Thor Pruckl
Chief Operating Officer at VAALCO Energy, Inc
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer at Vaalco Energy
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Thor Pruckl
Seasoned and highly knowledgeable PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS and MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL with 30 years of international and domestic leadership experience in upstream and midstream Oil & Gas Operations. Directs project and site operations to ensure that cost, quality, safety and ROI goals are met. Results oriented and solutions focused, with a strong blend of business and technical acumen and excellent strategic planning & organizational skills. Brings success implementing process, training and technology improvements and delivers results in cost control, environmental protection, risk mitigation and production levels. Builds positive working relationships with cross-cultural and multidisciplinary colleagues, local community stakeholders, third-party service providers, field personnel and government & regulatory bodies.Specialties: Areas of ExpertiseProduction Planning & Yield OptimizationOffshore OperationsOnshore OperationsMaintenance Planning & Management Capital & Operating BudgetingCost Control & Union Negotiations Procurement & Vendor Relationship Management Facility Construction & Commissioning Staffing & Labour Relations Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) Contract Negotiations & Regulatory Compliance Government Relations Stake Holder EngagementCorporate Governance
Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Dec 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Education
Royal Roads University
Masters, Organizational Leadership
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Procurement
- Energy Industry
- Energy
- Upstream
- Change Management
- Safety Management Systems
- Construction
- Strategic Planning
- Contract Management
- Drilling
- Supervisory Skills
- Oil & Gas
- Contract Negotiation
- Hazop
- Commissioning
- Natural Gas
- Oil/Gas
- Mining
- Training
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Corporate Governance
- Power Plants
- Occupational Health
- Onshore
- Completion
- Capital Budgeting
- Pipelines
- Hazop Study
- Risk Management
- Gas
- Onshore Operations
- Risk Assessment
- Power Generation
- Leadership
- Petroleum
- Offshore Drilling
- Petrochemical
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