JOHN G.F. McLEOD, BSc., P.Eng.

68 Sandstone Ridge Crescent
OKOTOKS, Alberta T1S 1R1

Telephone: (403) 938-0047 Cellular: (403) 850-3450
Fax: (403) 938-0048 Home Telephone: (403) 938-0046
e-mail - jgfmcleod@aol.com

• Over 30 years of varied Resource Extraction experience with particular emphasis on corporate management:
• International oil and gas management -exploration and development .establishing and maintaining relations with investors and the financial community
• Experienced in all types of oil and gas projects, with certain specialties - secondary and tertiary recovery, gas condensate, sour gas, heavy oil, cold weather and remote operations. Application of this expertise to international projects.
• building a company through Exploration and Development, acquisitions and mergers
• team building in a corporate environment

Specific areas of expertise include:

• corporate and project economics ~ corporate management
• joint venture and project development
• international and domestic oil and gas operations .production and reservoir engineering .drilling
• co-ordination of all aspects associated with management of a domestic or international oil and gas exploration, development and production company.

PERSONAL

• Canadian citizen. Born on November 18, 1946 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Married with four children. Fluent in English and French.

EDUCATION

• College Militaire Royal de St. Jean, Quebec Engineering 1964 -1967.
• BSc. Mechanical Engineering, 1970, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
• Numerous company and industry technical, supervisory and management courses.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. ONCO Petroleum Inc.  2005
   President, CEO
   • Private Ontario company reactivating the Tilbury gas field and Michigan reef oil and gas production.
     
    
2. Rally Energy Corp.  2001 to 2005
   President, CEO, Director, Vice President-Operations
   • TSX Venture Exchange listed company initially with a large acreage position on Prince Edward Island. Exploration project for conventional gas initially, with Coal Bed Methane and deeper targets to follow.
   • Acquired Scimitar Hydrocarbons in 2002 -Issaran Heavy Oilfield in Egypt and Gas Condensate project in Pakistan.
   • Staffed the Egyptian operation, increased production 4 fold, remapped the existing pool (558 million barrels in place), raised equity for a continuous drilling program, implemented 2 thermal (steam) recovery pilots. Farmed out the Pakistan project for a carried interest in a subsequent large gas discovery.
      
3. Canoro Resources Inc. 2000 to 2001
   President, CEO, Director
   • CDNX listed company with concessions in Assam State, India.
      
4. Mcleod Petroleum Consulting Ltd.    1985 to present
   President
   • Management services to the international and domestic resource industry. Recent projects include:
   • Technical Advisor for African exploration and development projects. Technical Director for a company involved in exploration and oil production in Georgia, Former Soviet Union.
   • Negotiation of international oil concessions in Africa.
   • Project and corporate evaluation of international resource opportunities, both corporate and project specific.
   • Transition to operations for a major oilfield acquisition by a large energy trust.
      
5. Creative Energy Power Ventures Corp. 1999 to present
   President 
   • Development of gas to electricity projects, domestic and international. Feasibility, finance, construction and operation of Independent Power Projects in Canada utilizing biomass as fuel source.
      
6. Constellation Oil & Gas Company   1993 to 1998
   President and Chief Executive Officer
   • Junior Alberta oil and gas company
      
7. Arakis Energy Corporation    1995 -1997
   President and Chief Executive Officer
   • Advanced the Sudan Petroleum Project by raising $148MM and formed an international consortium to undertake the $1+ Billion project. Talisman acquired project now producing 250,000 barrels of oil per day. Operations in Oman and Papua New Guinea.
      
8. State Petroleum Corporation
   Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer 1995 -1997
   Project Director- Sudan Project 1991 -1995
   • Responsible for all aspects of $US 750,000,000 oil exploration and development project in Sudan, from initial access to the remote field location, through exploration and drilling, facility design and design of a 1500 km 610 mm diameter oil export pipeline and tanker loading terminal.
      
9. Pengrowth Gas Corporation 1992 through 1995
   Vice-President Operations
   • Grew energy trust from $9 million to $300 million by acquiring producing oil and gas properties in Canada.
      
