David Mans Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Responsible for subsurface development of Elmworth and Wapiti areas in Alberta

Calgary, Canada Area

- Responsible for all G&G activities of a ~60,000 BOE/d business - Develop business strategy and evaluate opportunities- Supervision and development of all staff- Formulate and execute subsurface drilling programs - Evaluate employee performance, set goals, and career development

- Coordinate with senior management and design Corporate Investor Day presentation- Develop and oversee commercial review of all projects- Drive competence development & knowledge transfer- Conducted best-in-class analysis on opex - Assessed performance and impact of ESG and accountability through benchmarking

- Designed and implemented full field development plan for Edson (300+ wells)- Managed and executed drilling program for 3 years - Improved well costs by 45% over 3 years lowering our break even by 35%- Interviewed, hired and trained new staff- Identified new play fairways with 75 plus drill locations- Incorporated 2D/3D mapping to identify prospects.

SW Saskatchewan

• Provide technical guidance, constructive support and mentoring to team members
• Responsible for the performance management (technical and core competency development) of direct reports
• Ensure quality and consistency in team deliverables on projects
• Cultivate strong business relationships with partners and other business units
• Review all geology, seismic and engineering data to define objectives, strategy and limitations for projects
• Deliver recommendations to senior management for current development and long range plans

Calgary, Canada

• Offshore Newfoundland & Labrador:
• Led a multidisciplinary and multi-site team in the development and execution of sub-surface drilling program in the Flemish Pass
• Integrated 2D and 3D seismic interpretation with core logs and other key well data both regionally and over existing land blocks to evaluate existing properties and upcoming license rounds
• Contributed to the creation and maturation of the Labrador exploration portfolio from basin to play analysis, including farm-out opportunities
• Performed risk and reserve estimations for multiple offshore prospects
• Launched and administered a data acquisition program as the primary overseer of data collection for wells within the Flemish Pass

Calgary, Canada

• Exploration: BC Resource
• Served as lead geologist on Husky’s Horn River project, coordinating the integrated geoscience team, performing geological evaluations, and completing full-scale property design for a 200 well program
• Drilled an exploratory well and the first horizontal appraisal well for the Horn River Property
• Contributed to successful application of a $10 M federal infrastructure grant
• Provided operational geologist support for drilling dual-leg Jean Marie under-balanced horizontal wells.

Calgary, Canada

• Exploration: Northern Plains
• Conducted regional mapping of Triassic to Early Cretaceous formations utilizing well logs and core to identify new drilling prospects
• Provided geological evaluation, volumetric calculations, and risk assessments for emerging resource plays in Western Canada with successful land sales resulting in Husky’s acquisition of 35,000 acres of prospective.
• Performed detailed mapping of high-graded areas to generate prospects, resulting in four, multi-zone pilot vertical wells, as well as ongoing outcrop mapping work of the Devonian reef and basinal formations in the.

Calgary, Canada

• Geologic Services
• Provided geological support for regional mapping initiatives as a liaison to various internal groups and departments and took on key accountabilities in core logging, regional mapping and stratigraphy
• Conducted an integrated regional mapping and core study to develop a comprehensive paleoenvironmental model for the Manville Formation and presented the results to the Heavy Oil Group along with a core workshop
• Created a “common stratigraphy” and paleoenvironmental model for the entire Montney Formation to identify the prospective drilling areas with highest potential.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Geology/Earth Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Geology/Earth Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biology