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About OR&A™ Ltd.
The founder of Operations Readiness & Assurance (or OR&A™) Ltd. David Powell has worked in Oil, Gas, Energy and other mega-projects all over the world for something like 50 years, but specifically in OR&A for the last 20+ years.

Initially time served in Electrical Engineering then switching disciplines into Process Controls and Instrumentation whilst with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) on Teesside, UK before taking up a position with Elf Norway where he worked on a number of offshore assets for almost 10 years. During his time with Elf and subsequently Shell International, David continued to study and added to his Full Technicians Certification with an Higher National Certificate, NEBOSH qualification and an MSc.

After developing the original OR&A systems (ORSAT and ORAKLE) for Shell International Exploration & Production (SIEP), based at the headquarters in the Hague, David left Shell to develop the OR&A Solution, based on the text book he wrote and published in 2011.

OR&A™ Ltd, was first registered in 2008, developing the OR&A™ Solution whilst working as OR&A Manager on a number of projects, David engaged a software company to create the OR&A Solution which went live in early 2014.

Throughout the development of the OR&A™ Solution and the deployment of the process on a number of projects internationally, both David and OR&A™ Ltd. have benefited from a team of seasoned and experienced colleagues which still forms a vast knowledge base for the Company.

The OR&A Solution has been successfully deployed on a number of projects around the world, proving the robustness and longevity of the system and the process.