Penn West Petroleum Ltd (USA)
Mr. Sykes joined Obsidian Energy in October of 2019, in the position of Vice President of Business Development, Commercial and Corporate Planning. Mr. Sykes has worked in a variety of technical, operational and managerial positions in locations including the UK, Canada, Indonesia, the USA and the Middle East. From 2012 to 2016 Sykes was President, Qatar and Iraq for ConocoPhillips managing the Company’s portfolio of regional assets. Since 2017, he has been engaged in supporting a small Private Equity backed oil and gas venture.
Mr. Sykes has extensive Board experience, including the Qatargas 3 joint venture, The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Board and Calgary Zoo. Mr. Sykes earned an Honors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Glasgow University in 1990 and a Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh in 1991.
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Penn West Petroleum Ltd (USA)
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (Penn West) is an exploration and production company. The Company operates in the segment of exploring for, developing and holding interests in oil and natural gas properties, and related production infrastructure in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin directly and through investments in securities of subsidiaries holding such interests. Penn West owns the petroleum and natural gas assets or over 100% of the equity, directly or indirectly, of the entities that carry on the remainder of the oil and natural gas business of Penn West, except for an unincorporated joint arrangement (the Peace River Oil Partnership). Penn West's subsidiaries hold approximately 55% interest in the Peace River Oil Partnership. Penn West operates under the trade names of Penn West and Penn West Exploration. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Penn West operates a portfolio of opportunities with a position in light oil in Canada on a land base encompassing approximately four million acres.