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.

Brian Game, P.Geo
Brian Game, Professional Geologist, graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1985 and has over twenty years of exploration experience in Canada and internationally. Mr. Game has worked for both senior and junior mining companies and has extensive operational and drill program management experience ranging from preliminary testing to large programs for ore reserve definition. He has experience in a variety of mineral deposit types including volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, magmatic nickel-copper, porphyry copper-gold, epithermal and mesothermal gold vein systems, sediment hosted copper and skarn deposits. Mr. Game has managed exploration programs for precious and base metals throughout Canada, South America, Europe (Albania) and Southeast Asia (Philippines).

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.
     

Curtis Thiessen – Operations field Manager & Operator of Production Wells

  • Attended Lakeland College’s Heavy Oil Operations Technology Course (HOOT’s) and obtained 4th Class Power Engineering.
  • Worked for Wascana Energy for (7) years starting  in 1992. Operated various pressure treaters, a salt water disposal, ,thermo-flood steam generators and a water treatment plant. Was involved in optimizing flowlined and tanked heavy oil wells.
  • In 1999 started working for Baytex Energy first as an Operator and later as a Senior Operator. Responsible for the operation of heavy oil wells, a heavy oil battery and a gas plant.  Organized and supervised plant turnarounds and optimized heavy oil wells.
  • In 2001 started working for Conoco Phillips (later True Energy) as a lead operator. Operated SAGD wells with electric submersible pumps and worked in a plant with (2) 50M BTU dual pass Thermoflood generators.
  • From 2006 – 2008 worked for NuVisa Energy as a Lead Operator and then Foreman supervising six operators. Reduced well operating costs in the field from $30+/bbl down to $15/bbl
  • Operations Manager for Western Plains Petroleum since it started.  Also oversee field operations for Brahma Resources Ltd. and Sterling Eagle.
  • From 2005 until 2008 owned AT Energy which had (4) heavy oil wells in the Maidstone area. Sold the wells in 2008 when they had an average of 40 BOE/D.