PAUL'S RÉSUMÉ

PAUL CHENG

SUMMARY

To repay the kindness of Londoners 40+ years ago.

To bring London into the 21st Century. To rebuild our business / industrial and commercial base. To ensure our futuregenerations will have meaningful employment and the possibility to prosper.

To structure City Hall to world class standards. That complacency and rigor mortis never sets in again.

VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

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Taught ESL in Church basement, Toronto, 1st yr university 1975

Uncles At Large, Edmonton early mid 1980; 2 - 3 years.

WORK EXPERIENCE

09/2012 - 07/2014

Liaison - Drilling, Completion in-charge; Saudi Aramco. Eastern Province, KSAProject Manage some of the longest reach wells in the world. HPHT, critical sour, 130 man team. Oversee Specialists,Technicians from Brazil, Ukraine to Uganda.Coordinate team meetings prior to commencement with engineers, global suppliers, logistics, all aspects of security(surface and below ground), ensure marine and land escape routes viable, report to upper management.Daily team meetings once exploration commences. Continuous contact w/all departments, operations in real timemonitored by day and night engineers until exploration phase complete and well is secure.Full authority to mobilize, utilize any equipment and manpower deemed necessary to secure well. Approx. budget US$20- 30 mm / quarter.

Spring 2012

Consultant; Samson Resources. North Dakota, U.S.A.20,000 ft Hz, long reach completions.

Sep 18, 2014

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01/2008 - 07/2012

Consultant in-charge; Petro Tech / Savia (consortium KNOC & Ecopetro). Talara, PeruManage deep water (300' +/-) platforms. Responsible to 110 +/- crew members, supply boats. Critical Ops - Tsunami,Well Control, 20 ft+ storms.Coordinate and manage program from exploration to production phase. Responsible for all team activities, operationsbetween drilling, production, supply boats, barges and production platforms. Report to operation centre in TalaraFull authority to mobilize, utilize any and all available equipment and manpower deemed necessary to complete job andsecure well.

Fall 2007

Deep Exploration Coach; Shell Gas Division / Reach Group. Yulin, ChinaTeach next generation of engineers modern technology, systems management. Make aware to local in-country managersgaps in technological skill set between 1st and 3rd world. Deficiencies are highlighted very gently.

2005 to Mid 2007

Consultant in-charge; FCP (sold to ENI) Hassi Messaoud, AlgeriaManaged Saipem (Italian), MMM (French) and GWDC (Chinese) equipment 5000m capacity, 2000HP.Manage operations of Saipem. Modernize MMM equipment to Moduspec (Lloyds London) standards. Integrate GWDCChinese crews to modern technology and standards of operation.

2003 - 2005

Consultant; Talisman, CNRL, numerous 2 - 6 man companies. Western CanadaDrilling, completions, pipe-lines

2000 - 2003

Consultant; Talisman. Off Shore Lake Erie. Leamington, Kingsville OntarioOversee numerous 15' storms. Lost anchor line, lost riser. Divers repaired and resumed operations.Mobilized STAR Ambulance once crew reported symptoms of stroke. Chopper from LHSC to Mr. Chris in 20 minutes.Crewman was evaced to hospital for observation.Emergency drills, disaster planning w/ all crews paid off. When anchor line snapped during storm, crews respondedexactly according to plan as discussed. No one panicked. Potential disaster situation was avoided.

Fall 1998 - 1999

Consultant; CNRL, Talisman. Western Canada

Summer 1998

Staff Engineer; Canadian Fracmaster. Alberta, B.C. mountainsDesigned programs for advanced UBD using coil. Experimental non invasive for depleted formations.

Spring 1996 - 1998

In House consultant; Cdn Oxy (Nexen, sold to CNOOC.) Western CanadaField consultant. Recruited into office. Responsible to business unit. Unit consists of own legal, land, geology,geophysics, production and accountant. Budget C$17 million. Liaise w/ Prov. Gov regulatory agencies.Draft cost estimate in conjunction w/ global suppliers. Dept. and VP approvals. Implement program to completion.Supervised teams consisting of Survey, Construction, Seismic, Exploration and pipeline. Over 100 men & women. Draftsupplemental. Submit final report, close file.Details - in blog Management skills transferablehttp://paulchengformayor.com/blog/what-is-the-scale-of-projects-that-you-work-on/

1993 - 1996

Consultant exploration & development; numerous 2 man to mid size operators. Western Canada

EDUCATION

2005 - 2010

MBA, Correspondence U21 GlobalNxt. Singapore / Malaysia: http://www.globalnxt.edu.my/

1982 - 1984

4 yrs Special BA (econ, geology), U of A

1975 - 1977

2 yrs Engineering, U of T (did not graduate)

IWCF Sub Sea - combined (St. John, NFLD) mid 1990sIWCF Sub Sea - combined Cert # SS 53760 (Aberdeen, Scotland) Dec 2011IWCF Sub Sea - combined Cert # SS 57454 (Albuquerque, NM) Dec 2013IADC Surface only (Dhahran, KSA) Dec 2013

Critical Analysis (KSA 2013)Floater Operation Transitions Course (Murchison, NM Nov 2011)Regulatory & Safety Awareness - PITS (Calgary)Offshore Survival (Dartmouth, NS. Expired)

Project Management – PITSUnitization – PITSReservoir Evaluation – OGCI, PITSIntroduction Gas Processing – PITSSAGD – Roger Butler, SperryMulti laterals – Petroleum Society, BakerH2S, First Aid, WHMIS, CPR

LanguagesCantonese – fluent; Mandarin - working; and Spanish – working (Berlitz level II)

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