John Gorter is a geologist with 35 years’ experience in the petroleum exploration industry and 6 years working for an Australian government geological organisation. He has worked across all Australian petroleum basins and has also significant overseas experience in unconventional exploration with a major Italian oil company. He has worked for large international companies, including Exxon and Eni, and also for mid-tier Australia exploration companies.
John‘s leadership experience includes Chief Geologist for 3 different companies and also Exploration Manager at Hardy Petroleum.
John has for the past four years worked for Eni Spa, based in Milan, where he was for 3 years Technical Leader for unconventional exploration with a global remit. His final year was working on various countries in Africa as part of the Strategic Exploration group at Eni.
John’s career profile includes extensive exploration assessments, geological leadership positions, authorship of many papers, and industry and conference awards. He earned his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1991 and gained his BSc Honours from the Australian National University in 1972.
