Experience

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  Buru Energy

  • Perth, Western Australia

  • Non Executive Director

    • Feb 2021 - Present
    • Perth, Western Australia

    Buru Energy Limited (BRU) is an oil and gas producer and explorer with its core area in the northwest of Western Australia in the onshore Canning and Carnarvon basins. The Company currently produces oil from the Ungani Field and is working to appraise its very large Rafael wet gas discovery in the Canning Basin. It is also participating in the new energy economy with interests in natural hydrogen, carbon capture and underground storage (CCUS), and battery minerals.

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  Various

  • Perth, Western Australia

  • Energy Consultant

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • Perth, Western Australia

    Strategy development, sub-surface exploration, drilling, business development, commercial, gas markets, project development, stakeholder management.

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  Triangle Energy (Global) Limited (ASX: TEG)

  • Perth, Western Australia

  • Non Executive Director

    • Jun 2020 - Feb 2022
    • Perth, Western Australia

    Triangle Energy (TEG) is an ASX listed oil and gas producer and explorer with operations located in the offshore and onshore Perth Basin (270 km north of Perth). TEG operates the Cliff Head oilfield, approximately 12km offshore from Dongara.

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  Emperor Energy (ASX: EMP)

  • Perth and Brisbane, Australia

  • Non Executive Director

    • Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
    • Perth and Brisbane, Australia

    Gas exploration and project development in the offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria

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  Senex Energy Limited

  • GM Business Development & New Ventures, Senex Energy

    • Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

    Leading portfolio and strategy refresh, growth opportunity identification, farmins/farmouts, divestments.

  • General Manager Commercial, Senex Energy

    • Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

    Leading operated joint venture governance and stakeholder management, oil & gas marketing/sales, infrastructure and commercial agreements, business development.

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  Shell International

  • Chief Advisor, Shell Upstream Indonesia

    • Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

    Delivering an investable LNG project concept for the giant Abadi gas field, Arafura Sea, Eastern Indonesia. Working with JV partner and operator (Inpex) and Government of Indonesia ministries, regulators, NGOs, academics and industry stakeholders.

  • Global Floating LNG Commercial Development Manager, Singapore

    • Sep 2008 - Jul 2014

    Leading global business development for Shell's floating LNG technology. Commercial representative on the leadership team for the Floating LNG development program.

  • GM Gas & Power, Shell Japan

    • Jul 2005 - Sep 2008

    Leading commercial advice to Shell's LNG projects supplying the Japanese market. Managing key customer and government/industry stakeholders. Leading strategy development, growing market share & value, price renegotiations and new long-term LNG contracts with Japanese customers.

  • NWS Project Business Development Manager

    • May 2000 - Jun 2005

    Delivery of shareholder support for new Asian LNG market development and associated M&A to underpin NWS Project expansion. Leading Shell's governance of the NWS Project, including LNG & domgas businesses, offshore gas supply, exploration, field initiations, third party gas and LNG shipping.

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  Shell Development Australia

  • Exploration Manager, Timor Sea and Onshore Australia

    • Feb 1999 - May 2000

    Shell secondee in Woodside managing a large exploration team and portfolio of operated exploration permits in the Timor Sea (including JPDA with East Timor) and onshore Canning Basin, Kimberley region.

  • Asset Manager, Timor Sea and Onshore Ventures

    • Dec 1995 - Jan 1999

    Leading Shell operated seismic/drilling campaigns in the onshore Canning Basin and offshore in the Timor Sea (including the Zone of Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia). NOV governance and asset manager for Woodside operated exploration and production ventures in the Timor Sea, including the Laminaria oil field development.

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  Shell Development Australia

  • Team Leader, New Ventures

    • Jul 1992 - Sep 1995

    Business development including farmin/farmouts, new acreage release evaluation and bidding, frontier basin evaluations.

  • Exploration Geologist and Drilling Operations

    • Apr 1988 - Jul 1992

    Exploration geology and drilling operations in the Gippsland Basin and Southern Margin. Farmin/farmouts including acquisition of LASMO's Gippsland Basin acreage.

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  Consultant Geologist

  • Aberdeen, Scotland

  • MSc student and contractor for well site geology services

    • Aug 1986 - Jan 1988
    • Aberdeen, Scotland

    Petroleum Geology Masters programme at University of Aberdeen and contractor providing well-site geology services to Mobil and Hunt Oil in the North Sea, UK.

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  BHP Billiton

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Exploration Geologist

    • Jan 1986 - Aug 1986
    • Brisbane, Australia

    Exploration geology for Australia-wide sedimentary basin analysis targeting manganese deposits.

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  Oilmin Group

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Exploration Geologist

    • Jan 1984 - Dec 1985
    • Brisbane, Australia

    Exploration and development geology, drilling, production testing and well-site geology operations in Central Australia Amadeus Basin (NT), including Mereenie oil and gas field appraisal and development.