10. Sugar Creek Oil & Gas Inc.  June 1990 to November 1991
    Executive Vice-President and Director
    • Following the merger of Moreland Oil & Gas Ltd. with Sugar Creek, was pat of a three man management team with specific responsibility for the operations of the company, including drilling, production, marketing, reservoir engineering, partner relations, government approvals, facility construction, etc.
       
11. Moreland Oil & Gas Ltd.  November 1986 to May 1990
    President and Director
    • Responsible for all the operations and engineering for the company, and jointly responsible, with Roger Hume, VP Exploration for the corporate growth of the company since its initiation as a junior capital pool company in 1987.
       
12. AMH Group Ltd.   November 1985 to May 1990
    President and Director
    Responsible for reservoir engineering projects undertaken by the company, which include the following:
    • project: monitor for the Canadian International Development Agency for the China Petroleum Development Technical Co-operation Project
    • a review of the engineering and economic parameters of a large sour gas field and gas plant in southern Alberta
    • a review of the potential gas production offshore Ghana
    • an engineering review on the exploration potential of the Suakin structure in the Sudanese Red Sea.
       
13. ICG Resources   1985
    Vice-President Operations

     

14. AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd.  January 1985 -February 1985
    District Superintendent -Calgary, Alberta
    • Responsible for Crossfield District
    • East Crossfield field and sour gas plant .West Whitecourt sour gas plant
    • Ricinus area oil and gas industry
    • 150 staff in field operations, plants, engineering, drilling administration

    Chief Engineer, Calgary, Alberta January 1981 to December 1984

    • Responsible for career planning, salary recommendations, recruiting, training and engineering quality for 270 engineers and technologists. .Directly supervised groups of technical specialists in Enhanced oil
    • Recovery, plant process Design, Mechanical Equipment Design, Heavy Oil (combustion and steam flood) Reservoir Engineering, Consulting and Government negotiations
    • Performed as technical liaison to Amoco Research Centre (Production Research Advisory Committee) and other Amoco offices
    • Responsible for the implementation and utilization of new technology in the Amoco Canada organization.

    Division Engineer -Calgary, Alberta  October 1978 to December 1980

    • Managed reservoir engineering for Southwest Alberta supervised 20 engineers and technologists.
    • Active in the West Pembina D-2 play in which Amoco was in the first to install a hydrocarbon miscible flood, conducted unitization and partner negotiations, participated in the design and approval of three non-operated vertical miscible floods, developed depletion strategies for waterflood and primary pools and handled Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board applications and hearings.

    Senior Staff Petroleum Engineer -Tulsa, Oklahoma   August 1977 to September 1978

    • Studied with the aid of computer models the effect of varying solvent:water ratios in horizontal hydrocarbon miscible flooding, for particular application to the South Swan Hills Unit flood, Alberta.

    Area Engineer -Drayton Valley, Alberta  November 1975 to August 1977

    • Responsible for all engineering activities in the Pembina Area which included drilling, workovers, oil and gas production facilities, waterfloods, miscible flood, construction, measurement and automation systems. The major oil production in the area is from the Pembina Cardium which is a very waxy crude. 
       
    • Supervised 25 engineers and technologists from entry level to three to four years' experience. Formal and on-the-job training was a significant requirement of the position.

    Assistant Area Engineer -Edmonton, Alberta   September 1974 to November 1985

    • Reporting to the Area Engineer, responsible for all production and operational engineering associated with the South Swan Hills Unit. This included a large secondary horizontal hydrocarbon miscible flood and a high capacity mature waterflood. In this position, supervised 15 entry level engineers and relatively experienced technologists.

    Reservoir Engineer -Calgary, Alberta September 1972 to August 1984

    • Responsible for head office production and reservoir engineering associated w'ith the Nipisi Gilwood Unit No.1, a high capacity partially developed waterflood in north central Alberta.
    • Completed a 3-phase, two dimensional computer model study of the Nipisi Unit which resulted in significant changes to waterflood operations and injection patterns.

