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QUALIFICATIONS
GCA is an independent international energy advisory group of more than 50 years’
standing, whose expertise includes petroleum reservoir evaluation and economic
analysis.
Staff members who prepared this report are professionally-qualified with appropriate
educational qualifications and levels of experience and expertise to perform the scope of
work set out in the Call-Off Order by which GCA was engaged by KE.
The team was led by Dr. John Barker, Technical Director, Reservoir Engineering, who
has 29 years’ industry experience. He holds an M.A. in Mathematics from the University
of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of
Technology. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and of the Society of
Petroleum Evaluation Engineers.
The ultimate signatory of the report is Mr. Bob George, Vice President of GCA. He holds
a B.Sc. (Hons) Earth Sciences (Leeds University, UK, 1972), an MBA (Open University,
UK, 1992) and has more than 40 years’ industry experience. He is a member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and
the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Yours Sincerely,
Gaffney, Cline & Associates
Bob George
Vice President
