Calgary, AB, Canada - January 6, 2014, Calgary, AB, Canada - Sonde Resources Corp., an oil and gas company, announced the appointment of Toufic Nassif to the position of president and chief executive officer.
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Mr. Nassif is currently President Sonde North Africa. For the past two years, Mr. Nassif was President of Sonde North Africa with responsibility for the overall management of all Sonde activities related to the Joint Oil Block offshore Tunisia and Libya.
He is a well known and respected industry leader with over 35 years in the energy business with comprehensive experience in business development and commercial activities in North Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining Sonde, Mr. Nassif held the position of Vice President and Commercial Director for BP Libya.
He held the office of the President of Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) in 2004-2005. He is a Member of the Faculty of the AIPN Negotiation Workshop, a Member of Faculty of the International Energy law, Contracts and Negotiations Course and a Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of World Energy Law & Business.
William Dirks, President and Chief Operating Officer, has formally notified the Board of Directors of his resignation, effective January 3, 2014.
Mr. Dirks has more than 31 years of E&P leadership experience, with an expertise in the North American onshore basins of the US and Canada. His recent background includes roles as Managing Partner of Tecton Energy, LLC, a privately-owned E&P company he co-founded, as well as President of Samson Canada Ltd. and Vice President of Business Development for Samson Resources.
Mr. Dirks worked for the Royal Dutch / Shell Group of companies in a variety of roles, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Technology Ventures Inc. (STV), Division Manager of Shell’s Onshore U.S. Exploration Division, District Manager of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Division, and Manager and Budget Coordinator of Shell Oil Co. E&P Finance. He served as a Director of the Shell International E&P company.
Mr. Dirks has a long-term focus on unconventional resources and the US / Canadian Rocky Mountains, and led or participated in the development of unconventional resource plays at Tecton, Samson and Shell including tight gas sands and gas shales in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, Alberta and British Columbia, the oil shales of Colorado and Utah, Antrim gas shales in Michigan, and coalbed methane in Wyoming and Alberta. He has substantial fundraising and startup experience, including Shell Technology Ventures, Enventure LLC and Tecton. ■