BARRY ROBERTSON Box 606 Trochu Alberta T0M 2C

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1 Box 606 Trochu Alberta T0M 2C Oil and Gas Career Profile Seasoned Oil and Gas industry leader with 37 years of solid progressive experience of managing wellsite operations in the national and international oilfield. Exhibit proficiency in formulating strategies, drilling technologies, supervision, and strategic planning. Bring to the table capacity to provide positive influences and mentor multi-cultural teams in diverse environments under extreme weather conditions. Demonstrate proactive leadership in the identification and improvement of operational processes by providing exceptional competencies in: Safety, Ethics, and Compliance People Management Blowout Prevention Drilling Technology Project Planning and Execution Quality Control and Assurance Production Operations Training & Coaching Leadership & Communication Drilling Supervision Summary Responsible for the planning and safe execution of multiple drilling operations and provide assistance to corporate and field-based management teams. Manage the proper use and maintenance of equipment. Plan and develop revisions or enhancements to solve and troubleshoot drilling problems. Provide input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. Assume initial control of any emergency onsite and follow the procedures outlined in the Emergency Response Plan. Witness and document all required safety drills, testing, and in-house inspections of equipment and ensure conformity to the required standard of performance and frequency. Request mobilization of materials, equipment, and services in a timely manner and initiate the removal of redundant materials and the immediate return of rental equipment when it is no longer required. Ensure that reports are prepared and submitted in accordance with the reporting procedures. Maintain a well file on the current well and submit it to the Completions & Drilling Engineer at the completion of each well. Ensure the drilling activities are in continual compliance with the Health and Safety Management System.

2 2 Professional Experience WELLSITE SUPERVISOR WEST CENTRAL AND DEEP BASIN AREA Bonavista Energy Corporation, Western Canada 2013 to Present Drill extended reach horizontal Glauconite, Willrich, Notikewin, Falher, and Bluesky Cardium ranging up to 6000m. Run and set multi-stage open-hole Packer and Fracturing Systems. Drilling rigs included; Heavy Conventional Tele-doubles with Top Drives. Directly responsible for the coordination of all employees and service hands on location. Work on multi-well pad sites with facilities already in place. Ensure compliance with all company, government, and safety regulations and environmental policies. DRILLING SUPERVISOR 2013 to 2013 Aramco, Saudi Arabia Held responsible as the on the Manifa Project. DRILLING SUPERVISOR / DRILLING COORDINATOR 2002 to 2013 Magus Engineering, Western Canada Drilled multi-leg Bakken and Cardium Horizontal Wells. Experienced Sag-D, Fire Flood, Monobore Wells, and Inner String Cementing. Held responsible, as the drilling coordinator, to support Drilling Supervisors, coordinated Rig and Camp moves, and delegated all rig related logistics. Developed successful relationships to maximize 3rd party vendors. Coordinated for up to 12 drilling rig projects ( ). SENIOR FIELD SUPERVISOR 1996 to 2001 Tesco Casing Drilling, Canada / United States / Mexico / Brazil Held responsible for the supervision of the Down Hole Drilling Tools. Managed the Tesco Casing Drilling Rigs. Trained new and existing personnel on casing drilling techniques, reporting, and documentation of the progress and tool information. Maintained focus on all related drilling operations and safety procedures. All U.S. wells were a turnkey operation. Exceeded drilling targets while maintaining a successful program in the face of consistent and challenging drilling and environmental conditions. EARLIER ROLES DRILLER 1994 to 1996 Nabors Drilling, Foothills, Southern Alberta DRILLER 1989 to 1994 Brinkerhoff Drilling, Alberta DRILLER / RELIEF MANAGER 1981 to 1989

