CBM Asia announces officer appointment
Saturday, February 22 2014 - 02:33 AM WIB
Vancouver, Canada-based CBM Asia Development Corp. announced Friday that the board of directors has promoted Keith Potter to Vice President of Operations of the company.
Potter joined CBM Asia in November 2012 as General Manager, Indonesia. He will continue in this role as well as assuming his new position as VP of Operations for the company. Potter has a strong oil and gas project management background, having held senior management and corporate positions in the UK, Australia and Indonesia with operating companies and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors, according to a statement issued by CBM Asia, which holds interests in a number of coal bed methane projects in Indonesia.
From 1990, Potter worked in Indonesia for PT Tranaco managing major midstream and downstream oil and gas projects. He returned to Australia in 1998 on his appointment as Project Manager of the PNG Gas Project for the Petronas AGL Consortium. Prior to returning to Indonesia in 2008, Potter served as the CEO of Delco Australia, where he was instrumental in transforming Delco into Australia's leading coal seam gas EPCCm contractor, providing comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning solutions for leading coal seam gas operators including Santos, Origin Energy, Arrow Energy, and Eastern Star Gas.
Prior to joining CBM Asia, Potter served three years as President Director of PT Seamgas Indonesia, a JV company owned by Westside Corporation and Bumi Resources. Potter and his Indonesian team identified approximately 3 TCF of CBM resources at the Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) mine in East Kalimantan.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak