Offshore staff
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Trillion Energy International Inc. , an oil and natural gas producer in Turkey, has appointed Al Thorsen COO.
Kubilay Yildirim formerly served as Trillion's COO since July 2022.
Thorsen will be responsible for the production operations of SASB gas field as well future drilling activities in Turkey and abroad. He will be leading the production enhancement initiatives, with the highest priority being to increase production of the SASB gas wells, including for the five new wells drilled last year, as well as future planned workovers and sidetracks on several older wells.
Prior to his role with Trillion, he was with Valeura Energy Inc. as operations manager in Turkey where he managed 55 employees, 300 natural gas wells and a 500-km gas gathering system as well as with Journey Energy as a production team lead where he directed joint ventures and production engineering to 10,000 boe/d.
Additionally, he has held positions with Rio Alto Exploration as country manager and production manager, Zargon Oil and Gas as vice president of operations, Orleans Energy as vice president of operations and Central Petroleum as COO.
CEO Arthur Halleran said, “I am confident that Mr. Thorsen’s extensive artificial lift and gas production expertise will improve our operational effectiveness accelerating production at the SASB gas field.”
01.22.2024
