Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 14, 2003
BRIAN J. BASS, President and CEO of San Telmo Energy, has been in
the oil and gas business for over 20 years and has managed
billions of dollars of oil and gas assets. His background
includes over 15 years at Husky Energy, most recently as General
Manager of Land, where he played a vital part in shepherding the
company's $10 billion in assets. In this role, Mr. Bass was
responsible for all aspects of negotiations, mergers,
acquisitions and divestitures. His successes include the
negotiation and disposition of over $100 million of non-strategic
assets, the negotiation of over 300 significant asset deals,
several significant high impact offshore deals on the east coast
of Canada totalling over $1 billion, leading the industry task
force for shaping the Canadian Resources Petroleum Act and
coordination of the merger of Canterra ($3 billion asset value)
with Husky. Prior to working for Husky, Mr. Bass held a senior
negotiator position at PanCanadian where he primarily negotiated
land deals in the United States and abroad. PanCanadian recently
merged with Alberta Energy Company to form EnCana, a $30 billion
market cap company and Canada's largest fully integrated oil and
gas company. Profile
Mr. Bass: San Telmo acquires and develops low risk, high
potential oil and gas properties. We are primarily an exploration
company, although
