S. Bruce Duncan

• Employed at KOC as a Specialist Geophysicist in the innovation & Technology group in the Research and Technology Subsurface team. My role is to work with all KOC assets to enhance production and reserves by deploying new technologies and work flow methodologies in exploration and development of reservoirs in Kuwait both on and offshore.
• Active interaction with the assets to help execute on reservoir challenges in a hands on capacity specializing in Geophysical and Geological technologies and deployment of them for use in Reservoir Characterization, sub-surface imaging, fault and fracture characterization and geo hazard identification. Working with assets to pick optimum well paths to avoid non-productive drilling time and ensure well bore stability and in zone placement of the wells.
• In the last ten years I have helped assets and Kuwaiti professionals to improve reservoir production through enhanced understanding of faults and fractures, hydro-carbon migration pathways, drilling and production challenges primarily in tight carbonate reservoirs Unconventional and clastics in Kuwait.
• Team Project Lead and through my role in R&T SS developed an in house KOC Technology and Methodology program using Seismic Attributes and Several available AI/ML platforms in the Big Data area to Detect Faults and Discrete Fractures in the Makhul, Najmah tight unconventional type reservoirs to enhance reservoir understanding. This project was done entirely in house in KOC using available in-house Technologies and Expertise. The assets also would like to continue work on this technology and methodology seismic attribute program for various other offshore and onshore reservoirs. This technology has been imbedded projects for other assets in the Ratawi, Tayarat and Mauddud reservoirs and Marrat and been highly successful in enhancing production and understanding reservoir behavior.
• This technology and methodology workflow project was a no cost in house KOC developed project that allowed the asset to combine it with the Engineering and Geological data and come up with several new well locations as well help to provide better well paths to provide better well bore stability while drilling. This all contributes to savings in an E2P field strategy. My hands on interpretation and integration of geological and geophysical academic ideas and practical case examples and working data sets interpreted hands on, means KOC does not have to spend money on outside consultants as key technology deployment can be duplicated in any company with access to specific vendor technologies.
• Have been a major contributor and initiator on the Helium and Hydrogen Exploration and Development in the State of Kuwait. Initiated the Technology roadmap and establishing a workflow for the program and working with the team to evaluate the Helium potential in Kuwait. In 2022-23, the task force team in R&T SS conducted a preliminary gas-sampling program in order to identify sweet spot areas for potential Helium exploration and production. A main contributor to date in integrating initial Helium and Hydrogen analysis into a large macro scale picture of the entire State of Kuwait and potential areas of interest as well as coming up with several hypothesis on how Helium and Hydrogen is potentially formed and trapped in Kuwait geological reservoirs.
• Enormous knowledge and hands on experience in unconventional and conventional fields as well as knowledge of global reservoirs this knowledge can be utilized by KOC in pursuit of unconventional reservoirs, heavy oil such as the Tayarat and conventional reservoirs through the adaptation of global workflows and technologies to KOC reservoirs

• Company Overview: (Subsidiary of Korean National Oil Company)
• I was the Senior Geophysicist for the West team responsible for geophysical activity in the W5M group working with 3 Junior Geophysicists reporting to me as well as one of three Geophysicists supplying support to the East team for EOR work and field monitoring schemes. Worked with five geologists on various plays conventional and unconventional using many different types of geophysical interpretation applications and software I also did my own geological work and petro- physical work also.
• We drilled both conventional vertical wells as well as numerous horizontal multi-frac wells in various geological settings. Our group area success rate was 90% on new well drills . Our best success to date was a Garrington Ellerslie well currently producing 700 BOED.
• Also worked on Duvernay and Montney Unconventional plays where we drilled wells with 100% success rate.
• Was the lead geophysicist on several Heavy Oil plays as well as EOR projects helping design and choose injector and production wells. Also in charge of field design for the geophysical monitoring of these projects using both active and passive programs for monitoring as well as deployment of Pressure Gauges and fiber optics for real time monitoring of wells.
• Was part of a five person team that worked for KNOC our parent company on evaluation of several concessions in the UAE that KNOC was bidding on numerous ADNOC concessions.

Rough Edges is a company, which I started following the sale of Blue Mountain in order to consult to the petroleum industry. Since its start I was contracted long term by several oil and gas firm’s to help them with their firm’s exploration agenda’s. Also contracted to help firms conduct acquisitions and divestitures. This was due to my strong knowledge of the Western Canadian sedimentary basin and have had a drilling success rate of 80 percent since starting Rough Edges Energy. Enjoyed working in team-orientated companies and am knowledgeable in all facets of the seismic business.

