Technical Committee 2027
In developing the technical program, the organizers collaborate with leading professionals in the field. The members of this committee bring first-hand knowledge and extensive experience in flow measurement, helping to ensure the quality, relevance, and technical depth of the program.
Børge Olafsen
Børge is a Metering Engineer with Aker BP, bringing more than 30 years of experience in hydrocarbon measurement and flow metering. His career spans exploration well testing, production measurement, fiscal and allocation metering, and multiphase flow measurement. Since joining the Alvheim development in 2006, Børge has held key metering roles through Intertek, Marathon Oil, Det Norske, and Aker BP. Today, he works across multiple assets and projects within Aker BP, supporting measurement assurance, hydrocarbon allocation, and metering technologies ranging from differential pressure systems to advanced multiphase flow meters.
Harald Drejer
A/S Norske Shell
Harald started his metering career at the Nyhamna gas plant in 2009 and joined Shell in 2011. Today he is responsible for metering, hydrocarbon allocation and energy accounting for the Nyhamna and Ormen Lange assets.
Harald is an active contributor to the GFMW community and served as Chair of the workshop in Tønsberg in 2025. He also serves on the board of the Norwegian Society for Oil and Gas Measurement (NFOGM) and values industry networks as an important forum for learning, collaboration and sharing practical experience.
Bård Elvik
Vår Energi
Bård graduated from the University of Stavanger in 2002 with a degree in Medical Technology and in 2020 completed a Master of Management from BI Norwegian Business School. He has worked with flow measurement and instrumentation technology across laboratory, topside and subsea applications in technical, commercial and leadership roles.
Bård is currently Metering Lead for the Gjøa semi-submersible platform located in the northern part of the North Sea. Gjøa is the host facility for the subsea tie-back fields Gjøa, Duva, Nova and Vega.
Vidar Haugen
Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Vidar holds an MSc in Robotics and Signal Processing from the University of Stavanger and a trade certificate as an electrician. He began his engineering career as a Graduate Automation Engineer with Aibel, working on a range of projects, including electrification of offshore installations and various brownfield modification projects.
Vidar joined the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) in 2024 and currently works as an Inspection Engineer in Fiscal Measurement. His responsibilities include regulatory oversight and assurance of fiscal measurement systems and supporting the continued development of measurement regulations for the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Jørgen Kleppe
Equinor ASA
Jørgen has more than 20 years of experience in fiscal metering and hydrocarbon measurement. He started his career as an Automation Technician with Norsk Hydro at the Sture Terminal in 2004 and has since held several metering roles within Equinor, both onshore and offshore. In 2017, he completed a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
As a Metering Engineer, Jørgen is part of Equinor’s specialist department with responsibility for the technical integrity of all offshore fiscal metering systems. He contributes to safeguarding measurement accuracy, compliance, and operational reliability across Equinor’s offshore assets.
His practical experience, combined with engineering competence, gives him a comprehensive understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of fiscal metering.
Colin Lightbody
TÜVSÜD National Engineering Laboratory
Colin started his career with Emerson in 1992. In 2012 he joined Petrofac for 5 years before he joined Proserv for some years. In 2022 he joined TÜVSÜD National Engineering Laboratory and work there today as head of flow measurement consultancy,
Colin has a Bachelor of Science in Instrumentation and applied physics from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Morten Marstein
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado
Morten has been working with fiscal metering of oil and gas since 1994. His has held positions ranging from field service engineer, product development of multiphase and ultrasonic flow meters, design of sampling and analyser systems, project technical lead for metering systems and metering specialist.
Dr. Anand S. Nago
Dr Anand Nagoo, is president of Nagoo and Associates, where he consults on oil and natural gas production, facilities, and artificial lift projects worldwide. He has 28 years of research and industry experience in various reservoir and production engineering roles and additionally serves as Chief Engineer at Production Hunter. Nagoo has published extensively in numerous conferences and journals in the areas of multiphase flow, artificial lift, production and facilities engineering and has served as associate editor for SPE Production & Operations and as an advisory member for SPE’s Production and Facilities discipline, and as an advisory member of the international conference on multiphase flow.
More recently, Nagoo was inducted in Who's Who in America for his pioneering work on analytical multiphase flow modeling and Pipe Fractional Flow Theory and is the owner of the world's largest database of published, cross-referable, multidisciplinary multiphase flow experimental and field data.
Dr. Nagoo holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of the West Indies, MS degrees in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and Stanford University, and a PhD degree in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr Bruno G. Pinguet
Dr Bruno G. Pinguet is Technical Director and co-founder of P and Associates in Malaysia, with more than 35 years of international experience in the energy industry. He specializes in multiphase and wet-gas flow measurement, hydrocarbon allocation, measurement uncertainty, data validation, fluid properties, and technology development.
Previously, he held senior technical and business positions with Schlumberger and TÜV SÜD, contributing to the development and commercialization of flow-measurement technologies. He holds eight patents, has published more than 170 technical papers, and received multiple industry awards.
He holds a PhD in Fluid Mechanics from Paris-PSL University, postgraduate qualifications in Business Analytics and Sustainable Energy Management, and an Executive MBA in Energy and Sustainability.
Astrid Marie Skålvik
Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen (NORCE)
Astrid Marie, PhD, is a Senior Researcher in the Measurement Science group at NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway. She holds a Master's degree in Physics from Université Paul Sabatier and the University of Bergen, and earned her PhD from the University of Bergen in 2026. Her research focuses on uncertainty and sensitivity analysis and measurement system performance, among others on fiscal and multiphase flow measurement, hydrocarbon allocation systems, and CO₂ emissions monitoring. She has authored and presented numerous studies on measurement and allocation uncertainty, sensor diagnostics and error estimation.
Ole Øiestad
Intertek
Ole is a metering and calibration specialist with more than 40 years of industry experience. Since starting his career in 1986 as a calibration technician, he has been actively involved in the development and implementation of new measurement technologies, contributing to testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Throughout his career, Ole has worked with most major oil and gas operators, supporting both operations and projects while sharing his passion for measurement excellence. In recognition of his significant contribution to the industry, he received the NFOGM Accomplishment Award in 2020.
