Yongseok(YS) Kim

*** ********* ** **, *******

Alberta, Canada

T3H 4T6

Telephone: 587-***-**** - email: acz6vy@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER PROFILE

A registered Professional Engineer of APEGA over 24 years of global

experience leading large organization, planning corporate development and

directing oil & gas field development with specific expertise including

petroleum engineering, offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Eagle

Ford unconventional gas in Texas, heavy oil and liquid rich gas in Canada,

offshore oil and gas operations in Vietnam, and reservoir simulation in

Scotland. Proven performance in linking corporate vision with the delivery

of desired results through empowerment, development and utilization of

people, process and technology.

A strong motivator and team player with effective leadership,

communication, decision making, problem solving and interpersonal skills,

together with a corporate focus and a results-driven attitude.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

TEAM K ENERGY SERVICES INC., Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jan 2015 - Present

Sr. Reservoir Engineering Consultant

. Front-end evaluation of acquisition opportunities throughout North

America including both company and asset targets, screening and

evaluation using benchmarks and analogues

. Quality Assurance Process for New Ventures

. Technical Consulting for Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering

. Strategic Consulting for Business Portfolio Planning, Corporate

Development

Key Accomplishments:

. Strategic advisory services to Savia Peru with Solomon Associates of

Houston regarding the realignment of business practices, operating costs

and production delivery with current business challenges.

. Technical consulting services to Posco Daewoo in Myanmar for Well

Performance, Dynamic Modelling, Petroleum Engineering.

. Oil & Gas project Sourcing/Screening and Technical consulting services

for KOGAS Canada.

. Opportunities Development of Mergers & Acquisitions in North America for

Macquarie Securities, Samsung Securities, Hanhwa Asset Management, JB

Asset Management

KOREA NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION (KNOC) May 1993 - Nov 2014

Head of Reservoir Engineering, KNOC HQ, Anyang, Korea, Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

. Reservoir Engineering Management: Provide resources and tools for the

professionals to estimate reserves and perform economic evaluations for

investment opportunities. Ensure that proofed producing reserves are

estimated on a semi-annually using decline curve or material balance by

the reservoir engineering staff.

. Reservoir Performance Analysis with production, pressure history

matching.

. Production forecasting driven by reservoir simulation using Eclipse for

KNOC Abu Dhabi project.

. Petroleum Engineering: Provide resources and tools for the professionals

to perform surveillance activities using OFM for all KNOC producing

properties. Provide overview of withdrawal practices and drawdown

criteria.

. Employee Development, ensure that direct reports are equipped to perform

the necessary functions within the organization. Recommend and provide

training for both professional and technical staff.

Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Harvest Operations Corp., Calgary, Canada,

Mar 2012 - Jun 2014

. Responsible for all engineering and operations (50,000 BOED) activities

of Harvest

. Director of line staff in various accounting, planning, operating and

engineering functions to further assess properties as deals progress.

Also act as the primary link between the company and investment banks and

other Mergers & Acquistins entities who act as intermediaries on

prospective sales. Chief presenter of recommendations to senior

management and the board of directors.

. Officer for the technical team charged with overseeing the reservoir

engineering and development geology for company's entire portfolio of

producing assets. The same team also supports the evaluation of the

company's ongoing exploratory program.

. Principal liaison between the technical team and other groups within the

company. Collaborated extensively with other managers and staff in

drilling, production, exploration and planning. Also worked closely with

senior management, specifically the president and the board of directors.

. Focal point contact for corporate planning activities and capital

allocation for all projects.

. Identify projects (drilling, compression, artificial lift,

debottlenecking, and workovers) to maximize production and reserves

additions.

. Coordinated the efforts of business analysts embedded within each of

asset teams to assemble and present the combined total outlook for the

corporate on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.

. Develop and implement cost-effective reservoir monitoring and

surveillance programs; optimize production and injection rates.

Key Accomplishments:

. Significant contributor to annual planning cycles. Provided forecasts of

production and capital requirements in the development of the company

budget as well as the selection of projects for capital

allocation($350~500MM/year).

