Technical Team

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D B Finn
Mr. Finn is a Petroleum Consultant with over 30 years consulting experience in oil and gas property evaluations. He graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a Diploma in Natural Gas and Petroleum Technology in 1969 and upon graduation was employed by Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd.  From there he returned to University majoring in physical sciences, then re-entering the oil and gas industry with the British Columbia Petroleum Corporation where he monitored natural gas performance of northeastern British Columbia gas fields.  In 1978 Mr. Finn began his career in the consulting business with the predecessor company of Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd.  In 1980 he co-established and was a partner in the Vancouver based oil and gas consulting firm, Esau Finn Associates Ltd. which until 1989 served the resource and financial community of Vancouver. The firm provided oil and gas technical reports in support of securities and banking requirements; acquisition/disposition appraisals; independent opinion of drilling prospects; and monitoring of oil and gas operations of junior oil and gas companies. Areas of exposure include continental U.S.A., the western Canadian sedimentary basin as well as limited offshore evaluations. In 1990 Mr. Finn became an independent oil and gas consultant, primarily contracting his services to Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd. in Calgary, until returning to Vancouver in 2002, where he continues to provide his consulting services.

Ray Lee, P.L. Eng, Director
Mr.Lee has thirty years of experience of oil and gas experience, most recently as President & CEO of a private junior energy and petroleum Company. Mr. Lee has held senior positions in exploitation, production and operations engineering for natural gas and both conventional and heavy oil with a number of major and junior oil and gas companies. These companies include Compton Petroleum, Northstar Energy, Devon Energy Corp., Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd, Dome Petroleum Ltd. and Hudson’s Bay Oil & Gas Company Ltd. Mr. Lee is also a Professional Licensed Engineer with APEGGA.

David Forrest – Western Plains Petroleum Ltd. - Operator of Landrose, Saskatchewan Heavy Oil Project

  • Started in the oilfield doing construction and maintenance
  • Attended Lakeland College’s Heavy Oil Operations Technology Course (HOOT’s) and obtained 4th class Power Engineering.
  • Went to work for Baytex for a total of 5 years.  Spent 3 years operating heavy oil wells and battery
  • Promoted to Senior Operator with Baytex starting up their Hoosier field
  • Promoted to Foreman after Baytex acquired Bellator wells. Responsible for overseeing a field with approx. 600 bbls/day and 25 field personnel at age 26.
  • Lead Operator & Field Manager with a new private heavy oil company called BK Resources Ltd. and over 4 years helped build it to a 700bbls/day operation
  • Started I.C. Energy Ltd. along with (2) partners and built the company from the floor up.  Was instrumental in purchasing properties from Enermak and Baytex  Grew production from 145 BOE/D to 800 BOE/D without drilling any new wells in just under (2) years.  We sold IC Energy in 2005 to Arsenal Energy for  $10M
  • Started Brahma Resources Ltd. in 2005 and I still own the company 100%.  Brahma purchased  5 shut in wells in the Maidstone area from Murphy Oil’s Abandonment List  and took production on them from zero to 200 BOE/D in two years before selling them to Saha Petroleum (now Western Plains) in 2007.  Also purchased (2) shut in wells from Huron and (5) shut in wells from Provident in Alberta just west of Lloydminster and brought production from zero to 200 BOE/D in just over a year.  Sold all (7) AB wells plus a disposal Brahma developed to Sterling Eagle Oil and Gas for $4.5M in 2009.