• Team member for one of my major client’s Trilogy Energy unconventional discovery in the Kaybob in the Duvernay unconventional reservoir this became a major field in Trilogy’s portfolio.
• The companies I have worked for are Trilogy Energy Trust, Black Mountain Energy, Bonus Energy Ltd, Spitfire Energy Ltd, Whitecap Energy and Lario Oil & Gas Canada Ltd.
• I have worked several Unconventional plays in the Bakken, Duvernay and Montney in Canada for multi-clients.
• I have done numerous projects from S.E. Saskatchewan all the way to N.E. British Columbia. In Alberta I have primarily been focused in plays in W5M and the Peace River Arch. In the Peace River Arch I have worked on the Duvernay,DoeCreek,Bluesky,Gething,Nikinassin,CharlieLake,Baldonnel,Halfway,Doig, Montney and Kiskatinaw.I have extensive knowledge of the Spirit River,Wembley,Valhalla,Balsam and Sinclair areas. In the W5M area I have worked on the Bluesky,Viking,Falher,Montney,Mannville,Ellerslie,Elkton, and Rock Creek plays in Edson,Kaybob,Crossfield and Leaman areas. As well I have been working the Gilwood and Slave Point plays in the Randell and Gift Lake areas.As well I have worked on projects in Morocco and Abu Dhabi.
• In Alberta in the W4M I focused in Southern Alberta working on the Fluvial Channel plays in the Glauconite and Colony as well as the 2WS and Bow Island sands. Also I have been working on the emerging Exshaw resource play in Southern Alberta.
• In Saskatchewan I have been working the Bakken, Upper and Lower Shaunavon, Roseray, Cantaur and Atlas Channel plays. As well as the Tilston, Frobisher-Alida, Souris Valley, Ratcliffe and Winnipegosis in S.E. Saskatchewan.I have also worked the heavy oil play in Lloydminister.
• In British Columbia the plays I have been working primarily on are the Lower Doig, Montney and Triassic plays.

• I was employed as the Chief Geophysicist for Blue Mountain working with the geological staff in prospect generation primarily in the Peace River Arch and West Central Alberta.
• I was a part of an active exploration team, which took Blue Mountain’s production from 1800 BOE/D to 3100 BOE/D.
• I have been part of an exploration group, which has drilled over 70 prospects with an average success rate of 69%. In 2006 as an exploration group we have had a success rate of 11 out of 12 for a 91% success rate with 4 new pool discoveries this year.
• We as an exploration group raised the production to 3100BOE/D by doing full-scale exploration. Working up the play, buying the seismic, posting the land and drilling up our prospect ideas.
• We worked numerous play ideas in the Peace River Arch with new discoveries in Cecil, Dimsdale, Hythe, Wembley, Mirage and Dunvegan. In West Central Alberta we were active in Knobhill, Breton, Redwater, Ferrier and Pembina.
• I was responsible for the seismic budget as well as all aspects of the seismic business for the company working with 4 geologists to develop plays.

• I was employed as Senior Geophysicist and was responsible for both Canadian and U.K. Onshore and Offshore exploration for the company.
• I was part of the exploration team which took Bow Valley’s Canadian production from 20 BOE/D to 1800 BOE/D focused primarily in the Peace River Arch area.
• We as an exploration group came over as the management group at Bow Valley Energy where we took production from 20 BOE/D to 1800 BOE/D. We did this by assembling a land base and exploring for numerous targets from the Dunvegan Sand, Baldonnel, Charlie Lake, Halfway and Kiskatinaw sands.
• In the United Kingdom I was involved in the interpretation of North Sea offshore 3-D’s and subsequent partner meetings to pick drill locations of 10 wells in two North Sea Concessions

• Employed as Chief Geophysicist responsible for all the exploration areas for Courage Energy and then went over to Samson Canada to help with the transition after the takeover of Courage Energy. At Courage I was responsible for both Canada and U.K. properties as well as both Onshore and Offshore Denmark.
• Part of the exploration team at Courage consisting of five geologists and two engineers.
• As an exploration group took Courage from 1900 boed to 4900 boed during my tenure at Courage Energy
• Part of the exploration team, which discovered the Balsam Kiskatinaw wells, which added significant production to Courage.
• I worked the Peace River Arch area as well as the Dawson, Seal, Williston Green, Bigoray, Hamburg, Dixonville areas as well as the U.K. and Danish concessions. Courage had both onshore and offshore concessions in both the United Kingdom and Denmark as well as some joint ventures in Morocco and Abu Dhabi. I was responsible for the interpretation and technical meetings for all properties. As well as responsible for communication with the Danish governmental agencies.
• I went over to Samson following the take over to help the transition and to help them with Courage’s remaining exploration plays and to deal with the companies Denmark prospects and partner meetings with DONG and several other companies in Denmark and UK.
• I attended meetings with Maersk and Amerada Hess looking at the Tarfaya Basin play in Morocco. I was responsible for the technical review for Samson.
• I also attended seismic technical meetings with Total and Maersk looking into joint venture participation in Abu Dhabi with ADNOC on both onshore and offshore plays.
• Samson declined to participate in both as Samson had chosen to get involved in Russia on some joint ventures.