Managers

Mike Maughan, B.S., C.P.G., P.Geol. (mike.maughan@sproule.com)
Vice-President, Geoscience

• Reservoir geology
• Oil and gas pool mapping
• Geophysical, lithological and drilling data analysis
• Regional geological studies
• Evaluation of exploration and development programs
• Evaluation of waterflood programs
• Experience in Canada, East Africa, Indonesia, South America and United States

   Richard Gerritse (richard.gerritse@sproule.com)
Manager - Systems Department

• Direct and control activities of employees engaged in computer operations and system development
• Plan and develop policies and procedures for computer operations
• Evaluate proposed data processing projects to assess adequacy of existing hardware and recommend purchase of equipment
• Develop budget and monitor expenditures
• Manage the development of inhouse software
• Evaluation of project corporate cash flows, such as Alberta Royalty Tax Credit (ARTC), Capital Gas Cost Allowance, Corporate Income Tax, and National Instrument 51-101 requirements
• Monitor changes in needs of clients and regulatory bodies; evaluate impact on existing software
• Fluent in Dutch

Cameron Six, B.Sc., P.Eng. (cameron.six@sproule.com)
Manager, Engineering

• Reserves evaluation and audits
• Reservoir engineering
• Production/completion engineering
• Field production operations
• Mid-level and senior executive business unit and technical management
• Experience in Western Canada, East Coast, Northwest Territories, and Mackenzie Delta

Robert R. Warholm, B.Sc., P.Eng. (robert.warholm@sproule.com)
Manager, Engineering

• Reserves and Resource evaluations and audits
• Conventional oil and natural gas evaluations
• Cold production of heavy oil and SAGD recovery of oil sands
• Reservoir and Production engineering
• Acquisition and divestiture evaluations
• Oil and gas field development studies
• Unitization studies
• Senior and mid-level executive business unit and technical management
• Worldwide experience in Western Canada, Sudan and the United States

Associates & Staff

Doug Bates, P.Eng. (doug.bates@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Experience in Canada, Azerbaijan and United Kingdom

Maren Blair, P.Geol. (maren.blair@sproule.com)
Intermediate Geologist

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Jim Chisholm, B.Eng, P.Eng. (jim.chisholmi@sproule.com)
Petroleum Engineer

• Reserves evaluations
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory submissions
• Experience in Canada, Latin America and U.S.A.

  Sara F. Cooper, B.Sc., E.I.T. (sara.cooper@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves estimations and evaluations
• Reservoir assessment
• Economic analysis
• Production forecasting
• Languages: Intermediate French
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Omid Eslami, B.Sc., E.I.T. (omid.eslami@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Cameron S. Fard, B.Sc., E.I.T. (cameron.fard@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Gary Finnis, B.Sc., P.Eng. (gary.finnis@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves estimations and evaluations
• Reservoir assessment
• Economic analysis
• Production forecasting
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory submissions
• Experience in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin - British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan; and Williston Basin - Montana and North Dakota, U.S.A.

Hans J. Firla, B.S., P.Eng. (hans.firla@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations
• Economic analysis of exploration plays and land sales
• Waterflood evaluations
• Production operations
• Fluent in German

Khani Ghaffari, M.Sc., P.Eng. (khani.ghaffari@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves estimations and evaluations
• Reservoir assessment.
• Waterflood evaluation
• Production forecasting
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory submissions
• Economic analyses

  Steven Golko, B.Sc., E.I.T. (steven.golko@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Jarett Gough, Geol. I.T. (jarett.gough@sproule.com)
Geologist-in-Training

• Coalbed methane evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Tanja Hale, B.Sc., P.Eng. (tanja.hale@sproule.com)
Senior Petroleum Engineer

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Reservoir engineering
• Acquisitions and divestitures

John Hanko, B.Sc., P.Geol. (john.hanko@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Resource assessments
• Regional geological studies
• Evaluation of exploratory prospects
• Generation of oil and gas prospects
• Experience in Canada, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Nigeria, North Sea, Russia, Tunisia and U.S.A.

Brent A. Hawkwood, C.E.T. (brent.hawkwood@sproule.com)
Shareholder

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Reservoir engineering
• Experience in Canada and United States

Jim Hudson, R.P.T. (Eng.) (jim.hudson@sproule.com)
Shareholder

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Acquisitions and divestitures

Paul Jung, B.S., P.Eng. (pbjung@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Heavy oil production and operations
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory submissions
• Experience in Canada and Czech Republic

  Meghan Klein, B.A.Sc., E.I.T. (meghan.klein@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Alec Kovaltchouk, M.Sc., P.Geol. (alec.kovaltchouk@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Regional geological studies
• Evaluation of exploration programs
• Heavy oil geology
• Coalbed methane evaluations
• Author to industry
• Fluent in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian
• Experience in Canada, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine

  Timothy S. Kravinchuk, B.Sc., P.Eng. (tim.kravinchuk@sproule.com)
Intermediate Petroleum Engineer

• Reserves evaluations
• Reservoir engineering
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory applications and submissions

  Andy Law, B.Sc., E.I.T. (andy.law@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Bryce MacKinnon, B.Eng., P.Eng. (bryce.mackinnon@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

  Mohamed A. Mohamud, B.Sc., P.Eng. (mohamed.mohamud@sproule.com)
Intermediate Engineer

• Reserves evaluations
• Reservoir engineering
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Regulatory applications and submissions