3 3 Key Areas of Expertise PROJECT MANAGEMENT / OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT / SITE MANAGEMENT Manage: the engineering, programming, or field supervision of drilling and/or completions campaigns on new wells and the workover or abandonment campaigns on existing wells. Supervise: Engineering and QA/QC department, fracturing and completion operations, maintenance, and other related activities, ensuring operations are carried out efficiently, complying with company operating procedures and safety policy. Maintain: communication with the operations team, regularly reporting operational progress and status. Provide: the service contractors with detailed operational procedures and requirements, at every step of the operation. Manage: active program, oversee risk management, and create mitigation plans for fracturing and completion activities. Ensure: the company's materials and equipment are properly utilized, handled and stored. Ensure: the safe, economical and efficient performance of drilling, well completion, and workover activities. Contribute: best practices in the project delivery and set project objectives and priorities, as well as set milestones. Implement and monitor: the strict adherence of all personnel to the Company Safety Management System, including compliance with legislation, company policies, standards, and procedures. Maintain: professional business relationships with vendors and partners. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT / TRAINING / SUPERVISION / MENTORSHIP Develop and adjudicate: training programs for young engineers to grow their careers as field drilling and completions operations supervisors. Conduct: sessions to discuss failures in order to avoid a recurrence. Train: individuals at all levels including but not limited to equipment operation and maintenance, formation treatment and job execution, and leadership and supervisory conduct. Train and validate: personnel s competencies in their particular discipline and line of work. Ensure: on-going development and training of crew personnel. Conduct: safety meetings and onsite competency training. Coach: people to maintain the highest level of expertise and performance. Ability to motivate: crews and develop rapport with diverse individuals at all levels, using a respectful yet assertive communication style. Ensure: all crew members are capable of performing their respective duties within the parameters of the company policies. Define: clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverable requirements in terms of work scope and schedule to team members. Improve and maintain: a dynamic workforce capable of supplying complex deliverables to a wide range of projects. COST CONTROL / ESTIMATIONS / TRACKING & REPORTING / OPTIMIZATION Capacity: to properly manage, allocate, control, and report project / operation budgets. Ensure and monitor: field invoices for charges associated with the completion of oil & gas wells. Update and maintain: cost expenditures to ensure cost efficient project completion. Reduce: operating expenditures while increasing production output. Ensure: operations costs are within budget and services are properly provided. Continuously look: for ways to reduce costs and improve performance without compromising safety.

4 4 Key Areas of Expertise continued TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCY / PROGRAMS Software Worked: Wellview, Wellman, and Pason. Provide: information on technology advances/changes for integration into the next program if proven viable. Prepare and maintain: accurate documentation such as meeting reports, Alert Confirmations, and Memo Confirmations, as well as any other items as required by the company. Willingness to Continue: training to expand technical knowledge and experience in the industry. Strengthen: reporting by developing plans and standards. QA/QC MANAGEMENT Supervise: audits and review findings with vendors. Ensure: that all quality requirements are met without impacting efficiency or production. Prepare and accomplish: all required governmental documentation. Mitigate or eliminate: risk in all tasks to ensure safety. Audit: daily crew performance and key safety deliverables. INSPECTION / REGULATORY / COMPLIANCE Properly document and examine: drilling and completion plans prior to execution. Observe: Regulatory and Compliance requirements at various assigned locations. Maintain: required records in accordance with corporate, regulatory and certification agencies' requirements. Conduct: regular site tours and report all integrity concerns to Head office for speedy close out. ENVIRONMENTAL / SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT (OH&S) Ensure: compliance with all safety and environmental regulations and requirements that are in place by regular reinforcement through meetings and safety walkarounds. Build and maintain: positive relations with Regulatory Authorities to ensure support for company operations. Prepare and participate: in the risk assessment and hazard analysis. Develop, prepare, and coordinate: Emergency Response Plans and Root Cause Analysis. Supervise: incident and injury investigations. Implement and monitor: the strict adherence of all personnel to the Company Safety Management System including compliance with legislation, company policies, standards, and procedures. Promote and maintain: a safe environment for all personnel. Execute: immediate action to contain, eliminate, or guard against actual and potential hazards to health and safety. Prepare and facilitate: all safety meetings, drills, and training for personnel in the most effective manner to minimize losses. Ensure: a safe job analysis on relevant safety and drilling-related procedures, guidelines, and that equipment operating instructions, etc. are updated, cascaded and followed by the crew. Confirm: safety of worksites and equipment, along with the safe handling of substances, materials, and supplies to prevent loss, damage or injury. Implement: environmental controls and promote environmental awareness to project personnel. Present: safety statistics and information during site progress and safety meetings. Review and update: site safe work practices and procedures to meet client requirements.

