Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2002

John Rooney – Equatorial Energy Inc (oz:tse)

JOHN R. ROONEY is President and Chief Executive Officer of Equatorial Energy Inc. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator. Mr. Rooney joined Equatorial in the spring of 1999 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. Rooney has been involved in numerous private and public oil and gas ventures, including as a Founder and CFO of Tidal Resources Inc., a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Prior to that, Mr. Rooney spent 10 years with Ernst & Young, including five years in the corporate finance and business valuations practice. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief historical sketch of Equatorial

Energy and then an overview of what you are doing at the present time?

Mr. Rooney: Equatorial was formed as an