Tammy Moores, P.Geol. (tammy.moores@sproule.com)
Intermediate Geologist

• Reservoir evaluations
• Geology and petrophysics evaluations
• Structural and stratigraphic mapping of oil and gas reservoirs
• Log analysis
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Jim Nemrava, C.E.T. (jim.nemrava@sproule.com)
Shareholder

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Logistical and economic analysis for oil and gas development
• Drilling and completion cost audits
• Regulatory submissions
• Technical support for daily operations of small oil and gas companies
• Experience in Canada (including Arctic, East Coast, and Beaufort Sea) and United States

Matthew O'Blenes, M.Sc., P.Eng. (matthew.oblenes@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Natural gas storage
• Gas transmission system planning and design
• Gas supply planning and forecasting
• Lecturer to industry in evaluation of oil and gas properties
• Experience in Canada and Australia

Eseoghene N. Olaniyan, B.Eng., P.Eng. (eseoghene.olaniyan@sproule.com)
Senior Petroleum Engineer

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Simulation studies
• Production engineering
• Performance optimization
• Experience in Canada and Nigeria

  Ian E. Ooi, B.Sc., E.I.T. (ian.ooi@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Scott Pennell, P.Eng. (scott.pennell@sproule.com)
Supervisor, Unconventional Gas

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Coalbed methane evaluations
• Deliverability studies
• Economic models
• Resource assessments
• Experience in Canada (including Offshore Newfoundland and Nova Scotia), Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, United Kingdom (North Sea) and U.S.A.

Lucy Precul, M.Sc., P.Eng. (lucy.precul@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Reservoir engineering
• Presentation skills in Spanish, French, Romanian, Italian and Hungarian
• Experience in Canada, Argentina, Bolivia and France

  Jason Robottom, B.Sc., E.I.T. (jason.robottom@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Colleen Rogers, C.E.T. (colleen.rogers@sproule.com)
Shareholder

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Reservoir engineering
• Economic models
• Experience in Canada, Australia, Benin, Colombia, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Oman, Russia, United Kingdom and United States

Reza Saedi, B.Sc., P.Eng. (reza.saedi@sproule.com)
Senior Petroleum Engineer

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Fluent in Persian
• Experience in Canada, Iran and Bulgaria

Grant Sanden, B.Sc., P.Eng. (grant.sanden@sproule.com)
Supervisor, Unconventional Oil

• Reserves evaluations
• Oil and gas deliverability studies
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Profitability studies for exploration and development
• Special projects concerning oilsands mining and in-situ recovery processes
• Lecturer to industry in evaluation of oil and gas properties
• Experience in Canada and Argentina

Wayne Sargent, Ph.D., P.Geol. (wayne.sargent@sproule.com)
Associate

• Unproved property evaluations
• Prospect evaluations
• Regional and detailed structural geology, stratigraphy, and sedimentation studies
• Reservoir studies for clastic and carbonate rocks
• Development and maintenance of exploration programs
• Potash studies
• Geothermal project analysis
• Expert technical witness
• Worldwide experience in Canada, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, China, Colombia, Crimea, Cuba, Egypt, England, France, Greenland, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Sea, Peru, Red Sea, Russia, Sudan, Tanzania, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Venezuela and Yemen

  Thomas K. Schenk, B.Sc., E.I.T. (thomas.schenk@sproule.com)
Engineer-in-Training

• Reserves estimations and evaluations.
• Reservoir assessment.
• Economic analysis.
• Production forecasting.
• Acquisitions and divestitures.
• Experience in Canada and the United States

  David M. Shewchuk, C.E.T. (dave.shewchuk@sproule.com)
Senior Petroleum Engineering Technician

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Waterflood evaluations
• Reservoir engineering

Peter Sidey, B.Sc., P.Eng. (peter.sidey@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Quantitative risk assessment and statistical analysis of oil and gas plays
• Gas contract reserve determinations and negotiations
• Expert technical witness
• Litigation support: researching and writing arguments and cross-examination
• Development and exploitation of oil and gas fields
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Profitability analyses for exploration and development
• Petroleum joint venture engineering
• Supervision of corporate insurance for oil and gas companies
• Experience in Canada, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, France, Holland, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela

  Zach Sonnleitner, B.Sc., P.Eng. (zach.sonnleitner@sproule.com)
Intermediate Engineer

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Daphne Starr, B.Sc., M.Eng. (daphne.starr@sproule.com)
  

• Reserves evaluations
• Experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Nora Stewart, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. (nora.stewart@sproule.com)
Associate

• Energy pricing, analysis and forecast development
• Reserves evaluations and audits
• Expert technical witness
• Resource assessments
• Resource value mediation
• Supply and demand forecasting
• Natural gas storage
• Natural gas marketing and contracts
• Lecturer to industry in evaluation of oil and gas properties
• Author of technical papers regarding petroleum prices and value
• Experience in Canada, Australia, China, Egypt, Slovakia and United States

  George Strother-Stewart, B.Sc., P.Geol. (george.strother-stewart@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Completion programs
• Reservoir modelling
• Development and exploration drilling and recompletions
• Field operation programs
• Exploratory overviews
• Reservoir development and optimization studies
• Development of heavy oil properties
• Regulatory applications
• Experience in Canada, Argentina, China, Kazakhstan, Libya, United States, Venezuela and Yemen

Brian Trieber, R.P.T. (Geol.) (brian.trieber@sproule.com)
Shareholder

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Exploration geology
• Experience in Canada, United States and Africa

Wesley J. Waddell, B.Sc., P.Geol. (wes.waddell@sproule.com)
Associate

• Reservoir evaluation and geological mapping
• Resource assessments
• Geological integration of seismic data
• Oil sands and heavy oil evaluations
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Experience in Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Italy and New Zealand