This curriculum vitae summarizes the career and qualifications of Oddbjørn Melberg. He has over 40 years of experience in the oil industry, holding reservoir engineering positions with various companies including ConocoPhillips, Statoil, Amoco, and DONG Energy. He has expertise in reservoir simulation, production optimization, enhanced oil recovery, and reserves booking. Currently he works as an external consultant for DONG Energy on fields in Norway.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Oddbjørn Melberg
Gender: Male
Address: Austråttbråtet 8, 4306 Sandnes, Norway
Email address: oddbjorn.melberg@lyse.net
Email at work: oddbjorn.melberg@eon.com
Phone (home): Mobile telephone 975 14 763
Phone (office):+47
Birth year: 1946
Family Status: Married, one child living with us, age 15. Two children 40 and 42
years old.
Employed by: DONG E&P Norway, Stavanger
Education: Master Science (Petroleum engineering, Physics and Mathematics)
from University of Bergen. Pertroleum education (Cand. Tec.) from University
of Stavanger and several oil companies.
Relevant Experience in the Oil Industry:
Current Position
From April 2013 -
External Consultant in DONG Energy.
Technical work on Ula, Gyda, Tambar and member of Oselvar Task Force (OTF).
OTF was established to analyse the Oselvar production problems and solve those.
2004- April 2013
Senior Reservoir Engineer with DONG E&P Norway (Stavanger)
• Responsibility: Senior Reservoir Engineer in Ula, Gyda and Tambar (UGT) team.
Representative in Technical Committees (Ula, Tambar and Gyda), Preparing
Budgets, Reserves Booking and Technical studies (Production Predictions,
Development Strategies, Reservoir simulations, Negotiation support, etc.) .
External Work Experience
2003-2004 Rogaland Research, now IRIS.
Position: Senior Advisor.
• Field studies and new recovery technologies.
• Pressure control in wells and layers between the reservoir and platforms (anulus
leakages and gas migration)
• Reservoir simulations.
• Integrated risk modelling and decision support tools.
• Field optimization.
• IOR projects on North Sea chalk fields.

2. • Acquisition, field evaluation and data room evaluations.
1987-2003 Conoco and ConocoPhillips.
Position: Staff Engineer.
• Accountability for reservoir and production engineering work in the Developing
Properties team (Grane, Troll, Pl203 Alvheim Area, and PL 229 Goliath Area).
• Representing ConocoPhillips in the Grane Reservoir Committee, PL203 and PL229
Reservoir Committees. Performed reservoir simulations and general
reservoir/production related analysis. Built integrated area models for PL 203 Area
and PL 229 Area with a goal to optimise value of the assets.
• Reservoir simulations (Eclipse and VIP).
• Member of ConocoPhillips Decision and Risk Analyses (D&RA) Core Team since
1998, responsible for the decision and risk analysis (D&RA) and integrated risk
modelling.
• Carried out the Heidrun reservoir simulation study and prepared the reservoir
evaluation report for the Heidrun Field Development Plan (PDO), 1987-91.
Worked Heidrun reservoir engineering for a second period from 1999-2001,
spent most time on reservoir simulation work, drainage strategy, production
optimisation and IOR projects.
• Reservoir engineer in the Statfjord Area Team 1991-1999. Working on general
engineering and commercial projects, production and reservoir related issues,
IOR, initiated and followed up on the gas injection into Brent formations (WAG),
acquisition, reserves booking, etc.
• CONOCO’s reservoir engineer on Troll oil and gas development 1995-1999.
• Conoco representative in the Statfjord Technical and Reservoir Committees,
Statfjord Øst Unit Reservoir Committee and Advisory Committee, Pl 037 Advisory
Committee, Troll Unit Petroleum Resource Sub-committee, Statfjord Gas
Commercial Committee, Statfjord Øst Gas Commercial Committee, Pl037 Gas
Commercial Committee, and Ula/Gyda Reservoir Committee.
• Coordinated internal multi-disciplinary teams on work like: Black oil and
compositional reservoir simulations on Statfjord, geological/geophysical studies,
EOR studies, and several other Conoco studies.
• Prepared production profiles for Statfjord and the satellites, Heidrun, Troll oil,
Oseberg Syd, and other fields. Developed production prediction spreadsheets.
• Member of several NCAS acquisition teams.
• Prepared presentations and written material (papers) to Conoco Reservoir
Engineering Seminars (CORTS). Prepared paper for presentation at European
Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery (UK, 18-20 August, 1999) and Petroleum
Geosciences (Feb. 2002).
• Specialized in IOR and reservoir evaluation of horizontal wells.
• Participated in preparation of exploration programs and license applications.
Reserves Booking.
• Prepared and coordinated Conoco reserves booking according to Reserves
Methodology Guidelines (API) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
regulations for Statfjord, Statfjord Satellites, Huldra, Heidrun, Troll and Grane.

