Paul Mackay Email and Phone Number

Over 25 years experience in the petroleum industry - began career with Amoco in 1980 working both domestic and international plays. Joined Morrison Petroleums in 1993 where he was responsible for their Foothills division and drilled successful wells in both southern Alberta and NE British Columbia. From 1996 to 1998, worked as Exploration Manager at Northstar Energy (Devon Energy) where he was responsible for both their Foothills exploration program as well as a successful effort in onshore England. In 1998, Dr. MacKay began an international consulting firm where he had over 40 different clients with exploration efforts across North America, Europe and the Middle East. Dr. MacKay was a key consultant to Rally Energy as well as an early consultant to Zodiac Exploration, Sunshine Oilsands and Western Zagros. In 2010, Dr. MacKay became President of Shale Exploration Ltd., a successful oil resource play company and sold to TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. in 2011.Adjunct professor with the University of Calgary, teaches industry courses in Structural Geology, Resource Plays, and Fracture Development and publishes widely on the Petroleum Geology of thrust belts and Natural Fracture systems. He holds a B.Sc. (Honours, Geol. Sci.) from Queen’s University and a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary. Member of APEGGA, CSPG, CSEG, and the AAPG