5 5 Key Areas of Expertise continued GAS AND OIL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BASE (ONSHORE / OFFSHORE DRILLING, ENGINEERING, WELL COMPLETIONS, ABANDONMENTS, COMMISSIONING AND WORKOVERS) Supervise: engineering / programming for motor drilling, PDC Bits, Directional and Stabilizing Assemblies, Mud Systems, Solids Control, Control of Losses, Casing Designs, DWOP, Completions Tools, Fracturing and Acidizing, Remedial Cementing, Flow Control Devices, Sand Control, Perforating Technologies, Evaluation Logging, and Flowback and Well Testing procedures. Execute: drilling and completions in HPHT environments. Plan: safety and logistics considerations requiring extensive advance planning with contingency and emergency planning considerations. Develop, prepare, and finalize: the drilling programs including general well design, mud programs, casing properties and setting depths, cementing and logging programs as well as sampling depths. Areas Worked: Saskatchewan, Ft McMurray, British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Wyoming, Texas, Mexico, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. Products Worked: Conventional Sweet Gas, Shallow Gas (<1000m), Coal Bed Methane, Shale Gas, Sour Gas, Conventional Sweet Oil, Sour Oil, Heavy Oil, and Oil Sands Coring. Depths Worked: < 1000m, 1000m m, 1000m m, and 3000m m. Rig Types Supervised: Coil Tubing, Single, Double, Triple, Top drive, Diesel Electric, and Casing Drilling Rig. Environments Worked: < 1.0%, 1.0% %, 10.0%+, Critical sour, High Pressure, High Temperature, UBD Underbalanced, Minimal disturbance, Extreme Cold (outside temp), and Extreme Heat (outside temp). Hole conditions Worked: Vertical, Directional, Horizontal - Cased / liner, Horizontal - Open hole, Horizontal - Multi laterals, Re-entries / Deepenings, and Sidetracks. Muds Worked: Gel Chem, KCL, Invert, and Silicate. Tests Run: Drill Stem Tests, Coring Conventional, Coring Sidewall, Coring wireline recovery, Closed Chamber, and Leak off. Remote Experience: Camps, Ice roads, 24 hr Operations, Offshore, and Foothills. Cementing: Class G, Two Stage, Liners, D&A plugs, and Inner Cement Job. Casings Run: < mm, mm, mm, mm, 222 mm, mm, mm, mm, and 508 mm. Horizontal Technologies Worked: Ball Drop Liners, Monobore, Multi stage, Rotary steerable, Downhole casing drilling tools, Fire flood SAGD, Weatherford Packer System, Packer Plus Packer System, Gyro, Single shot, Positive Pulse, Negative Pulse, and EM. SCOPE OF INFLUENCE (CUSTOMER RELATIONS, REGULATORY RELATIONS, VENDOR RELATIONS, ETC.), CONTRACT MANAGEMENT Collaborate: with local Engineering staff for the forensic analysis of drilled wells and apply learnings to new wells. Train: individuals at all levels including but not limited to equipment operation and maintenance, formation treatment and job execution, and leadership and supervisory conduct. Train and validate: personnel s competencies in their particular discipline and line of work. Coach: people to maintain the highest level of expertise and performance. Ability to motivate: crew and develop rapport with diverse individuals at all levels. Ensure: all crew members are capable of performing their respective duties within the parameters of the company policies. Improve and maintain: a dynamic workforce capable of supplying complex deliverables to a wide range of projects. Capacity: to complete projects on time and on budget by strategic planning, resource allocation, and utilizing effective contractors and sub-contractors.

6 6 Key Areas of Expertise continued EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE / MANAGEMENT Ensure: that all personnel properly use and care for their personal protective equipment and verify that such equipment is in serviceable condition. Ensure: that scheduled maintenance, inspection, and monitoring activities are completed in a timely manner. Inspect and confirm: that the rig floor is equipped with all necessary tools, equipment, and supplies related to the completion operations. Track and record: equipment utilization, availability, and integrity of all operation. Supervise and record: maintenance, repair, or replacement tasks in accordance with company's planned preventative maintenance system. Professional Development 2nd Line B.O.P. Safety Management Regulatory Awareness First Aid H2S Fall Protection Fall Rescue WHIMIS/TDG PST Ground Disturbance Well Head Insurance WCB Detection & Control of Flammable Substance Comply Works Class 3Q Alberta Driver s License