About Us | Management
 KAM A. FARD, P.Eng. Mr. Fard has 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in reservoir engineering. He worked for 12 years for Mobil Oil Libya/ Veba Oil Operations as Reservoir Engineering Supervisor, Chief Production and Reservoir Engineer and Acting Engineering Manager. He has worked for Chevron, Sun Oil and Home Oil on production and acquisition of oil and gas properties. Since 1994, Mr. Fard has provided engineering consultancy in Canada and Libya. He has been V.P. Production and a founding member of Dundee Petroleum Corp., Durness Resources Inc., and Bowood Energy Corp.  GARY BUSTIN Mr. Bustin has 26 years of Canadian and international oil and gas experience. He graduate as a Chartered Accountant in Toronto 1972 and moved to Calgary in 1977. He was a founder of Northcor Resources Limited and held the position of Chief Financial Officer. He subsequently took the position of Director of Business Services for Calgary Overseas Ltd. working out of Cyprus on projects in Siberia. Gary has consulted globally in countries including Oman, Dubai, Equatorial Guinea, Mexico, Panama. Gary brings extensive international, financial and operational experience to Groundstar.  KENNETH CHOBOTUK, P.Geoph. Mr. Chobotuk is an Explorationist with 35 years experience in oil and gas in Canada and internationally, including the USA, Sweden, Libya, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. Since retiring from his highly successful career in 1998, he has worked on projects in Libya and the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Chobotuk spent a total of 18 years in Libya as an Exploration geophysicist and Exploration Superintendent. His experience will greatly assist Groundstar in identifying international opportunities.  FRANK CRAWFORD, P.Geol. Mr. Crawford is an Explorationist with 25 years experience in Canadian and international projects. His specialization is in structural geology and stratigraphy. He has established a solid track record in finding oil and gas. Frank has recognized expertise in Devonian carbonates and has spent over six years in Canadian frontier exploration. Mr. Crawford has completed major exploration projects in Guyana, Libya, Venezuela, West Africa and Southeast Asia with Petro Canada, Home Oil Company, Alconsult International, PDVSA and Veba Oil.  Samir Zidan, Mr. Zidan is a exploration geophysicist with 40 years of experience in seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation. From 1973 to 1980, Samir worked first as a geophysicist and later as Chief Geopysicist of Sonatrach in Algeria. Samir was Chief Geophysicist with ADNOC in Abu Dhabi from 1981 to 1996. For the past 10 years, Mr. Zidan has been working as an independent consultant with Sinopex and Aminex-Egypt in Cairo.  KLAUS WEBER, MBA, Mr. Weber has 28 years experience with Veba Oil / Petro Canada in international oil and gas accounting and joint venture audit. He has worked as finance manager in Algeria, as planning manager in Texas, as branch manager in Libya, and as audit manager in Germany. His experience will help Groundstar resources in identifying international opportunities and to meet international planning, budgeting and reporting requirements. |
"The team we have assembled at Groundstar has a collective vision of acquiring and growing prospective international oil and gas assets. With outstanding professional credentials, in-country experience and an extensive international network, the Groundstar team intends to capitalize on its core abilities. We believe these include the ability to recognize value and the ability to deliver decisive action." Kam Fard, President |