    Production Engineer- Drayton Valley, Alberta June 1971 to August 1972

    • Responsible for production Pembina Cardium waterfloods. and operations engineering on several completed major studies on four waterfloods, an existing hydrocarbon miscible flood and on hydraulic fracturing techniques. Recommended injection pattern changes for Pembina J Lease which resulted in significant production improvement.

    Production Engineer- Odessa, Texas June 1970 to May 1971

    • Responsible for operations and production engineering for two San Andreas waterfloods.
    • Completed major work on scale clean out treatments, injection well profiling and pressure transient analysis.

    Petroleum Engineer (JG) (Temporary) -Drayton Valley, Alberta Summer 1979

    • Reported on an extensive field testing program for new equipment.
    • Designed, recommended and obtained approval construction of 2 small water injection stations.

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Director

• Heritage Oil Corporation  (TSE)
• Highview Resources Ltd. (TSX-V)
• Tuscany Energy Ltd. (TSX-V)
• Castle Rock Petroleum Ltd. (TSX-V)
• Keeper Resources Inc. (TSX-V)

Association of Petroleum Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta 

Elected Council Member in 1986 for a three year term
Former Chairman or Member of Enforcement and Tripartite Committees

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Calgary Petroleum Club

OTHER INTERESTS

• Sailing,
• Hockev coach.
• Midget Director. Okotoks Minor Hockey Association

Ernie Pratt, P.Geol.

Mr. Pratt has in excess of 32 years experience in development and management of successful exploration and development programs in Canadian Frontier areas, in Western Canada and Internationally.

Significant programs include a number of Petro Canada International Assistance Corporation programs in West Africa, significant discoveries in Sudan, Canadian Arctic frontier exploration and the successful application of horizontal well technology in projects throughout Western Canada.

As Vice President of Exploration and Development of Arakis, beginning in 1993, he was responsible for the entire exploration and development program in Sudan. His activities resulted in several significant oil discoveries that supported decisions to proceed with major pipeline and infrastructure construction in Sudan. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Pratt was Executive Vice President, Exploration and Development at Odyssey Petroleum Corp., a public company engaged primarily in International oil and gas projects.  In 1999 he became Vice President of Rocky Mountain Energy an Oil and Gas Company concentrating on the western Canada basin.

From 1991 to the present date, Mr. Pratt has acted as President of Lateral Development Group Ltd., a technical consulting company focused on Canadian and International exploration projects.

Mr. Pratt graduated from the University of Alberta with a Masters of Science Degree with specialization in Geology.  He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Mel Trethart, B.Sc.(Civil Engineering)

Mr. Trethart has in excess of 35 years experience in engineering operations and management of domestic and international projects. 

After graduating from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Mr. Trethart spent 30 years in increasingly responsible engineering and management positions with Amoco Production Company subsidiaries in Canada, Trinidad and the Congo (Brazzaville). His responsibilities included all aspects of drilling, production, engineering and maintenance including heading up Canada’s Heavy Oil Engineering Group, and President and General Manager of Amoco Congo Exploration Company.

From 1995 to 1999, he was the in-country Operations Manager for Arakis Energy’s subsidiary State Petroleum Corporation in Sudan, during the formative stage of a project now producing 350,000 bopd.

Mr. Trethart worked with Scimitar Production Egypt Ltd. a subsidiary of Rally Energy Corp. as the in-country General Manager, Egypt Operations from 2002 through 2005. Mel is currently Operations Manager for National Petroleum Company in Cairo, Egypt.

Mr. Johnson has over thirty years of energy sector experience and has held senior managerial positions in both financial and administrative roles with publicly traded and privately held corporations.

Mr. Johnson is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Highview Resources Ltd. a publicly traded oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr Johnson was formerly an officer of a number of publicly traded companies including Constellation Oil and Gas Company and Arakis Energy Corp.

Mr. Johnson graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1975 with an Accounting & Business Administration Diploma, Accounting Major. In 1978 Mr. Johnson received his Certified Management Accountant designation (“CMA”). Mr. Johnson is currently a member in good standing of the Certified Management Accountants of Alberta.