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MS 3769 - 'Lives in the Oil Industry' Oral History Archive
1 - Interview recordings
2 - Interviewee files
1 - Interview with Michael (Mike) Allen (1932-), oil industry consultant
2 - Interview with Andrew Patterson Armstrong (1929-2016), oil company administration manager
3 - Interview with Georges Andre Michel Arnoux (1943-), diver/subsea services
4 - Interview with Albert Alexander (Alan) Avery (1927-), welding engineer
5 - Interview with June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (1913-2009)
6 - Interview with Norman Henry Allen (1954-), production geologist
7 - Interview with Ashok Kumar Bakshi (1942-), senior vice president, Brown & Root
8 - Interview with Robert (Bob) Henry Ballantyne (1942-2004), industrial electrician
9 - Interview with Derek William James Barker (1937-), former shipping customs clerk
10 - Interview with John Michael Barnes (1935-2004), wire products manufacturer
11 - Interview with John Harvey Beaton (1937-), oil industry equipment supplier
12 - Interview with Richard Walker Bentham (1930-), member of International Energy Agency's Dispute Settlement Centre's Panel of Arbitrators
13 - Interview with David Edward Bland (1952-), supply boat captain
14 - Interview with John Bosmans, ship engineer
15 - Interview with Alan Campbell (1949-), Aberdeenshire Council officer l
16 - Interview with Anthony Peter Bolton (1947-), operations manager
17 - Interview with Carol Boyd (1952-), energy consultant
18 - Interview with Mark Milford Power Carne (1959-), asset manager
19 - Interview with Robert Barclay Braithwaite (1948-), general manager Aberdeen Harbour Board
20 - Interview with Clive Brookes (1941-), offshore crane driver
21 - Interview with Tony Brown (1943-), former manager of catering company supplying oil industry
22 - Interview with Harry Bygate (1933-), catering/seaman's union official and Joan Bygate (1932-), teacher/Labour Party worker
23 - Interview with David Bernard Capitanchik (1934-), academic/author/broadcaster
24 - Interview with Samuel (Sam) Littlejohn Buchan (1945-), scaffolder
25 - Interview with John Campbell (1935-), supertanker captain/health & safety superintendent
26 - Interview with John James (Jack) Burnett (1938-) and Joseph (Joe) McLellan (1942-), Aberdeen travel agents
27 - Interview with Alan Geoffrey Bush (1932-2014), welder
28 - Interview with Ian Clark (1939-), Shetland council officer
29 - Interview with Gavin Cleland (1928-2004), miner/political activist
30 - Interview with William George Byatt (1924-), superintendent
31 - Interview with Allan Cook, rig worker
32 - Interview with Robin Charles Cornah (1943-), petroleum engineer
33 - Interview with David Coleman Crawford (1930-), rig manufacturing executive
34 - Interview with John d'Ancona (1935-), former director general
35 - Interview with George Norman Davidson (1928-2005), formerly of Heerema Marine Contractors
36 - Interview with Enoch Lee Dawkins (1938-), President & CEO Murphy Exploration
37 - Interview with Robert Hamish Dingwall ( 1955-), Head of Energy Group
38 - Interview with Joseph (Joe) Elvin Dobbs (1939-), mud engineer and William (Bill) Henry Warsop (1941-), seismic worker
39 - Interview with Lewis Vernon Dugger (1915-), oil field safety consultant/former driller
40 - Interview with Robert (Roy) David Elliot (1950-), human resources manager
41 - Interview with Charles Francis Ellis (1925-), petroleum engineer/oil company executive
42 - Interview with Rinaldo (Ron) Guido Ferrari (1932-), formerly of Peterhead Engineering
43 - Interview with Derek Flinn (1922-2012), University geologist and researcher/author
44 - Interview with Grant Fraser (1946-), deck foreman/rigger
45 - Interview with David Catlett (1942-), former oil company administration and finance manager
46 - Interview with Christopher (Chris) John Freeman (1945-), reservoir engineer/safety and environmental manager
47 - Interview with Linda Ann Gallagher (1951-), company secretary
48 - Interview with Victor Russell Gibson (1942-), master mariner/writer
49 - Interview with Herbert Vere Clements (1942-), labourer, William John Hurson (1937-) and John George Tait (1948-)
50 - Interview with Helen Milne Davidson (1930-), wife of oil worker
51 - Interview with Daniel (Dan) Wilfred Claypool (1933-), driller & Anna Dorothy Claypool (1937-)
52 - Interview with Patrick Stanley Connett (1948-), Shell operations adviser
53 - Interview with Alistair Thomas James Cooper (1950-), finance manager
54 - Interview with Vivien Murray Gaymer (1946-), company lawyer
55 - Interview with Christopher (Chris) Gilbert (1934-), hotel proprietor
