Stephen is highly experienced geoscientist who has worked in the upstream oil and gas industry for over 35 years with a particular focus on gas developments across multiple jurisdictions with Britoil, BP and Elf and Sterling Resources, where he discovered and initiated the development of the Black Sea gas field complex, Ana/Doina in Romania. Stephen has a BSc Honours in Applied Geology and is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.