Former RWE Dea Norge managing director Hans-Joachim Polk has affirmed the company’s commitment to the North Sea after taking over the same role in the UK.
The company, which has had a presence in the UK since 2002, recently launched the natural gas field Clipper South, with production from the southern British North Sea increased to around 1.5million cubic meters a day.
“In developing the Clipper South field, as operator we were able to acquire key expertise that will turn out to be highly useful and worthwhile for our forthcoming projects,” said Polk.
“We will continue our investment programme in the UK. Successful exploration and field development projects are to remain the basis for production at a high level in future, too.”
Polk joined RWE in 1991 from university, and spent more than three years at the company’s division in Cairo before heading up operations at Germany’s largest oil field.
He replaces Rene Pawel, who has been named the company’s new vice president for production, overseeing UK, Germany, Norwegian and Danish oil and gas operations for the company.
“RWE Dea UK plays an important role in our international growth portfolio,” said Polk.
“We plan to drive our highly promising projects forward at speed and to increase our production in the wake of intensified field development activities.
“I look forward to making a key contribution to our growth targets in collaboration with our team in London.”
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