The company
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Artificial Lift Performance (ALP) is a consulting and software company that exists to maximize your production, optimize wells and artificial lift equipment. Through our staff training, we also help ensure that you have a well-trained staff who make the best possible contribution to your business.
For this reason, our logo subtly incorporates an oil droplet, which symbolizes the hidden oil you’re currently missing and that we’ll help you to produce.
Meet the the founder, Sandy Williams
The company was founded by Sandy Williams, an international consultant and trainer who has spent more than 30 years in the oil business working for organizations such as Amoco, Phoenix and Schlumberger and in markets across Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.
“The work you have done for us has been highly valuable. You took a group of young engineers and gave them very real practical training (and they enjoyed it) which has helped focus us on identifying lost production. Our engineers are now starting to identify lost production and we have made real production gains based on your suggestions, we tripled the oil production on one well alone. The work you did on preparation of our AL equipment contracting strategy was particularly innovative and will help align the objectives of our suppliers with our goal of maximized production and minimum downtime. Thanks.”
– Raphael Rozo, Petrominerales Columbia Ltd
Our team
Andy Teasdale heads software engineering at ALP. He has over 30+ years experience leading software teams to deliver scalable, enterprise class solutions for a number of ISVs and blue chip corporations, across multiple industry sectors.
Andy has over 20 years of experience working on digital products across a variety of sectors from start-ups to banking and local government.
James has 6 years of industry experience across production and drilling operations. He was introduced to Artificial Lift Performance as an Engineer for an independent E&P company starting to grow and optimize ESP operations in the Bakken.
Andy Brown is a Digital Oilfield expert, working with large oil companies to small independents, bringing the financial benefits of the Digital Oilfield to the bottom line.
Peter Thurston is a Software Engineer with a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks. In his 40 years in the industry, Peter has ‘been around the block’
Diego Mendez is a software engineer with Artificial Lift Performance. His experience covers designing, developing, implementing and testing software.
John Grossi is a Software Engineer with a BSc(Hons) in Computer Science. His experience from university and internships has prepared him in many aspects from database management to software development.
Samuel Shum is a Software Engineer with BSc(Hons) in Chemistry. He then went on to graduate from CodeClan…
Tom has more than 7 years of petroleum engineering experience working for both operators and consulting organisations within the Oil & Gas Industry. During this time, Tom has experienced implementing digital oilfield solutions for a number of assets across the globe, focused on surveillance, virtual metering and production optimisation. Outside of work, Tom is…
Kate Smith is a Support Analyst with a BSc in Computer Science. She has experience in working in applications support roles for both Oil & Gas services organizations and operators within the industry. Away from work, Kate enjoys family camping trips, playing tennis and time spent cheering on her four young children in all their…
Originally from Malaysia, June fell in love with Edinburgh the moment she exited Waverley Station back in 2004, when she first came to do her MSc Informatics (major in AI). Upon completing her MSc, she’s landed on her first permanent job in the medical imaging visualization area (after peeling 30kg of onions every day for…
Kate is a QA Lead with 12 years of experience in software development industry leading teams and driving processes in international organisations. She has BSc degree in Math and Computer Science. Prior to joining ALP, Kate worked for software companies in USA and Israel, lead geographically distributed teams and travelled all around the world. One…
How much production could you gain?
The technology exists to identify gas-lift and ESP produced wells that are losing production as a result of an undiagnosed artificial lift problem. The ability to diagnose and rectify such issues can alleviate lost production. How much could you be saving?
