Iain Hutchison
Iain is a Fellow of the IMechE, a double Queen’s Award winner, contributing author of the IADC Manual (12th Ed) and Merlin ERD Managing Director. He started his oil industry career with Conoco in the late 80’s. Iain specialises in high angle, complex and Extended Reach wells. He and his team have worked around the world from America to Australia for a variety of oil companies, from majors to small independents. He lives in Scotland and flies a replica Spitfire he built in Australia.
Merlin ERD Ltd deliver the industry’s most challenging drilling projects within budget and are acknowledged award winning experts in ERD, ULL (ultra-long laterals) and complex drilling engineering. The team thrive on challenge, believe that today’s best is merely a stepping stone to tomorrow’s better and relish in delivering profit from “impossible” wells.