Senior Operating and Technical Team

Responsible for overall exploration and production strategy, all technical and operational issues, and jointly responsible for company strategy.

• 35 years with Repsol YPF, 18 years as No. 2 Executive of the Company.
• Seven years as Executive Vice President - Chief of Exploration & Production, Member of Executive Committee of Repsol YPF.
• Responsible for negotiating and implementing the merger of Repsol with YPF in 1999.
• 11 years as Vice President – Planning & Control, Member of Executive Committee.
• 17 years as Exploration & Production Engineer.
• PhD In Engineering, BSc. Economics, Madrid.

Responsible for the day to day management of the company’s exploration and production activities.

• 35 years experience as Petroleum Geologist, 22 of those as Exploration Manager.
• 32 years with Repsol YPF.
• Responsible for multiple exploration & production licenses, many as Operator, and for building, managing and supervising multi-disciplinary international exploration and development teams.
• Estimated overall discoveries of more than 800 million barrels of recoverable oil reserves.
• BSc in Geology (Madrid University), DIC Diploma (Imperial College), Petroleum Geology and a Master of Sciences in Petroleum Geology (London University).

Responsible for the geophysical aspects of the company’s exploration and production activities.

• 32 years with Repsol YPF, 22 years of these overseas.
• Held various positions including Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager.
• Responsible for multiple exploration & production licenses, many as Operator, in Libya, Algeria, Brazil, Colombia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
• High rate of successful discoveries as Operator during 30 years of active exploration (more than 800 bbl recoverable reserves).
• MSc Geophysics, Complutense University, Madrid 1972.
• MBA, ICADE, Madrid.

Responsible for the company’s operational logistics.

• More than 15 years for Repsol YPF as Head Project Manager in exploration and production projects, including Poseidon (1.5 million m3/day of gas) and Chipiron (15,000 bbl/day of oil), both offshore Spain.
• Working experience in gas and oil field development, managing petrochemical plants and underground gas storage for Repsol YPF and the former Mc Kee CTIP, including Gaviota (770 million m3 per year) offshore Spain.
• Recently in charge of the extraction of all residual petroleum from sunken Prestige at 2,800m depth.
• Civil Engineer, Madrid Polytechnic University.