Mr. Trethart has in excess of 35 years experience in engineering operations and management of domestic and international projects.
After graduating from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Mr. Trethart spent 30 years in increasingly responsible engineering and management positions with Amoco Production Company subsidiaries in Canada, Trinidad and the Congo (Brazzaville). His responsibilities included all aspects of drilling, production, engineering and maintenance including heading up Canada’s Heavy Oil Engineering Group, and President and General Manager of Amoco Congo Exploration Company.
From 1995 to 1999, he was the in-country Operations Manager for Arakis Energy’s subsidiary State Petroleum Corporation in Sudan, during the formative stage of a project now producing 350,000 bopd.
Mr. Trethart worked with Scimitar Production Egypt Ltd. a subsidiary of Rally Energy Corp. as the in-country General Manager, Egypt Operations from 2002 through 2005. Mel is currently Operations Manager for National Petroleum Company in Cairo, Egypt. |