Enteq Upstream Plc, announced the appointment of Neil Bird as Rotary Steerable System ("RSS") Product Director, a Non-Board position, ahead of the Company's launch of an innovative alternative to traditional RSS tools. Based in Houston, Neil will be responsible for the tool's development and commercialisation, with immediate priorities being static testing and field trials over the coming months. Neil brings more than 25 years' operational experience in RSS and directional drilling, including tenures at Baker Hughes and Weatherford, and an international perspective from time spent in the US, UK and Middle East. Neil will oversee an engineering team with combined experience of more than 150 years in RSS and directional drilling technology, which has re-engineered and optimised an alternative directional drilling design originally licensed by Enteq from Shell in 2019.