CHOA VOLUNTEER PROFILE

John Martinez is a Reservoir and Evaluations Engineer at GLJ Ltd., a Calgary-based global energy consulting company that has been helping clients navigate the evolving energy landscape for over 50 years He has conducted detailed reserves, resources and economic evaluations of oil and gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and international oil and gas fields used in client corporate evaluations and for regulatory purposes, bank financing and transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions

He was born and raised in Colombia, where he completed bachelor’s degrees in both Petroleum and Chemical Engineering In 2017, he decided to go abroad and moved to Canada where he completed a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Calgary Prior to his current role, he worked as a researcher in heavy oil properties and processing and bitumen extraction from oilsands.

A few months after starting his position at GLJ, John became involved with the CHOA Project Updates publication alongside Bruce Carey and fellow GLJer, Brittany Hale. Together they seek to provide value to CHOA members by summarizing information from a variety of sources that are relevant to all things heavy oil Through these efforts, John has kept himself up to date in heavy oil research findings and industry trends into the future.

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Outside of work, John is an active and avid fencer, and is also always enthusiastic and keen on trying new sports. He enjoys hiking, swimming, travelling year-round to new and unknown places, playing videogames and spending time with friends and family.

We are fortunate to have Brittany, John and Bruce in our team. We appreciate their dedication and their hard work on the monthly Project Updates that all our members enjoy.