OUR TEAM
Principals
Sabi Balkanyi
Petroleum Engineer with over 20 years experience evaluating and developing offshore oil and gas fields with both major and independent operators. His experience covers the full project life-cycle from exploration and appraisal to greenfield and brownfield developments. Former Director of Reservoir Engineering at Beacon Offshore, Reservoir Engineering Manager Gulf of Mexico at Freeport McMoRan, Manager Development Integration and Economics at Maersk Oil and various engineering roles at Shell.
Martijn Dekker
Strategic business executive with over 25 years expertise in the energy industry in leadership positions covering all aspects of upstream oil and gas and developing clean energy strategies. He is former Shell VP Strategy & Portfolio for digitalization, low carbon energy technologies, carbon capture and hydrogen. Before that he was the VP Growth and Appraisal for Americas, including the Gulf of Mexico at Shell and had a broad range of upstream and midstream management roles prior to that.
Scot Fraser
Geoscientist with over 25 years experience unlocking growth across the E&P value chain. Formerly New Ventures, Strategy and Growth Manager at Shell where he advised the executive leadership team during the Shell/BG merger on portfolio rationalization. Prior to that he was the Angola & Gabon Exploration & Development/Appraisal Leader at Cobalt responsible for the Angola entry that resulted in over 3 bln barrels discovered. He has worked extensively advising governments on E&P fiscal policy, advised PE companies on M&A targets, and has advised the boards of Spectrum ASA and TGS Nopec on global strategy.
Consultants
Our team consists of highly qualified oil and gas professionals with decades of experience obtained with major and independent oil and gas operators. Our staff is specialized in the exploration, development, and production of deepwater offshore fields in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and other offshore basins around the world. They have been involved in industry first projects, unlocked new exploration basins, and are recognized as industry experts in their fields
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