In July 2019, Paul Hardman who joined REACH in 2000 as a Project Coordinator was promoted to the Chief Operations Officer, Western Hemisphere. In 2001, Paul was promoted from Project Coordinator to Senior
Manager and in 2003 he became Partner and Senior Vice President - Eastern
Hemisphere. In 2009, Mr. Hardman relocated to Dubai where he assumed the role of
Senior Vice President - Europe and MENA. Upon moving to Houston in 2014, he
added the Americas under his umbrella. Mr. Hardman’s advancement within REACH
is driven by his extensive knowledge of performance and well delivery process
initiatives. He has been a leading driver of the expanded services now offered
under REACH’s Performance Optimization program. Mr. Hardman has authored
multiple papers including a Case Study, “Culture of Performance Drives Iraqi
Drilling Campaign,” which was published in the April 2014 edition of Drilling
Contractor Magazine. He has spoken to his peers at industry conferences in; Europe,
Abu Dhabi, Fort Worth, TX, San Antonio, TX, and Houston, TX. Mr. Hardman served
as a Session Chairman at the Middle East Health, Safety, Security and
Environment Conference and Exhibition and as a Panel Member at the Credit
Suisse Energy Investor Meeting, at the Offshore Technology Conference in
Houston, TX.
Prior to REACH
Mr. Hardman worked at Varco Drilling Systems as a Managing Director. While at
Varco he led the manufacture of pipe feed conveyor systems, established their
first oilfield maintenance contracts and expanded the service and spare parts
division. Mr. Hardman spent the previous 14 years, before Varco, at British
Petroleum as a Senior Drilling Engineer and Drilling Supervisor. He engineered
the first horizontal well drilled by BP globally, and held the title of Rig Manager
on the fastest drilling semi-submersible in the North Sea.
Mr. Hardman
earned his BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
and completed his Graduate Studies as a Research Associate into the deformation
of coal mine roadways. He is currently a member of SPE and AADE.