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MEG Energy has appointed Chi-Tak Yee, currently Senior Vice President, Operations, Resource & Technology Development, to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Mr. Yee joined MEG in 2004, and has been instrumental in the Company’s technical leadership and operational success in the thermal development of its Christina Lake asset.
About Yee:
Mr. Yee has over 33 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, primarily in thermal recovery. He has held various senior positions in the Company including oversight for reservoir management and project development, facility operations, cost leadership, and technological development and application. In his most recent role as the Senior Vice President, Operations, Resource & Technology Development, Mr. Yee had leadership responsibility for approximately 70% of the Company’s workforce. Prior to joining MEG, he held technical engineering and leadership roles with Petro-Canada and Imperial Oil. Early in his career, Mr. Yee studied under and worked with Dr. Roger Butler at the Underground Test Facility (UTF), where he provided reservoir and production engineering leadership in the first successful field demonstration of the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process in the Athabasca region using surface drilled horizontal well pairs. Mr. Yee holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary, and is a registered professional engineer in Alberta.
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