For all of you whose lives were enriched with the friendship of SLB alumni Peter Day, I am sad to say that he passed away unexpectedly on Saturday morning while on a family vacation in Laos. RIP. 1965-2023

A funeral service will be held on Monday 13th November, 2023 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 61 Lefroy Road, Beaconsfield, Perth, Western Australia, at 20:00pm local time.

Jim Donegan says “Peter worked with me for many years, and he was paramount to bringing our knowledge management hub “InTouch” to the field. Since leaving Schlumberger, he set up his own company. He was just 58 years old.”

Peter joined Schlumberger Wireline in 1988 going to training school in Egypt, followed by assignments in Syria, Egypt and Papua New Guinea, He returned to his home country to be Manager of Schlumberger Wireline operations for West Australia and Northern Territory, and of Schlumberger Well Testing operations in Australia and New Zealand. From there he spent over 10 years at Paris HQ, leading Product and Service support services for Schlumberger globally. He was awarded the 2001 Schlumberger’s Chairman’s award for innovation, teamwork, and excellence. He left Schlumberger in 2008.