SERENDIVE ENERGY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Petroleum Engineer

Ben Anderson has 35 years of comprehensive and diverse experience and expertise in oil and gas exploration, development, field operations, petroleum engineering, HSSE, business development, management and leadership, primarily with small to medium sized companies in North America. Most recently, Mr. Anderson has provided independent consultancy and advisory expertise to corporations, individuals, investors and other clients in regards to identification, assessment, procurement and management of: upstream oil and gas projects and assets, exploration and development strategies and execution of same, assets, opportunities, joint ventures, business development, financial networking and field supervision of drilling, completion, and production operations. Mr. Anderson possesses extensive technical and operational capabilities in all facets of the upstream oil and gas industry including petroleum and reservoir engineering, reserves evaluation, economic assessment and analyses, drilling and completions, production engineering, field and operations optimization, process and facilities engineering, construction, operations oversight and management, HSSE, and leadership of personnel. Ben Anderson obtained a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1981.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Petroleum Geologist

Dr. Langdon joined the petroleum industry as a geologist in 1980, and worked in Canadian and international oil and gas industry, in companies such as Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas, Saudi Aramco, and Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. In that time, he has managed three junior Canadian public companies involved in Canadian and North Sea exploration in basins similar to those of Sri Lanka. In the early 1990's he earned a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where his thesis focussed on seismic-based basin analysis of the western Newfoundland and adjacent Maritimes Basin areas in Eastern Canada. This work was published in the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and led to an award for best paper on Canadian petroleum geology by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1994. He was the Founder and former President & CEO of Shoal Point Energy, a Canadian Exploration company (CNSX:SPE), which sits on a billion-plus barrel acreage.

Job Titles:

• Representative, Supervisor, QC for All Geophysics

Jan has over 35 years of extensive experience in the acquisition, processing and interpretation of gravity data, including but not limited to: airborne gravity, gravity gradiometry and magnetics, magnetometry, geoelectrics, rock sampling, petrophysics, magnetotellurics, geological reconnaissance, GPS - all in a wide range of geological terrains and field conditions, worldwide. He has worked in a consulting capacity to perform specific projects on seismic crews or independent land and airborne surveys in the role of Party Chief, Supervisor/QC and Client Representative.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Manager

Mr. Podruski has been a director and manager of several petroleum exploration companies: in particular he was the Founder, President and CEO of Alturas Resources Ltd., a junior Canadian international and domestic exploration company. He has also worked as an officer of the Geological Surveys of Canada and of Papua New Guinea, where advised the governments, conducted regional petroleum potential assessments, and evaluated exploration and development programs. Alturas Resources Ltd. was a Canadian oil & gas exploration company focused on Western Canada and Cuba.

Job Titles:

• Chief Operating Officer
• Petroleum Engineer

Mr. Melnic has over 25 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams within the oil and gas industry as an executive or senior manager with several Canadian and international companies. Additionally, he has over 13 years experience developing unconventional resources such as Enriched Gas Cycling, slant drilling and completions, CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery, and drilling horizontal wells with multi frac completions for shales. He has sourced, evaluated and/or negotiated conventional and unconventional oil and gas plays in Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Kenya, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Uganda, Uruguay and the USA as an A&D specialist with proven success in finding and closing deals valued at over $1 billion since 2000. Mr. Melnic has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and an MBA from Queen's University.

Prof. Abrams is a geoscientist with 35-plus years of experience in exploration, production, and research with a large independent, major integrated oil and gas company, and with a university research institute. He has extensive worldwide experience in both frontier and producing basins and has been a senior manager/group leader for industry regional petroleum systems and basin evaluation studies. Additionally, Prof. Abrams has provided integrated petroleum geochemical services for exploration and production teams. Prof. Abrams is a recognized expert in petroleum geochemistry and petroleum systems analysis with numerous publications and published conference presentations.

Mr. Thomson has worked for 35 years as a petroleum exploration and development geologist in many basins around the world. Project areas include Western Canada, Papua New Guinea, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Malaysia. He has worked in a variety of geologic and geographic settings, including both onshore and offshore exploration and production, mountainous and jungle terrains, highly structured basins, carbonates and clastics. He has participated in many different exploration and development drilling campaigns, and has managed the technical and regulatory aspects of petroleum exploration licenses in several different jurisdictions. In addition, Mr. Thomson has worked in several different cultural settings and is well versed in creating a high-performance environment within multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams. Most recently he spent four years based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, working as Exploration Team Lead/Manager for a Canadian company engaged in exploration and production projects in Southeast Asia.

Job Titles:

• General Manager Construction, Drilling and Completions

Mr. Noble has 40 years of experience working primarily in well drilling and completions in a wide range of geographic and geologic environments, including Canada, the United States, Cuba (Onshore and Offshore), Australia, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Tajikistan. He has held various titles ranging from Manager of Drilling, In-Country Manager, General Manager of Construction Drilling & Completion, VP of Drilling & Completions, and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Noble has worked with companies of all sizes as an employee or consultant controlling various budgets up to $700 million annually. He also has managed teams of over 150 employees and contractors. He has experience with large service contracts and continues to support partnerships with the service and supply sector to gain exceptional results both economically and technically. In addition, he has worked with and negotiated with local, regional, and national government agencies. Mr. Noble has in-depth experience with a wide range of well types such as critical sour, high temperature - high pressure, long reach horizontal multistage fracked wells, offshore wells, difficult drilling through hardrock massive volcanic formations, shallow gas and drilling with coil. Mr. Noble holds a B.Sc. (Adv.) from the University of Saskatchewan.