Jón Ferrier
,CEO,Gulf Keystone Petroleum
Jon Ferrier has been the CEO of Gulf Keystone Petroleum since June 2015, and has amassed over 35 years’ worth of experience in the oil and gas, and mining industries.
Since joining the company, Ferrier has focussed on achieving safe operations, working hand-in-hand with Iraq’s Ministry of Natural Resources, and continuing to maintain stable production of 40,000 barrels of oil per day Gulf Keystone Petroleum’s Shaikan filed, located in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq.
He is also overseeing plans to increase the capacity of the filed to 100,000 barrels as part of the wider Shikhan Field Development Plan. In October 2014, the company announced that Shaikhan’s proven and probable reserves had increased from 299mn barrels to 639 barrels.
