Dan Botterill

Biography

 Dan was President & Chief Executive Officer and director of Berens Energy Ltd. from May, 2007 until its successful sale to Petrobakken in February, 2010. Dan joined Berens at inception in July 2003 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership, the Berens Team successfully grew the company to over 4,000 boepd through profitable development & exploration activity as well as creating a significant land position for the company in the Pembina Cardium play. Prior thereto, Dan was Senior Vice President with Samson Canada Limited where for five years he had been responsible for Samson’s Canadian operations. During his term, Samson Canada grew from 7,000 to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day through profitable development, exploration and acquisitions. He has over 30 years of diversified oil and gas engineering and business experience and has a track record of economically achieving production growth through exploration and production activities as well as through acquisitions. Dan previously served on the board of Corinthian Exploration Corp. and on one other public Company board. He currently sits on one other private company board. Dan has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba.  

Research Interest

 Geology and Earth Science