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Dr. St. John is a world-renowned international geologist and petroleum explorationist and a recognized expert on African geology.
Throughout his career, Dr. St. John has spent many years living and working in Africa while active in exploration for Hunt Oil, Vanco Energy, EnerGulf Resources and as technical advisor to the World Bank.
His distinguished international career began as a geologist with American Overseas Petroleum (CalTex) in Libya in 1960 and later included various, primarily international, positions with Exxon.
Dr. St. John later became President and CEO of Primary Fuels, Inc. in Houston, a subsidiary of Houston Industries/Reliant Resources, where he built primary fuels into a worldwide exploration and production company. Primary Fuels was sold in 1989 for US$310 million.
In the 1990’s, Dr. St. John was Technical Advisor to Ethiopia for the World Bank and Vice President and General Manager for Ethiopia Hunt Oil and Niger Hunt Oil Companies. Later, as Vice President of New Ventures at Vanco Energy, Dr. St. John was instrumental in building Vanco into the world’s largest acreage holder, offshore Africa by acquiring acreage in Morocco, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Equitorial Guinea, Namibia and Madagascar.
Dr. St. John is particularly well known for his expertise on East Africa geology having authored the 12 volume Hydrocarbon Potential of East Africa Offshore. Additionally, Dr. St. John has authored numerous articles throughout his career dealing with tectonics, sedimentary provinces, giant fields, and frontier areas.
Dr. St. John currently serves as an advisor to seismic company GX Technology and to EnerGulf Resources Inc., where he has been instrumental in helping EnerGulf to acquire world class exploration properties in Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr. St. John holds Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Geology from the University of Texas. | 