Statoil has appointed Hedda Felin as its new managing director of Statoil Production UK, less than one year after appointing Felin’s predecessor, who has left the company.
Formerly a senior vice president for Statoil, Felin is the new head of the company’s Aberdeen office, and is responsible for Statoil’s upstream development and production activities in the UK and Ireland.
“Statoil is one of the largest investors on the UK Continental Shelf currently, with the major Mariner project entering its final development stages. It is a privilege to head up our very capable Aberdeen organization in this important phase of increased activity,” Felin said.
“UK and Ireland are key parts of our international growth portfolio and I look forward to working with our partners and suppliers in the exciting years ahead,” she said.
Felin comes from the position of vice president for safety and sustainability in Statoil’s business area for global exploration. Previously she has served different leadership roles in Statoil, including HR manager in exploration and leader of efficiency projects in Statoil energy and retail.
Prior to joining Statoil, Felin was a management consultant and project leader with international experience from West Africa, China and France.
Felin holds a master’s degree in political science and international business from Sciences Po de Paris.
Felin succeeds Tove Stuhr Sjøblom, who has left the company after less than a year in the position.
In the last few years, Statoil has ramped up its UK and Ireland activity within exploration and oil and gas production, as well as within offshore wind.
On the UKCS, Statoil is the operator of the Mariner field, which is under development and expected to start production in 2018. Statoil UK is also the operator of the UK part of Utgard, a cross border field recently sanctioned for development.
Statoil’s team in Aberdeen also manages the company’s interests in partner operated fields; Corrib in Ireland and Alba and Jupiter on the UKCS, and supports the company’s Hywind Scotland project, the world’s first floating wind farm under development off the coast of Peterhead.
Statoil established an office in Aberdeen in 2013, and has now grown its organisation to around 140. In May the company moved into its new operations centre for the UKCS, Statoil House, at the Prime Four Business Park, Kingswells, 4mi (7km) west of Aberdeen city center.
Image of Felin, from Statoil.
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