Wally Georgie

Wally Georgie has over 4 decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, namely in oil and gas operation, processing, separation, fluid handling and system integrity, hands-on in operation troubleshooting, debottlenecking, oil/water separation, process verification, technology evaluation, corrosion control, system monitoring, water injection and enhanced oil recovery processing, and all other fluid- and gas-handling issues including handling sand and solid production in process systems, production chemistry, flow assurance, and integrity management.

He worked initially in the service sector in the US, UK, different parts of Europe, and Middle East between 1979 and 1987. This was followed by a career with Statoil (Equinor) in Norway from 1987 to 1999, focusing mainly on daily operation, new field project developments and production systems related to oil and water separation issues, gas treatment sweetening and dehydration systems, produced water management, and handling solid-production issues. He has been working as an independent consultant globally since March 1999 in similar areas of oil gas production.

In addition, Georgie has also been working as an expert witness in legal oil and gas cases in the UK, US, and Australia. He served as SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2016–2017 and currently serving as the Chairman of the SPE STTS technical group from 2023.