56 - Interview with Phyllis Mary Gilbert (1909-), hotel proprietor
57 - Interview with Kenneth William Glennie (1926-), geologist
58 - Interview with Roy Forbes Godsman (1955-), well services supervisor/systems co-ordinator
59 - Interview with Alison Jane Patricia Goligher (1965-), field engineer/operations manager
60 - Interview with Ian Malcolm Gordon (1945-), police/security
61 - Interview with Kathleen Allan Graham (1951-), oil industry public relations
62 - Interview with Vance Trigg Greene (1937-), drilling company administration manager
63 - Interview with Marcus (Max) Gunn (1934-), deputy terminal manager
64 - Interview with Charles Guthrie (1935-), engineer, production superintendent
65 - Interview with William Timothy (Tim) Halford (1947-), public relations
66 - Interview with Alan John Hall (1927-), rig supply service manager and owner
67 - Interview with Frederic (Fred) Crawford Hamilton (1928-), entrepreneur and Arlen James (AJ) Miller (1940-)
68 - Interview with Keith Henry Harrison
69 - Interview with Sandra Francis Gorrara, potter/husband in oil industry
70 - Interview with Glenda Evelyn Hogarth-Coull (1945-), safety clothing company director
71 - Interview with Adrian Derek Glendon Hill (1934-), lawyer
72 - Interview with David Alexander Hogg (1970-), oil production technician
73 - Interview with Paal Holme (1946-), head of department, risk assessment advisor/management systems advisor
74 - Interview with John Randolph Hashim (1922-), standby shipping operator
75 - Interview with Rita Johanne Grehan (1939-), wife of base superintendent
76 - Interview with Harold William Denis Hughes (1934-), chemical engineer, manager
77 - Interview with Victor John Humphrey (1936-), diver/principal inspector
78 - Interview with Eric John Hutton (1928-), development officer
79 - Interview with Agnes Marabelle Jack (1955-), supervisor
80 - Interview with Shirley Ann Kinniburgh (1957-), wife of process operator
81 - Interview with Richard Kite (1931-), engineer/offshore installation manager
82 - Interview with Michael John Kneebone (1940-), marine/mud engineer/well service operator
83 - Interview with Dennis Roark Krahn (1947-), drilling manager, businessman
84 - Interview with Keith Martin Laddiman (1941-), catering supervisor
85 - Interview with Alistair Graham Lynn (1926-), Chief Constable, HM security
86 - Interview with William Howe (1931-), driller, toolpusher, offshore installation manager
87 - Interview with James Cay Lyon (1941-), architect
88 - Interview with Dairmid Alexander Macalister Hall (1949-), health and safety advisor, offshore installation manager
89 - Interview with Flora Anne Macdonald (1948-), assistant accountant
90 - Interview with Ronald McDonald (1946-), oil industry construction worker, first General Secretary of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee
91 - Interview with Keith Johnson (1939-2006), diver/manager marketing services
92 - Interview with Douglas Henderson (1935-2006), politician, management consultant
93 - Interview with John Henry Manson (1922-), assistant to Chief Executive
94 - Interview with Ronald Andrew Miller Mathieson (1948-), relations officer
95 - Interview with William Gordon Mercer (1936-), electrician/business development manager
96 - Interview with Deirdre Elizabeth Michie (1964-), external affairs manager
97 - Interview with Robert (Bob) Middleton (1932-2002), department manager, parliamentary candidate
98 - Interview with Dr James (Jimmy) Smith Milne (1940-), entrepreneur
99 - Interview with Ivan Mitchell (1927-) and Frank Darlington (1924-), rigman/pumpman
100 - Interview with Bruce Molland (1939-), company director/master mariner
101 - Interview with Jack (Jake) King Molloy (1959-), driller
102 - Interview with Joseph Morrans (1944-), field supervisor and Maureen Morrans
103 - Interview with John Morrison (1929-), gamekeeper
104 - Interview with Helen Isabella Murchison (1933-), nurse
105 - Interview with William Michael Murray (1938-), banker
106 - Interview with William Murray (1926-), herring works manager
107 - Interview with Brian Clarke Nixon (1948-), mechanical engineer/company director
108 - Interview with Sandra O'Sullivan (1980-), engineer
109 - Interview with Tom Pawson (1940-), drilling fluids consultant
110 - Interview with Arthur Payne (1952-), senior engineer consultant
111 - Interview with Linda Peace (1951-), salaries supervisor
112 - Interview with Dorothy Pearce (1927-), office worker and Freda Kirby (1927-)
113 - Interview with Michael Leonard Patrick Pearcey (1938-), oil industry caterer
114 - Interview with William (Bill) Joseph Pike (1947-), oil worker/writer