3. Research:
• Follow up on research work and coordinating ConocoPhillips activity in FUN,
Force, REX, etc. Coordinates Norske Conoco’s High Pressure High Temperature
Testing project, the RUTH and PROFIT programs for NORSKE CONOCO,
Reservoir Simulation Forum, and member of Norske Conoco Heidrun
Operations Safety Duty group.
1983-1987 STATOIL.
Position: Staff Engineer (Overingeniør), and Team Leader.
Statoil Reservoir Technology Section (Statoil Main Office), 1983 - 1985.
• Reservoir engineering work on Sleipner (reservoir team leader). Prepared input to
the commercial study of the Sleipner Field. Participated in the Sleipner unitization.
• Coordinated the reservoir engineering work on Tromsøflaket, member of the
technical and management committees in these licenses.
Statoil Netherlands, from 1985 - 1987.
• Participating in building up Statoils new office in the Netherlands. Worked on
general reservoir engineering projects. Carried out a reservoir simulation study of
the Kotter Field. Member of acquisition teams in Statoil Netherlands. Member of
reservoir management and tecnical committees.
Statoil Reservoir Technology Section (Statoil Main Office) 1987.
• Team leader of the reservoir engineering team that prepared for take-over of the
Statfjord Field operator-ship from Mobil. An important task was to build the
Statfjord reservoir simulation (full field model).
1980-1983 Amoco Production Oil Co. Stavanger.
Position: Petroleum Engineer Senior Grade.
• Petroleum engineering work on Valhall (Amoco operator), Tor and Hod chalk
fields.
• Budget coordinator for Amoco Engineering Department for a period of one year.
• Participated in Amoco's Project Task Force for increasing the Valhall production
(soft chalk problems).
• Coordinated Amoco's technical assistant work for Saga Petroleum on block 34/4.
• Presentations to banks related to the financing of projects in Norway.
• Coordinated research projects with SINTEF and Amoco's head office, Tulsa.
• Presentations to Amoco's Main Office and to the Amoco London office.
1977-1980 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
Position: Senior Engineer, Reservoir Section.
• Reservoir engineering work on Ekofisk, West-Ekofisk, Albuskjell, Valhall, Cod,
Edda, Tor, Sleipner, Statfjord, and Murchison fields. Most of my time was spent

4. following up the Ekofisk Field, preparing production profiles, attending technical
committee meetings and coordinating with Ministry of Oil and Energy (OED).
• Coordinated IOR research and contact between NPD and several research groups.
(CMI on uncertainty evaluation, Chalk Research project, etc).
• Worked on rules and regulations in the oil industry.
• Worked on NPD publications (Yearly Report, now named Norsk Sokkel).
1973-1976 Lecturer, high schools in Norway.
Academic background and courses:
M.Sc. (Cand Real) University of Bergen, Physics and Mathematics, graduated 1972.
Diploma of Education course, University of Bergen, December 1972.
M.Sc. Courses in Petroleum Technology (Rogaland regional college, now University of
Stavanger):
P-01 Well Flow Analysis - autumn 1977
P-02 Well Testing - spring 1978
P-21 Well Completion - spring 1978
P-05 PVT ANALYSIS - spring 1978
P-04 Two Phase Flow in Pipes - spring 1978
P-13 Reservoir Simulation - autumn 1979
P-23 Project Evaluation - spring 1980
These courses were all part of the Cand. Tech. (Master degree) study at RDH (University
of Stavanger).
Other Petroleum Technology related Schools and Courses:
Schlumberger Advanced Well Logging, 1978
Schlumberger Cased Hole Logging Seminar, 1978
CORELAB Fluid and Core Analysis School 4 days - Jan. 1979
SHELL Reservoir Engineering School - 14 days, summer 1979
Exxon Reservoir Geology School - 14 days, autumn 1979
Oil and Gas Consultants Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery School, 1980.
Norwegian Rules and Regulations Seminar, 1980.
AMOCO Well Completion and Work-over - 14 days Jan. 1982
AMOCO Advanced Formation Evaluation - 14 days Aug. 1982
Dutch Rules and Regulation, March 1985.
EXXON Surface Facilities School - 14 days June 1985
Norwegian Safety Course, Leiro 1 and 3, Statens Havarivernskole
April 1982.
SHELL Production Technology P2.08.- Feb. 1987.
Effective Business and Report Writing, CONOCO, Sept. 1988.

