Pieter Van Der Groen

Pieter has over 20 years’ oilfield exploration and production experience in a variety of technical, operational and management roles. He started his career with Schlumberger as a geologist in London, moving on to become a wireline engineer in South East Asia and West Africa. After his field work he trained as a log analyst with Schlumberger in London for multiple clients.

Pieter moved to Amerada Hess initially as a Petrophysicist in the international team, then to technical and management roles. Pieter worked briefly with Gulfsands Petroleum in Syria as Deputy General Manager.

In Nigeria he spent four years as General Manager of an independent oil company where he oversaw onshore development and production in the Niger Delta, and after this moved to Eland as Technical Manager, subsequently Chief Operating Officer, and now as Business Development Director.

Pieter has a geology degree from Auckland University and a master’s degree in Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen.