Gunnar Johnsen P. Eng.

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ABOUT GUNNAR JOHNSEN P. ENG.

I am a progressive leader – with stamina and perseverance. A Senior Oil and Gas Manager, who has delivered 18+ years of progressive technical, business and leadership accomplishments – both Domestic and International.⇨ Consistently promoted to challenging leadership roles in new disciplines; ⇨ Mastered new challenges in Strategy, Operations, Economics, Finance, and technical innovation – a voracious learner;⇨ Influenced and unified teams to compete and win. Unwavering positive approach frees teams to focus on solving problems under pressure;⇨ Trusted and counted on to drive development of long term strategic plan with Senior Executive team.HIGHLIGHTSStrategic Development Managed the study phase and sanctioning of several major capital developments in the North and Norwegian Sea. In charge of first ever owned drilling rig project for Total in co-operation with Statoil.Project Management Challenged to chair 1st ever SAGD suspension. Developed ~70 person team, applied innovation, delivered on schedule, no incidents and 10% under $22M USD budget. CEO commented ‘the project was executed with excellence’. Executed diverse facility and pipeline projects for Syncrude, Husky Energy, West Energy successfully – Range of CAPEX $500 KUSD – $200 MMUSD.Production | Operations Spearheaded successful optimization of SAGD facility. Production was unknown and targets missed by 100%- implemented safe shallow SADG operations including heave monitoring – delivered on new prod. targets. In 20••••06 – managed multiple assets at Husky – including high risk 46% H2S well. Researched successful actions to improve up-time of well by 100%. Recruited as speaker for Alberta Sulphur Research.HSE Promoted to General Manager for Total Canada (at the time 450 employees) – leading 3 Managers and ~ 25 employees – changed culture to one of true safety and reporting. Improved HSE performance by 50%.