One of four founding partners of VistaTex energy, an onshore US production company with interests in over 200 wells in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. The company was managed efficiently to stabilize production and successfully sold to Dome Energy in 2014 at a significant profit

Founding CEO and later COO of Exillon Energy (formerly Kausar Oil and Gas). Built a company focused in the West Siberia and Komi regions of Russia. Drilling ten successful wells over a four year period leading to the listing of the company on the main London Stock Exchange in December 2009.