Consulting Team

Jarand Rystad | Managing Partner

Jarand founded Rystad Energy in 2004 and is managing the firm. Jarand has extensive experience in oil and gas strategy work through his long career at McKinsey & Company and in recent years at Rystad Energy. He has led a number of major strategy processes for international oil and gas companies, and he has also worked together with governments, investors, and oilfield service companies. His areas of expertise include exploration strategies, concession policies, asset transactions, corporate M&A, macro analysis, upstream technology, and gas infrastructure. Jarand has also worked for Kvaerner Engineering and as a research scientist in Industrial Economics, gaining wide expertise in statistics and programming. Jarand holds an M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he majored with a thesis on astroseismology. He also has an academic background in philosophy. Jarand has been the leader and founder of various organizations.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Direct: +47 24 00 42 14
Mobile: +47 90 69 73 98
jarand.rystad@rystadenergy.com

Jan Byrkjeland | Senior Partner

Jan joined Rystad Energy in 2004 and is one of the senior partners for our consulting practice. He has played a major part in developing the firm from a start-up to a leading management consulting house specializing on upstream oil and gas and oil service. Jan has 20 years of experience in corporate strategy, macro analysis, market studies, deal screening, and transaction support for E&Ps, oil service and technology companies, and investors. Jan shows expertise in corporate finance, individual asset and portfolio valuation, and business development trends on the NCS and globally. Prior to joining Rystad Energy, Jan worked as Investment Manager at Northzone Ventures, a leading Nordic Venture Capital Company, where he led several investment transactions and took active part in portfolio follow-up through board memberships. Earlier in his career, Jan worked as an R&D Manager at ABB. Jan holds an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 90 11 99 94
jan.byrkjeland@rystadenergy.com

Erik Holm Reiso | Partner

Erik joined Rystad Energy as a consultant in 2007. Prior to joining, he engaged in work experience with Arkwright and Accenture. Since then, Erik has participated in and led projects on exploration strategy, global M&A screening and field/company valuation for E&P companies as well as detailed market forecasting, acquisition candidate screening, and strategy development for oil service companies. Based on his consulting project work, Erik identified the need for a comprehensive global oil service database and has since led the development of DCube. Due to successful DCube and project work, Erik has become one of the company’s top oil service strategy consultants. He holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology with specialization in finance and real option valuation.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Direct: +47 24 00 42 11
Mobile: +47 99 29 73 29
erik.reiso@rystadenergy.com

Harris Utne | Project Manager

Harris holds an M.Sc. in Engineering/Physics from NTNU, Norway, and École Polytechnique, France, and he has completed studies in Social Sciences and in Economics. He previously worked at SINTEF Micro- and Nanotechnology and had an internship in R&D geophysics at Total in France. Harris’ fields of experience include E&P asset and company valuations and gas network analysis.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Direct: +47 24 00 42 41
Mobile: +47 41 68 42 63
harris.utne@rystadenergy.com

Lars Eirik Nicolaisen | Project Manager

Lars Eirik has been with Rystad Energy since 2008. His areas of experience include drilling equipment and technology as well as rig supply and demand analysis. He holds an M.Sc. from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in heat and energy processes. During his studies Lars Eirik also engaged in work for an oilfield technology start-up company.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Direct: +47 24 00 42 45
Mobile: +47 95 97 47 90
lars.eirik.nicolaisen@rystadenergy.com

Emil Brustad-Nilsen | Management Consultant

Emil has been with Rystad Energy since 2008. His fields of expertise include asset valuation, NCS E&P business development and oil service market assessments. He holds an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and Management from University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Emil was previously employed at Accenture Management Consulting, and he had an industrial placement at VetcoGray Subsea Production Systems during his studies.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 93 00 94 31
emil.brustad.nilsen@rystadenergy.com

Jon Marsh Duesund | Management Consultant

Jon holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in operations research and process technology, including a graduate exchange program at UC Berkeley. Jon’s areas of experience include U.S. onshore company valuation, global farm-in screening, and offshore market analysis.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 97 02 36 99
jon.marsh.duesund@rystadenergy.com

Jon Fredrik Müller | Management Consultant

Jon Fredrik holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in mechanical engineering and finance. Jon Fredrik was previously employed at Accenture Management Consulting. His fields of experience include M&A screening, oil service market assessments, and global carbon capture and storage.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 91 60 64 75
jon.fredrik.muller@rystadenergy.com

Lars Vislie Willums | Management Consultant

Lars holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in finance, including a graduate exchange program at ETH in Zurich and internships with U.S. venture capital firms focusing on energy technologies. Lars’ fields of experience include E&P asset and company valuation.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 90 53 20 04
lars.williums@rystadenergy.com

Markus Nævestad | Management Consultant

Markus holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Mathematics from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in statistics, including an industry internship on risk analysis aimed at the oil industry. Markus’ area of experience includes oil service market assessments, specifically the Norwegian offshore market.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 47 63 40 28
markus.nævestad@rystadenergy.com

Silje Kleiven Usterud | Management Consultant

Silje holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, Norway, and attended a graduate exchange program at University of Western Australia, with specialization in finance and energy. Silje’s areas of experience include NCS portfolio analysis and strategy as well as global E&P company benchmarking.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 91 62 77 47
silje.kleiven.usterud@rystadenergy.com

Jo Husebye | Management Consultant

Jo holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, Norway, with specialization in mechanical engineering and real option valuation. Jo was previously employed as a research scientist at SINTEF Energy and had an industrial placement in Subsea Engineering at Aker Solutions during his studies. Jo’s fields of experience include asset valuation, energy and oil service markets, and CO2 capture and storage.

Main: +47 24 00 42 00
Mobile: +47 91 30 17 71
jo.husebye@rystadenergy.com