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Before joining Gran Tierra as President Chief Executive Officer and a Director in May 2005 Mr. Coffield led the Middle East Business Unit for EnCana Corporation North America’s largest independent oil and gas company from 2003 through 2005. His responsibilities included business development exploration operations commercial evaluations government and partner relations planning and budgeting environment/health/safety security and management of several overseas operating offices. From 1998 through 2003 he was New Ventures Manager for EnCana’s predecessor AEC International where he expanded activities into five new countries on three continents. Mr. Coffield was previously with ARCO International for ten years where he participated in exploration and production operations in North Africa SE Asia and Alaska. He began his career as a mud-logger in the Texas Gulf Coast and later as a Research Assistant with the Earth Sciences and Resources Institute where he conducted geoscience research in North Africa the Middle East and Latin America. Mr. Coffield has participated in the discovery of over 130 000 000 barrels of oil equivalent reserves. Mr. Coffield graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Masters of Science degree and a doctorate (PhD) in Geology based on research conducted in the Oman Mountains in Arabia and Gulf of Suez in Egypt respectively. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Mr. Coffield is a member of the AAPG and the CSPG and is a Fellow of the Explorers Club.
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