Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 5, 2001

John Teeling – Petrel Resources Plc (pet.l)

DR JOHN TEELING is Chairman of Petrel Resources Plc. He is also the founder and Chairman of Cooley Distillery the only Irish owned whiskey company in the world. Founded in 1988, it currently exports to 41 countries. He has 30 years experience of natural resources and has set up a number of ventures four of which are quoted on the stock exchange. African Gold is mining gold in Zimbabwe. Minco is an Irish zinc/lead explorer: Pan Andean is a Bolivian /US oil explorer and producer and Petrel Resources is attempting to develop an oil business in Iraq. Educated at University College Dublin (B Comm, M Econ Sc) the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylavania (MBA), he holds a doctorate in business from the Harvard Business School. He lectured in business administration in University College Dublin for 20 years. Profile
TWST: Can we start off with a quick description of Petrel, its key

assets and its strategy?

Dr. Teeling: Petrel is a very tightly focused oil exploration and

development company which is based