In this role, I was the Chief negotiator for Nexen’s Corporate Business Development activities. In addition, I was responsible for providing advice and guidence for all of Nexen’s other land and business development negotiations• Responsible for the disposition of a significant portion of Nexen’s North American and European Marketing operations (recommendation, negotiation of all transaction documents and closing of these transactions);• Responsible for the disposition of Nexen’s interest in Canexus;• Responsible for the negotiation of all Business Development activities in Nexen over $100M;• Responsible for negotiations and the negotiation strategy for Nexen’s Shale Gas Joint Venture with Inpex ($750M);• Responsible for negotiations between Nexen Inc. and CNOOC relating to CNOOC’s acquisition of OPTI Canada Inc. and resulting changes to the Nexen/CNOOC Joint Venture (this occurred prior to CNOOC’s takeover of Nexen); and• Responsible for the disposition of Nexen’s power generation assets.Significant Transactions:• Responsibility for and the negotiation of the sale of Nexen’s European Marketing Business to Nomura.• Responsibility for and the negotiation of the sale of Nexen’s North American Natural Gas Marketing Business to Goldman Sachs.• Responsibility for and the negotiation of the sale of Nexen’s Denver Crude Oil Marketing Business.• Responsibility for the negotiation of the sale of Nexen’s interest in Canexus.• Responsibility for the negotiation of the sale and joint venture of Nexen’s shale gas assets.• Responsibility for the negotiation/amendment of Nexen’s joint venture agreements with OPTI Canada/CNOOC (i.e. Oil Sands).

• Managing Nexen’s entire Canadian mineral negotiating department; and• Negotiator for Nexen’s Oil Sands operations responsible for all negotiations relating to its oil sands asset base and business development, A&D etc.Significant Transactions:• Negotiation and drafting of the Purchase and Sale Agreement relating to Nexen’s acquisition for $735 M of an additional 15% working interest in all joint Nexen/OPTI assets (i.e. long Lake Phase 1 SAGD and Upgrader, Cottonwood and Leismer Areas).• Negotiated and drafted the legal documents relating to the swap of oil sands and P&NG assets with CNRL (Kirby Area for Long Lake Area).• Negotiated and drafted the legal documents relating to the swap of oil sands assets with EnCana/Cenovus (Christina Lake Area for Long Lake Area).• Assisted with the negotiation and drafted all legal documents relating to the Nexen Inc. and OPTI Canada Inc. Joint Venture Agreement.• Assisted with the negotiation and drafted all legal documents relating to the Nexen Inc. and OPTI Canada Joint Venture (replacement agreements for the original 2001 Agreement).

During this time, I held both of these positions, which included:• Responsible for all legal matters related to Nexen’s Oil Sands operations and developments (creating the Oil Sands Legal group);• Managing a staff of 5 lawyers and support staff;• Managing Nexen’s entire Canadian mineral negotiating department; and• Mineral Negotiator for Nexen’s Oil Sands operations responsible for all negotiations relating to its asset base and business development, A&D etc.

• Managing Nexen’s entire Canadian mineral negotiating department;• Supervise the provision of legal services for Nexen’s mineral negotiators;• Mineral Negotiator for Nexen’s Synthetic Crude Business Unit;• Provide all required legal services for Nexen’s Synthetic Crude Business Unit; and• Provide all legal services relating to Nexen’s ownership interest in the Syncrude Joint Venture