. Develop corporate strategy for new opportunities and asset portfolio

through 5, 10 year growth plan.

. Acqusitions & Divestitures activites for cash proceeds $374MM in year

2013~2014.

Vice President of Engineering, ANKOR E&P Holdings, Houston, USA, Jun 2011 -

Feb 2012

. Responsible for all technical issues of ANKOR and Eagle Ford

unconventinal gas projects.

. Gatekeeper for ensuring the quality and consistency of technical

evaluations and the accurate representation of projects to senior

management for inclusion in the company plan.

. Engineering representative for the company during its strategic

alternatives process which involved making presentations to and

consulting with prospective acquirers of the company.

. Coordinate annual reserves report by working with independent qualified

reserves evaluators.

. Participate in various planning activities including reserves, budget

process, and capital post audits.

Engineering Manager/Reservoir Eng., ANKOR Energy, New Orleans, USA, Aug

2008 - May 2011

. Responsible for engineering and production (15,000 BOED) within the

organization.

. Primary reservoir engineer for company wide exploratory program in all

areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Worked directly for the President, and with

exploration geoscientists, providing reserve and economic analysis for

lease sales, farm-ins, and other exploratory projects.

. Key member of the reservoir engineering staff responsible for the

generation and evaluation of exploitation opportunities in Gulf of

Mexico. Worked extensively with exploitation geoscientists and operations

engineers in finding and recommending viable workover and sidetrack

candidates.

. Frequent member of extended evaluation teams for property acquisition

efforts. Supported primary acquisition team through analysis of sale

properties in data rooms, one-on-one opportunities, and unsolicited

offers.

. Principle developer of one, five and ten-year business plans for the

company. Coordinated the forecasting efforts for reserves, production,

capital, expenses, and DD&A rates in creation of plans.

. Perform reservoir simulation and uncertainty modelling for Simba field in

Gulf of Mexico.

. Manage 70 producers, 17 fixed platforms and 70 offshore operating staff.

Key Accomplishments:

. 2009 SAFE(Safety Award for Excellences) award winner from MMS(Minerals

Management Service)

Project Manager/Production Operations Dept., KNOC HQ, Feb 2008 - Jul 2008

. Project manager, had responsibility over post-merger integration and

transition activities related to the Taylor Energy oil production assets

as a PMO.

. Decision analysis and support leading to investment decisions.

. Production forecasting driven by well, reservoir and facilities.

. Responsible for the establishment of ANKOR Energy LLC.

Lead Reservoir Engineer/Development Operations Dept., KNOC HQ, Sep 2007 -

Jan 2008

. Planned and coordinated the work program & budget of Canadian oil sand

project, which required the application of specialized production

strategies and simulation software(CMG) to perform activities involving

well completion, flow assurance studies, reservoir simulation studies,

uncertainty modelling and project economics. Development options

screening and valuation.

. Track capital projects performances and participate corrective action

plan.

. Summarize Reservoir Depletion Plans for field and individual

sands/compartments.

Production Team Leader, KNOC Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam, Jun 2006 -

Aug 2007

. Production team leader for Rong Doi Gas field, offshore Vietnam (Block 11-

2)

. Responsible for production of 175MMSCFD gas and 4,500 BOPD condensate

. Manage 7 producers, multiple subsurface production facilities (fixed

offshore platform) and FSO.

. Develop a comprehensive reservoir management plan including surveillance

programs.

. Manage the daily gas nomination from end users and Gas Sales/Purchase

Agreements(GSPA)

. Production forecasting driven by well, reservoir and facilities(FSO

Storage capacity) constraints.

. Design well models to assess water and gas coning and channeling.

. Well and network modelling; optimize production rates.

. Supervise total 60 offshore staff including 2 OIMs.

Key Accomplishments:

. KNOC Vietnam achieved the First Gas on 2006.12.25 from the Block 11-2,

offshore Vietnam.

. It is KNOC's first overseas operating production project in the world.

