Field Development Conference 2027

Cecilie Saelen is the CEO of CCB Subsea, bringing 28 years of extensive experience within the subsea field. Her career spans subsea field development, operations, interventions, and plug & abandonment of subsea wells, before CCB Subsea gained through her tenure at Equinor (Hydro) and various managing roles in leading consultancy and engineering companies. She holds a Master's degree in Process Technology and a Master of Management. Cecilie is actively engaged in the industry, serving as a Board Member for the industry cluster GCE Ocean Technology and as a Board Member of Offshore Norway, the key employer and industry organization representing companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Anne-Lise Søyland is a Lawyer and Manager for regulations and operational management in Offshore Norge working with operators and suppliers on the NCS advising on HSE regulations, decommissioning, subsea assets and operations. Responsible for the Offshore Norge Marginal subsea tie-back field development project.
She has thorough experience with over 15 years in the energy industry with legal counselling, commercial negotiations, regulatory development, leading contract negotiations, strategy work, project management, digitalisation, change management, M&A, leading gas sales tenders, analysis and studies, and infrastructure projects. Anne-Lise has a Master’s degree in Law and bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

Gaute Erichsen is an Economist working for the Ministry of Energy. He is heading up a unit in the Oil and Gas Department responsible for approvals related to new development projects and more.

Matthew Ingham leads IPA’s EMEA Upstream team that focuses on improving the competitiveness of integrated energy companies, national oil companies, and independent operators. His responsibilities include managing clients, developing research studies, analyzing megaprojects, assisting in the development of IPA’s intellectual property, and managing the team. For over a decade, Matt has led the analysis of over 50 E&P projects for major international and national energy companies, evaluating the competitiveness of these projects and highlighting key areas of risk. Matt has also worked with several companies to diagnose and improve their project system performance. Matt has an MSci from the University of Durham, UK.

Tore Guldbrandsøy is a Partner in Rystad Energy with special focus on E&Ps and the Norwegian Energy Markets. He covers a broad area of expertise across the energy mix with his management consulting and analyst experience at Rystad Energy. Tore also has E&P and international experience from BP, Equinor, and Repsol. He holds a MSc degree in Petroleum Technology from the Norwegian University of Science & Technology in Trondheim.

Tanja Blekastad currently serves as Vice President within project management in Equinor, with extensive experience from various field development projects within project management. Her previous position was Project Director for the Njord Field development. Before entering into projects, she had various positions within geology and petroleum technology in field production and development in Equinor, including Norsk Hydro and Saga Petroleum. Tanja Blekastad has a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Kjell Helge Eide is currently Project Director for Johan Sverdrup Phase 4. His former experience is as Project Director for Kristin Sør, Project Director for Karabagh – Baku – Azerbaijan, Technical & Concept for Bay du Nord and Wisting, VP for Fast Track projects and Project Manager for tie-back projects towards Norne.

Frode Sivertsen Holds a Master of Science degree in Hydrodynamics from NTNU. He has worked a few years in the supplier industry followed by +20years in Equinor mainly within project development, but also Operations and procurement. Since last year Frode is head of subsea development projects in Vår Energi.