5. Developing Influencing Skill, CONOCO, March 1989.
Effective Business Presentation, CONOCO, Feb. 1990.
SPE Reservoir Characterization, From Laboratory to Field, by Larry W. Lake, May 1991.
Practical Seismic Interpretation School, by M. Badley, Oct. 1991.
Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells, Dr. Joshi, arranged by BP, December
1991.
Horizontal Well School, CONOCO, London, 1991.
Advanced Business Presentations, CONOCO, June 1992.
CONOCO Reservoir Engineering Seminar (CORTS), May 1992, and Oct. 1995, also
lecturer at these seminars.
CONOCO, Covey Leadership Centre Course, August 1992.
UNIX OPS. System Course, 1992.
Hydraulic Fracturing, course arranged by Statoil and
M. Smith/NSI, Bergen, June 1993.
Reserves Booking Methodology, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulations,
CONOCO, 1994.
Upstream Risk and Decision Analysis Methodology, Conoco, Sep. 1994.
Targeted Development, CONOCO, Nov. 1995.
Advanced Risk and Decision Analysis, DuPont, February 1996.
Multi-Lateral Wells Seminar, SPE seminar, March 1996.
Finance for Non-Accountants in the Oil and Gas Industry, MD Consultancy (UK) Limited,
March 1996.
Unitisation and Redetermination, Gaffney Cline and Associates Ltd., May, 1998
Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells, Chevron Petroleum Technology,
Three-Day Seminar, Aberdeen, June 1998.
Grunnopplæring i arbeidsmiljø, Teknologisk Institutt, February 1999.
Advanced Reservoir Simulation (ECLIPSE), GeoQuest, London, March 2000.
Reservoir Simulation Course, Conoco Inc. (Y. Soni), June 2000.
Simgrid Course (IRAP/RMS), ROXAR, January 2002.
Petrel Workflow Tools, Course by Schlumberger 2006.
Conferences and seminars related to petroleum -engineering and -business.
Public Paper Presentations:
Cyclic water injection: improved oil recovery at zero cost. Oddbjørn Melberg, Leonid
Surguchev, Alexander Koundin, , Trond A. Rolfsvåg, and Wendell P. Menard. The
Geological Society, petgeo.8.1.89 March 2002 Petroleum Geoscience, 8, 89-95.
IPTC 12025
An Integrated Workflow for Gas In jection EOR and a Successful Application to a
Heterogeneous Sandstone Reservoir in the Southern North Sea. Nobuo Nishikiori, SPE,
Keiichiro Sugai, SPE, NorskeAEDC AS, Clas Normann, SPE, Arne Onstein, SPE,Talisman Energy
Norge AS, Oddbjørn Melberg,SPE, and Terje Eilertsen,SPE, DONG E&P Norge AS
Oddbjørn Melberg

6. Developing Influencing Skill, CONOCO, March 1989.
Effective Business Presentation, CONOCO, Feb. 1990.
SPE Reservoir Characterization, From Laboratory to Field, by Larry W. Lake, May 1991.
Practical Seismic Interpretation School, by M. Badley, Oct. 1991.
Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells, Dr. Joshi, arranged by BP, December
1991.
Horizontal Well School, CONOCO, London, 1991.
Advanced Business Presentations, CONOCO, June 1992.
CONOCO Reservoir Engineering Seminar (CORTS), May 1992, and Oct. 1995, also
lecturer at these seminars.
CONOCO, Covey Leadership Centre Course, August 1992.
UNIX OPS. System Course, 1992.
Hydraulic Fracturing, course arranged by Statoil and
M. Smith/NSI, Bergen, June 1993.
Reserves Booking Methodology, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulations,
CONOCO, 1994.
Upstream Risk and Decision Analysis Methodology, Conoco, Sep. 1994.
Targeted Development, CONOCO, Nov. 1995.
Advanced Risk and Decision Analysis, DuPont, February 1996.
Multi-Lateral Wells Seminar, SPE seminar, March 1996.
Finance for Non-Accountants in the Oil and Gas Industry, MD Consultancy (UK) Limited,
March 1996.
Unitisation and Redetermination, Gaffney Cline and Associates Ltd., May, 1998
Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells, Chevron Petroleum Technology,
Three-Day Seminar, Aberdeen, June 1998.
Grunnopplæring i arbeidsmiljø, Teknologisk Institutt, February 1999.
Advanced Reservoir Simulation (ECLIPSE), GeoQuest, London, March 2000.
Reservoir Simulation Course, Conoco Inc. (Y. Soni), June 2000.
Simgrid Course (IRAP/RMS), ROXAR, January 2002.
Petrel Workflow Tools, Course by Schlumberger 2006.
Conferences and seminars related to petroleum -engineering and -business.
Public Paper Presentations:
Cyclic water injection: improved oil recovery at zero cost. Oddbjørn Melberg, Leonid
Surguchev, Alexander Koundin, , Trond A. Rolfsvåg, and Wendell P. Menard. The
Geological Society, petgeo.8.1.89 March 2002 Petroleum Geoscience, 8, 89-95.
IPTC 12025
An Integrated Workflow for Gas In jection EOR and a Successful Application to a
Heterogeneous Sandstone Reservoir in the Southern North Sea. Nobuo Nishikiori, SPE,
Keiichiro Sugai, SPE, NorskeAEDC AS, Clas Normann, SPE, Arne Onstein, SPE,Talisman Energy
Norge AS, Oddbjørn Melberg,SPE, and Terje Eilertsen,SPE, DONG E&P Norge AS
Oddbjørn Melberg