Michael Volcko, P.Eng.
President & CEO, Director
Michael Volcko is a reservoir engineer with more than 30 years of petroleum industry experience. Mr. Volcko is the CEO and director of Allied Petroleum Exploration Inc., a private company which operates a large exploration block in Oman. Mr. Volcko is also a partner in Anadime Energy LLP, which has drilled and operates horizontal multi-stage fractured (HMF) wells in the prolific, world-class Cardium formation of Alberta.
He was founder and President of Altius Energy Corporation, a private Canadian oil company which acquired, developed and operated oil production in Kazakhstan. Under Mr. Volcko’s leadership, Altius grew to nearly 2000 bbl/d prior to being acquired by Arawak Energy Corporation. He subsequently served as Vice President, Business Development and Executive Director of Arawak Energy.
Previously, Mr. Volcko worked for PanCanadian Petroleum Limited for over thirteen years, initially performing reservoir and production engineering functions for domestic Canadian operations, and subsequently performing technical evaluations for the International Division, including projects in Southeast Asia, Australia, North Africa, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Upon the company’s exit from Kazakhstan, Mr. Volcko became Project Coordinator, South America and in 1998, Manager, Engineering and Development, International.
Mr. Volcko holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary.