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.  DARRYL J. RAYMAKER, Q.C, Mr. Raymaker, who is a native of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws Degrees from the University of Alberta. Upon his Admission to the Alberta Bar in 1964, he entered the private practice of law and has continuously been so engaged in many areas of the law with specific emphasis on litigation and negotiations. He is presently Counsel to the law firm of McNally Cuming Raymaker in the City of Calgary. Mr. Raymaker has also served as a Member of the Board of the Rockyview and Holy Cross Hospitals as well as City of Calgary Planning Commission. He has also served as a Member and Chairman of the Calgary Police Commission. Mr. Raymaker was Director of First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. and the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.  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 |