John A. Bujnoch

VP Drilling

John has over 30 years of experience as a drilling engineer and rig site manager in the oil and gas industry including drilling and workover engineering and well design, project management and implementation, and quality management.

He began his career with Conoco Inc. in Houston in the United States in 1979 and in the ensuing 27 years worked in various locations including Indonesia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, the Gulf of Mexico in the United States and the UK North Sea.

His experience includes holding the positions of Drilling Superintendent in Qatar on a billion dollar development drilling program to supply liquefied natural gas to the United States and Japan, and Well Operations Coordinator on the Belanak development project in the Natuna Sea, Indonesia.

From November 2006 until December 2009, John held the position of Vice President Drilling for Pearl Oil (Thailand), where he was responsible for exploration and development drilling in Thailand and Vietnam. During this period, the company drilled more than 100 wells in the region and brought four platforms into production.

John holds a Bachelor degree in Meteorology from the University of St. Thomas in Texas and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.