its responsibilities stretch form the approval and supervision of exploration and production operations to legislation and mineral policy (f.e
  • Royalties)
  • Main Duties:
  • Approval of Mining and Oil & Gas structures, utilities and operations
  • Mineral Policy
  • Risk Management team member
  • HSE
  • Legislation
  • Negotiations
  • CO2 Sequestration

Education

Master of Science - International Business Engineering

University of Applied Sciences Vienna
Vienna, Austria
08.2005 - 01.2007

Master of Engineering - Petroleum Engineering

Mining University
Leoben, Austria
10.1996 - 12.2003

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
German
Native
Romanian
Elementary
French
Beginner

Timeline

Advisor Production & Engineering

OMV
04.2024 - Current

Head of Operations Yemen

OMV
06.2022 - Current

Advisor Special Projects

OMV
01.2022 - 03.2022

Head of Department for South Tunisian Assets

OMV
09.2018 - 12.2021

Member of the Board of Thyna Petroleum Services

OMV
09.2017 - 12.2018

Head of Exploration, Development & Production

OMV
07.2017 - 08.2018

Head of Operations

OMV Petrom
12.2014 - 06.2017

Department Manager Workover and Well Management

OMV Petrom
07.2013 - 11.2014

Team Leader Technical Design & QC (Workover)

OMV Petrom
01.2012 - 06.2013

Well site supervisor

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
06.2010 - 09.2011

Senior Subsurface Engineer

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
02.2009 - 12.2011

Operational Reservoir Engineer

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG
12.2006 - 01.2009

Master of Science - International Business Engineering

University of Applied Sciences Vienna
08.2005 - 01.2007

Executive Officer (Responsible Official)

Federal Ministry of Economics
05.2004 - 10.2006

Master of Engineering - Petroleum Engineering

Mining University
10.1996 - 12.2003

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