Tracing the Industry

Robin Owens joined Talisman Energy in July 2003, as a Geophysicist in the International Exploration team. He has been assigned to the Alaska NPRA project, following Talisman’s recent deal with Total in Houston. Robin has experience working the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico with Amerada Hess, and most recently WCSB Foothills and Cretaceous channel plays with Marathon Canada Limited. Specialisations include Pre-SDM and AVO.

Tom Podivinsky has joined Seeker Petroleum. You can reach Tom at 770-1377 or tpod@seekerpetroleum.com.

Atul Nautiyal would like to let his friends and colleagues know that he is back from Houston after working for a couple of years in International Frontiers and Gulf of Mexico exploration. Y’all can reach him at 403-990-1961 or atulnautiyal@yahoo.ca “if you’re fixin’ to go snowboarding.”

Keith Rawlinson has joined Niko Resources. Keith can be reached at 262-1020 or krawlinson@nikoresources.com.

Alison Verity is with EnCana Corporation as of August 5th. Alison is a Geophysical Technologist in the Foothills/ Frontier Region. Her email is Alison.Verity@encana.com and phone is 645-4320.

Steve Farner has joined Kinloch Resources as Vice President, Exploration. Kinloch Resources is a public oil and gas company trading on the TSX under the symbol KTE. Steve can be reached at 503-0572 or by email steve@kinlochresources.com.

Karen Brawley-Hogg has resigned from her position as Vice President of Exploration at Quarry Oil & Gas Ltd., in conjunction with the closing of the Assure Energy Ltd. transaction, and is taking a few months of sabbatical before returning to the industry for her next adventure in oil and gas. She can reached at kbh@amuletexploration.com.

The 15th annual CPSG 10K run was held September 10th. This year’s race director, Stuart Mitchell of Petro-Canada is a CSEG member. The CSEG had a great showing at the event with 27 members of the geophysical community taking part. The post-race social event at Quincy’s was a great success and the race participants feasted on guilt-free pizza and beer and enjoyed lots of door prizes thanks to the sponsors. Congratulations to Kees Sinke who came in third overall.

Macdonald Cole has a new team member… Nathan James MacDonald. Born September 19, 2003 at 11:49 pm; 8 lbs, 19 1/2 inches tall. Healthy and doing well. Proud parents are Hannah and Steve MacDonald. The proud grandparents are Judi MacDonald and Grafton Cole.

Geoff Wilcox has returned to his first love (no second love), geology, and would like to thank all the wonderful people he had the chance to work with in the seismic business for the last 11 years. Wilcox says that now that he is out of the business “Maybe I can afford to go to the Doodlebug next year!” Geoff has joined Celtic Exploration Ltd. as a geologist. You can reach Geoff at 215-9158 or gwilcox@celticex.com.

Dave Wardlaw has joined Espoir Exploration Corp. as the Vice President, Geophysics. Espoir Exploration Corp. is a public oil and gas company that will be trading on the TSX under the symbol ESX. Dave can be reached at 294-1442 ext 227 or by email dwardlaw@espoir-exploration.com.

Cameron Fink has joined Samson Canada Ltd. as a Senior Geophysicist within Samson’s Core Asset Team. Samson Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samson Investment Company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cam can be reached at 231-9900 or by email cfink@samson.com.

Bruce Barrie has recently taken employment with Tusk Energy Inc. as Sr. Geophysicist within the exploration group. Bruce would love to hear from his friends and colleagues who wish to take him out for lunch. Bookings can be made by calling 264-8875 or email Bruce@tusk-energy.com.

Al Onia would like everyone to know he has joined Northpoint Energy Ltd in September. You can reach Al at 232-7789 or aonia@northpoint.ca.

Norex Exploration Services Inc. (“Norex”) today announced that Michael A. Broome has been appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for Norex Geophysical Inc. Mr. Broome has been involved in the seismic industry for more than 35 years and is the founder of several Calgary-based seismic companies including Pacific Copy Ltd., Pacific Surveys Ltd. and co-founder of Exploration Seismic Services Ltd. (EXSSEL) and Norex Exploration Ltd., the predecessor company of Norex Geophysical Ltd.

Divestco Inc. is excited to welcome Tish Kilburn to their dynamic sales team. Tish came to Divestco after three years at TransAlta where she assisted the commercial management team in power plant development and lifecycle management of commercial contractual obligations. Previous to TransAlta, Tish worked for TransCanada Pipelines for six years in a similar enterprise development role. Tish earned her BSc. Engineering degree at McGill University in Montreal and at the University of New Brunswick. Tish brings a huge skill set to the Divestco team and is a valuable addition to the group. Tish can be contacted via: v. 403.770.0303; c. 403.819.2220; e. tish.kilburn@divestco.com.