The Reservoir Assessment Team

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Martin Buschau, P. Eng.

VP Engineering

Martin Buschau, P. Eng.

VP Engineering

Martin Buschau is an Oil & Gas Engineer with 25 years of experience in conventional & unconventional asset development. He has developed major plays in Alberta Montney/Duvernay, Saskatchewan Viking, Texas Permian & the British North Sea. Mr. Buschau has championed improvements to drilling & completion programs to address uncertainties & has consistently generated reserve bookings which have met or exceeded annual targets. He has worked extensively with regulatory authorities & tracked unconventional technology advances.

Champak Bhaumik, P. Eng.

Senior Petroleum Engineer

Champak Bhaumik, P. Eng.

Senior Petroleum Engineer

Champ Bhaumik has over 30 years of experience as a Petroleum Specialist. He is known for developing oil & gas resources with the utmost care and respect for the environment, for increasing net cash flow through optimization, and for delivering millions of dollars of savings in operating costs.

Abbey Rippenhagen

Chief Administrator

Abbey Rippenhagen

Chief Administrator

Abbey Rippenhagen is a graduate from the Bachelor of Science program at Mount Royal University, with a major in Geology and a minor in Business. She has previously worked as G.I.T./Office Administrator at a small oil and gas company and worked five summers as a Junior Analyst on an Energy Team, creating tax payment schedules and processing assessment notices for oil and gas clients.

Nicole Jones, P. Eng.

Regulatory Advisor & Engineering Liaison

Nicole Jones, P. Eng.

Regulatory Advisor & Engineering Liaison

Nicole Jones has 10+ years of experience providing senior level technical support and guidance to teams responsible for coordinating major regulatory applications and managing operational environmental regulatory compliance. She is a seasoned mentor with expertise in regulatory applications, environmental monitoring, tracking & reporting.

Gordon Bishop

CEO & VP Operations

Gordon Bishop

CEO & VP Operations

Gordon Bishop's career began in 1985 and prompted 30 plus years of executional supervisory and mentoring roles, field and office combined. He has operated, managed, and supervised completion and drilling rigs on and offshore, and has held Chief Wellsite Consultant and Field Coordinator roles within Husky, Devon, and Laricina throughout BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. He also previously worked for Cenovus as a Completions and Workover Superintendent, Drilling Advisor, and Mentor in the drilling, completion, workover, well integrity, and abandonment (well life cycle) of monobore, multilateral, SAGD pair, and all other existing wellbore scenarios within their major Northern Albertan fields. Gordon provides decision making expertise for all field development processes for conventional and unconventional assets, from conception through implementation and execution.