
who we are
KARSTEN NIELSEN, Ph.D.
CEO
Over 20 years of geoscience experience and management roles at Apache and Nexen, and executive roles at several junior oil and gas companies.
BRENT JONAH, P.Eng.
COO
Over 20 years of engineering and operational experience, and management roles at Schlumberger. Executive roles at junior oil and gas companies and Sanjel Corporation.
NATHAN PEARSON, CA
VP of Finance
Over 15 years of accounting experience, with senior roles at several oil and gas companies, including CFO of a publically traded company.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Allan Ross
President and Chairman of Ross Asset Management, Co-Founder and CEO of RossSmith Energy Group, Founder and Director of ERA Gas Storage.
Dale Leckie
Former Chief Geologist at Nexen, Former President of Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) and Distinguished lecturer and author of several industry papers and books.
Christian Viau
Founder partner and VP of Exploration of Nextar Energy, and drilled the first successful Cardium horizontal well. Formerly held various positions with Encal Energy, Calpine Canada, Apache and Shell.
Brent Jonah
Karsten Nielsen
KEY ADVISORS & CONSULTANTS
Ron Brenneman
Past CEO of Petro Canada and director of several large cap public companies.
Norman Kohlhammer, P.Geoph.
40 years of industry experience and manager at British Petroleum.
AltaCorp
Investment banker and affiliated with the Crown Corporation Alberta Treasury Branch (ATB Financial).
Ryder Scott
Globally recognized and largest third party reserve engineering firm.