Kenneth Russell has over 35 years of oil and gas industry experience and has held a number of managerial roles and directorships in the oil and gas industry. These range from base manager through to managing director and chief executive of listed entities. Mr Russell was also a founding director of ASX listed companies Bounty Oil and Gas NL and Key Petroleum. Over the last 25 years, Mr Russell has gained considerable experience in international business having owned and operated a number of privately held companies. Mr Russell commenced his career in oil and gas in 1974 in the oil producing offshore fields of Angola, West Africa with Gulf Oil Limited. In 1977, he joined the international service company, Flopetrol Schlumberger, where he became involved in providing specialised well testing, wireline and production operations services both onshore and offshore, and was based in a number of locations worldwide. In 1984, he established a petroleum engineering and production technology consultancy business that over the years has participated in the development of a large number of the oil and gas fields in Australia and also in parts of Africa, South East Asia, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. His clients included Royal Dutch Shell, Enterprise Oil, Chevron, BHP Billiton, Woodside Petroleum, Hardman Resources, and a number of smaller entities.