Manage legal issues and negotiate and draft various agreements and documents relating to the following areas of responsibility:Corporate Responsibilities: • Security and Regulatory compliance and filings including NYSE, TSE, SEC, OSE and ASE. Examples include S-8 filings, Hart-Scott-Rodino notifications; • Legal responsibility for all Nexen Inc. corporate departments including Treasury, Controller, Investor Relations, Information Technology and Human Resources and all agreements relating to such services; and• Assisting with corporate financing activities relating to Nexen’s U.S. $2 billion dollar acquisition of North Sea assets from EnCana ($1.7 Bil bridge financing).International Responsibilities:• Support for Nexen Inc.’s legal departments (i.e. Canadian Nexen Yemen Ltd. and Canadian Nexen Petroleum Yemen) based in Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, with respect to all of Nexen Inc.’s operations in the Republic of Yemen. This support includes, without limitation, negotiating and drafting all agreements relating to the development of Block 51, Republic of Yemen including contracts for the supply of all required services, contracts for the purchase of all required goods, materials and equipment.• Negotiation and drafting of PSA’s amendments relating to Nexen’s Columbia operations.A&D Responsibilities (Dec 2004- Aug 2005):• Responsible for all legal services and contract drafting relating to Nexen’s asset rationalization program undertaken after the acquisition of North Sea Assets from EnCana (approx. value of $1,000,000,000 Cdn.).

This was a rotational position based out of Sana’a, Republic of Yemen for Nexen sub CANADIAN NEXEN YEMEN LTD. . I was responsible for the provision of all legal and contractual issues relating to Canadian Nexen Yemen Ltd.’s initial discovery and development on Block 51, Republic of Yemen (initial production of approx. 25,000 bbl./day, continued exploration): • Member of the in country executive management team responsible for all actions of CNYL in Yemen; • Creating and establishing the Law and Contracts department and providing all legal support with respect to the development of the BAK discovery and all exploration activities on Block 51;• Providing advice, support and guidance with respect to all governmental and political matters including, without limitation, declaration of commerciality and the negotiations with the Government of Yemen relating thereto, negotiations with the Government of Yemen relating to amendments to the Block 51 Production Sharing Agreement and negotiations with the Government of Yemen relating to the approval of all contracts and budgets relating to Block 51 operations; and• Negotiating and drafting all agreements relating to the development of Block 51, Republic of Yemen including, without limitation, contracts for the supply of all required services (i.e. drilling, construction and operational contracts); contracts for the purchase of all required goods, materials and equipment; amendments to the Block 51 Production Sharing Agreement; and, security agreements.

This was a rotational position based out of Sana’s, Republic of Yemen for Nexen sub CANADIAN NEXEN PETROLEUM YEMEN. I was responsible for the provision of all legal and contractual issues relating to Canadian Nexen Petroleum Yemen’s Masila Block 14 operations (approx. 225,000bbls/day):• Provided advice, support and guidance with respect to all governmental and political matters including, without limitation, negotiations with the Government of Yemen relating to the approval of all contracts and budgets relating to Block 51 operations, negotiations with the Government of Yemen with respect to the settlement of outstanding tax liabilities and any other dispute with the Government of Yemen; and• Negotiated and drafted all agreements relating to Block 14 operations including, without limitation, service contracts (i.e. drilling, construction and operational contracts), procurement contracts, human resources contracts, tax settlement agreements with the Government of Yemen and facility usage contracts.

Provided legal services relating to Nexen’s Canadian Division ( and its predecessor companies) from 2000 to 2002 as Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary, including legal services relating to:• All acquisitions and divestitures (Canada, Northern U.S. and Marketing) including the OPTI synthetic oil acquisition/joint venture and share purchase agreements;• Land/Joint Ventures including, CO&O, farmout and pooling agreements;• Tax/Corporate Structure (including synthetic lease financings) including internal Nexen partnership agreements;• New Business Development (E&P and North American Marketing BU);• Gas BU (Canadian and Northern U.S.); and• Electrical Power Generation including CO&O agreement for the construction and operation of a 106Kw power plant, electrical power purchase and sale agreement and agreements with the Government of Alberta relating to IBOC credits etc.

Provided legal services as Legal Counsel from 1994 to 2000 to Nexen’s Canadian Division (and its predecessor companies) including:• All acquisitions and divestitures (Canada, Northern U.S. and Marketing) including the sale of Wascana’s medium oil business unit to Pinnacle Resources for in excess of $308 million Canadian Dollars;• Land/joint Ventures;• Tax/Corporate structure;• New business development (Canadian division and North American Marketing business unit).