BARLON - Key Persons


Gabriel Kobel - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Gabriel Kobel has been working in the oil and gas industry since 1995. He has worked in field operations as a wellsite supervisor, managing operations as a drilling and completions superintendent and in an engineering capacity for oil and gas operators both directly and as a consultant. Mr. Kobel has represented clients at regulatory hearings and has provided and continues to provide programming, engineering analysis, and operational expertise at the planning, execution, and post execution phases of projects throughout Western Canada and Europe. Mr. Kobel is a Certified Engineering Technologist in Petroleum Engineering Technology. Mr. Kobel also holds several technical training certificates, has completed various industry-related courses and seminars on casing string design, drilling optimization, and incident command systems/structures, and is a member of the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET), and the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers.

Paul Blenkhorn

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Environment
Paul has worked in the Engineering sector since 2002 and the resource industry since 2005. Mr. Blenkhorn, is responsible for the corporate risk management of the BAM assets under management and the development of Environmental systems and procedures to streamline full cycle site reclamation and closure. Mr. Blenkhorn is a member of APEGA and APEGS and continues to evolve simple and effective procedures to reduce both timelines and costs associated with site closure.