Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Colin J. Campbell
b. 1931.
Educated: St Paul's School
and Wadham College, Oxford - B.A (Hons) Geology 1954; M.A., D.Phil 1957
1955-56 Geologist
to Oxford University Expedition to Borneo
Geological field work, central
Borneo
1956
Geologist (tmp), British Overseas Geological Surveys, Sarawak
Writing up the results for
publication
1957-61
Exploration Geologist, Texaco, Trinidad, Colombia
Geological field work
1961-66
Regional Geologist, BP, Colombia
Regional evaluation and commercial
appraisals
1967-68
Regional Geologist, BP, Australia, New Guinea
Geological field work, central
Papua,
1968-69
Regional Geologist, Amoco, New York, Chicago
Regional evaluation of South
America, search for opportunities, government negotiations
1969-72
Chief Geologist, Amoco, Ecuador
Managing an exploration venture
in the Amazon headwaters, much negotiation
1972-78
General Manager, Shenandoah Oil, London, Dublin
Managing a small company secure
a stake in UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey. Much negotiation
with partners and government, recruited small staff
1978
Adviser, Norsk Hydro, Oslo
Advising a major Norwegian
company take a position in oil
1978-79
Exploration Manager, Aran, Dublin
Managing exploration in two
joint ventures off Ireland with BP and Deminex. Many colourful negotiations
1979 Supervisor,
New Ventures, Amoco, London
Return to mainstream oil industry,
dealing with ventures in Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Malta
1980-84 Exploration
Manager, Amoco, Norway
Managing a major operating
company's exploration in Norway, finding first oil off mid Norway
1985-89 Executive
Vice-President, Fina, Norway
Built up a new office, eventually
with a staff of 60. Many negotiations with government and partners. Public
relations. Secured new strong position in Barents Sea, and elsewhere with
major company partners. Increasing independence and contempt of head office
led to "early retirement".
1989- Consultant
to Amoco, Norway
Consultant to Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate on world oil resources and depletion: study eventually published
as the Golden Century of Oil Chairman, Nordic American Oil Co.
Formed new oil company with
Norwegian and American capital to undertake infill drilling in old US fields.
Eventually sold out.
Consulting to Bulgarian Government,
Advising government on fall
of Communism how to attract western oil companies
Consulting to Statoil, Mobil,
Amerada, Enterprise, Total, Pelican on oil resources;
Consulting to Shell, Esso,
Mobil on N.Sea project
Consulting to Petroconsultants,
Geneva
Wrote several major reports
on oil depletion
Partner in Petroplan Inc
A consultancy concentrating
on oil forecasting, write monthly column in Tomorrow's Oil
Adviser to the board, Hampton
Investments, San Francisco
See also www.oilcrisis.com
for references
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Petroleum
Geologists
Geological Society, London
Institute of Petroleum, London
Lectures on oil resources and depletion
Dec. 1993, NPF Conference,
Stavanger
Mar 1994, PESGB Seminar, London;
also Aberdeen
Sept 1994, APS Conference,
Cyprus
Oct 1994, BGR Conference, Hannover
Dec 1994, World Resources Institute,
Washington
Dec 1995, Seminar, Reading
University
Apr 1996, Royal Institute of
International Affairs, London
Sept 1996, Canadian Energy
Research Institute, Calgary
Nov 1997, International Energy
Agency, Paris
June 1998, Shell Research,
The Hague
Sept. 1998, Centre for Global
Energy Studies
Oct. 1998, Shell Global Solutions,
Amsterdam
Nov. 1998, Geological Society
of America, Toronto
Nov. 1998, Public Lecture,
Colorado School of Mines, Denver
Nov. 1998, Cambridge Investments,
San Francisco
Nov. 1998, Walt Disney, Los
Angeles
Nov. 1998, Institute of Petroleum,
London
Feb, 1999, CERN, Geneva
May, 1999, Oil Retreat, London
July, 1999, All Party Committee,
House of Commons, London
Aug. 1999, LB Systemtechnik,
Munich
Sept. 1999, American Assoc.
Petroleum Geol. Birmingham Convention
Sept. 1999, Oil Prices Conference,
London
Oct., 1999, Swiss Academy of
Sciences, Luzern
Oct. 1999, Ingepet Conference,
Lima, Peru
Nov. 1999, Herald Tribune Conference,
London
Jan. 2000, Clean Energy 2000
Conference, Geneva
Feb. 2000, FEASTA Conference,
Dublin
April 2000, Petroleum Exploration
Society, Meeting, Dublin
May 2000, Royal Society of
Chemistry, London
Aug 2000, Petroleos de Venezuela
Seminar, Caracas
Pending
Nov 2000, World Petroleum Congress,
South African National Council
Dec 2000, Danish Parliament,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dec 2000, University of Clausthal,
Germany
Jan 2001, Petrotech Conference,
New Delhi, India
Broadcasts
National Public Radio, USA
Voice of America, USA
Canadian Broadcasting System,
Ottawa
Calgary Eye-Opener, Calgary
Radio Singapore (three times)
Australian Television (televised
panel discussion with Yergin & Yamani)
WRO Radio, New York
RTE, Dublin, Pat Kenny Show
Canadian Broadcasting Company
(CBC), Toronto
Dutch Television
BBC Television