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Sproule Executive Team


R. Keith MacLeod, P.Eng. (keith.macleod@sproule.com)

President
B.S. (Honours) Engineering (1984)
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  • Property and corporate evaluations
  • Reserves assessments
  • Acquisitions and divestitures
  • Technical and economic assessment of oil and gas drilling opportunities
  • Investment advice
  • Reservoir engineering
  • Natural gas supply and deliverability studies
  • Coalbed methane studies
  • Expert technical witness
  • Lecturer and author to industry
  • Worldwide experience in Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Harry J. Helwerda, P.Eng. (harry.helwerda@sproule.com)

Executive Vice-President
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1978)
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  • Project management
  • Reserves estimations and evaluations
  • Fair Market Value assessments
  • Acquisitions and divestitures
  • Reserves audits
  • Reservoir engineering
  • Production engineering
  • Property management and optimization
  • Languages: Dutch
  • Worldwide experience in Australia, Canada, China, Slovakia, United States

John L. Chipperfield, P.Geol. (john.chipperfield@sproule.com)

Senior Vice-President
B.Sc. (Honours) Geology (1972)
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  • Reservoir evaluation
  • Geological evaluation of oil sands deposits
  • Prospect generation
  • Evaluation of exploratory prospects
  • Regional geological studies
  • Resource assessment
  • Lecturer to industry
  • Expert witness testimony
  • Worldwide experience in Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada (including Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Delta, Grand Banks and Scotian Shelf), China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, India, Italy, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Sudan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States (including Alaska), Yemen

Unconventional

Doug Ho, P.Eng. (doug.ho@sproule.com)

Vice-President, Engineering
B.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering (1980)
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  • Reserves estimates and economic projections
  • Cold production of heavy oil and thermal recovery of oil sands
  • Expert technical witness
  • Oil and gas field development studies
  • Investment advice to clients on purchase and sale of assets
  • Worldwide experience in Australia (Gippsland Basin Gas Deliverability Study), Canada (Western Canada Sedimentary Basin), China (Conventional and Heavy Oil Reserves and Economic Evaluations and Field Development Studies in the Daqing, Shengli and Liaohe Oilfields), Inner Mongolia (Gas Potential Assessment), Myanmar (Heavy Oil Reserves and Economic Evaluations of Htaukshabin and Kanni Oilfields)

International

Douglas J. Carsted, P.Geol. (carstedd@sproule.com)

Vice-President, Geoscience
B.Sc. (Honours) Geology (1982); B.Sc. Chemistry (1979)

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  • Geological and petrophysical evaluation of properties and prospects
  • Reservoir mapping and modelling
  • Regional geological studies
  • Exploration geology
  • Prospect generation
  • Expert technical witness
  • Lecturer to industry
  • Languages: German
  • Worldwide experience in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oman, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom (North Sea), West Africa

Greg Robinson, P.Eng. (greg.robinson@sproule.com)

Vice-President, Engineering
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1978)
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  • Property and corporate evaluations
  • Reserves estimations and evaluations
  • Acquisitions and divestitures
  • Field development planning
  • Expert technical witness
  • Studies for First Nations
  • Investment and lending studies
  • Reserves audits
  • Estate evaluations
  • Worldwide experience in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Cote d'Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Libya, New Zealand, North Sea, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Russia (Western Siberia), Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Yemen

Domestic

Bob Johnson, P.Eng. (bob.johnson@sproule.com)

Vice-President, Engineering
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1980)
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  • Reserves estimations and evaluations
  • Economic projections for primary, secondary, and tertiary recoveries
  • Gas reserve and deliverability reports
  • Oil and gas property marketing
  • Reservoir engineering
  • Recommendations to clients on purchase and sale of assets
  • Sales reports for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Reviewing drilling prospects
  • Auditing and evaluating P&NG software
  • Unitization negotiation
  • Asset management
  • Developing economic reports from evaluation software
  • Worldwide experience in Canada, India, Mongolia, Russia, United States