115 - Interview with Ian Michael Scott Park (1938-), lawyer
116 - Interview with Tony (Taf) Powell (1950-), Head of Health and Safety Executive, Offshore Division
117 - Interview with Gary Paton (1962-), oil production technician
118 - Interview with John (Sonny) Henry Priest (1955-), airport fire officer
119 - Interview with William Andrew (Drew) Ratter (1952-), Socialist Workers Party member
120 - Interview with Alexa Reid (1965-), service partner
121 - Interview with Sir Robert (Bob) Paul Reid (1934-), businessman
122 - Interview with David Michael Robertson (1943-), welder
123 - Interview with Lorna Robertson, Offshore Industry Liason Committee Administrator
124 - Interview with John Arthur Robertson (1953-), operator
125 - Interview with Lady Joan Reid (1932-), retired Vice-Chairman Canterbury Christ Church University College
126 - Interview with David Arthur Roberts (1940-), mining consultant
127 - Interview with Neil Law Rothnie (1952-), second deputy chairman, Offshore Industry Liason Committee
128 - Interview with Edward (Ted) John Roberts (1929-), general manager
129 - Interview with Rosemary Ryan (1927-2022), Clydesdale Bank representative
130 - Interview with John Tormey Rynd (1957-), drilling company executive
131 - Interview with Michael John Lawrence Salter (1947-), Plant Engineer/vice-president/general manager
132 - Interview with Sjoerd Francis Schuyleman (1943-), geologist
133 - Interview with Robert (Bob) Chalmers Sclater (1941-), director of harbours, Councilor, Chairman of Transportation Committee
134 - Interview with Denis Amos Sheffield (1927-), laboratory analyst, Harold William Denis Hughes and William (Ron) King (1929-)
135 - Interview with Antony David Simnet (1943-), electrician/senior executive
136 - Interview with Anna Margaretha Carolina Simpson (1955-), administrator
137 - Interview with David Francis Sinclair (1935-), Postmaster/shopkeeper
138 - Interview with Linda Mary Slessor (1949-), school teacher
139 - Interview with Angus Smith (1936-), chaplain
140 - Interview with James Smith (1941-), safety inspection engineer
141 - Interview with Matthew Roy Simmons (1943-), energy investment banker
142 - Interview with Norman Jack Smith (1936-) independent consultant
143 - Interview with Stephen Spreckley (1949-), well services/human resources
144 - Interview with Richard Stabbins (1943-), general manager
145 - Interview with Donald James Stevens (1934-), driller
146 - Interview with John Stewart (1935-), policeman/security officer
147 - Interview with John Stoddart (1925-), transport and cranage contractor and Edna Stoddart (1927-)
148 - Interview with Edward (Ted) Dean Strachan (1930-), journalist
149 - Interview with Christopher (Chris) Strang (1944-), petroleum engineering manager
150 - Interview with Alan Christie Swinton (1926-), chaplain
151 - Interview with Sue Jane Taylor (1960-), artist
152 - Interview with David Charles Thomas (1939-), surveyor/commercial manager
153 - Interview with Helena Margaret Thomas (1946-), librarian/secretary
154 - Interview with Martin Gregory Thompson (1946-), electrical engineer/safety inspector
155 - Interview with Geoffrey (Geoff) Moulton Tilling (1944-), chemical engineer
156 - Interview with Arthur Moulton Tilling (1916-), process plants superintendent
157 - Interview with Kevin Joseph Topham (1928-), mechanic
158 - Interview with John Michael Trewhella (1930-), entrepreneur/chairman
159 - Interview with Sydney Graham Simpson (1945-), policeman/helicopter training school owner
160 - Interview with James Urquhart (1964-), Chief Inspector of police
161 - Interview with James Hazzel Bradney Vant (1924-), management training advisor
162 - Interview with Anthony (Tony) Ward (1942-), general manager
163 - Interview with Margaret Rosemary Watt (1949-), computer programmer
164 - Interview with Timothy (Tim) Watson (1946-), decommissioning engineer
165 - Interview with Christine Mary Kathleen Wheeler (1945-), taxation specialist
166 - Interview with Maurice Alistair White (1952-), managing director
167 - Interview with Dr Johnathan (John) Wils (1944-), academic/Shetland councillor/journalist
168 - Interview with Ian Clark Wood (1942-), founder Wood Group
169 - Interview with Peter Jeffrey Wordie (1932-), shipping company owner
170 - Interview with Leslie Gordon (Wilbur) Wright (1920-), airline director
171 - Interview with William Andrew Wylie (1927-), chaplain
172 - Interview with William (Bill) Wylie (1932-), businessman
173 - Interview with Edwin Reid (1931), business development manager
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