5 Days in the UK – Reveals the Strong Need for: Collaboration, Creativity and Competence

2. Government And Policy Must Be Supportive Of Industry In Every Way

Basin peak performance relies heavily on pristine communication and collaboration between government and industry. Now is not the time to cut jobs, rather it’s the opposite – with all the layoffs, hire the best smart creative energy engineers in the market. Energy government and policy decision-makers must be strategic, creative and staffed with the smart creatives that will quickly find solutions to the challenges of the times.

Governments must have the powers bestowed on them to make decisions quickly and with ease in the interest of progress. Gone are the times when we can afford to be bogged down in red tape or government processes that take months on end for environmental and overall project approvals. Now we are forced into creativity and super efficiency – this can only be a good thing.

Governments must operate like businesses and have strategic plans for exploration and production. They must build the business and marketing is key. The strategic development plan will attract those with long term commitments to oil and gas plays. Integrity is everything; doing what is promised is all we have. Deliverables must be iron clad. Tax regimes must be forward thinking, attractive and creative. Simple will be best. Seismic activity and successes must be shared and shouted from the roof tops. Nothing spurs success like success itself.

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