Lead Production Engineer, CUULONG JOC, Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam, May 2003 -

May 2006

. Lead production engineer for Sutu Den field, offshore Vietnam (Block 15-

1)

. Responsible for production of 70,000 BOPD oil; production allocation,

reporting and forecasting.

. Manage well service works including coiled tubing operations,

stimulations(acid jobs)

. Operate FPSO(Floating Production Storage and Offloading) and fixed

wellhead platform

. Responsible for production planning, coordination, cost optimization and

executing well works with Avocet and IPM Suite.

. Predict and evaluate waterflood recovery process performance and

potential recovery factors from fracture reservoir.

. Supervise 5 Vietnamese production team members.

Key Accomplishments:

. Cuulong JOC achieved the First Oil on 2003.10.31 from the Block 15-1,

offshore Vietnam.

Reservoir Engineer/Overseas E&P Dept., KNOC HQ, Jan 2002 - Apr 2003

. Reservoir engineer and project coordinator

. Management of KNOC Vietnam Project (Block 11-2. Block 15-1, Block 16-2)

. Prepare conceptual development plans for exploration prospects.

. Development options screening and valuation.

. Assurance role as operator or non-operator.

Reservoir Engineer, Chevron UK, Aberdeen, Scotland, Dec 1999 - Dec 2001

. Reservoir engineer, subsurface team for Captain field, North Sea, UK

. Reservoir simulation using Eclipse to identify candidates for well

locations, optimal length and direction, economic justification for new

producers and injectors.

. Conduct analysis and evaluation of wells including history of production,

pressure history.

. Predict and evaluate waterflood recovery process performance and

potential recovery factors.

. Assess various reservoir drive mechanisms present in field and best way

forward for depletion.

. Recognize errors and uncertainties associated with input data when

history matching.

. Production engineer, well performance monitoring using Prosper.

Reservoir Engineer/Overseas New Ventures Dept., KNOC HQ, May 1993 - Nov

1999

. Reservoir engineer and project coordinator.

. Construct and maintain numerical reservoir simulation models for

reservoir performance analysis and prediction.

. Decision analysis and support leading for investment decisions.

. Ensure compliance of all Corporate Planning related processes and

recommendations.

. Screening and evaluation for new ventures using benchmarks and analogues.

. Project economics with Questor.

. Development of new venture projects in Russia, China, Qatar, Yemen, Iran,

Cameron, Niger, Libya.

. Provide on the job training and develop capabilities of new venture team

to perform job effectively.

EDUCATION

INHA UNIVERSITY, Korea 1993

Master / Petroleum & Mineral Engineering

INHA UNIVERSITY, Korea 1991

Bachelor / Petroleum & Mineral Engineering

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Consultants Code of Conduct & Ethics Certification, Calgary/Canada 2017

Comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing, Daneshy Consulting Course,

Calgary/Canada 2013

Reservoir Simulation, Houston/USA 2009

Gas Field Development, SPE, Taiwan 2007

Artificial Lift, IQPC, Indonesia 2006

FPSO/Floating Production Technology for Offshore Production, IBC, Singapore

2005

Evaluation and Management of Fractured Reservoirs, NEXT, Japan 2004

Natural Gas Reservoir Engineering, OGCI, UK 2001

Production Operations, OGCI, UK 2001

Applied Reservoir Simulation & Eclipse 100, GeoQuest, UK 2000

Reservoir Development, Robertson, UK 1995

PAPER

"Lessons Learned from the Openhole Completions in Two HP/HT Retrograde Gas

Condensate Fields using Expandable Liner Hangers, External-Sleeve

Inflatable Collars and Swellable Packers for Zonal Isolation", Annual SPE's

Offshore Technology Conference, 2008

REFERENCE

Henry Welch, VP Technology, ANKOR, USA, TEL: 504-***-****,

acz6vy@r.postjobfree.com

Doug Walker, VP Exploitation, HARVEST, Canada, TEL:403-***-****,

acz6vy@r.postjobfree.com

Jae Gu Nam, VP North America, KNOC, South Korea, TEL: 010-****-****,

acz6vy@r.postjobfree.com

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