Bill Siebens

Bill Siebens is a prominent oilman in Alberta who was a pioneer of the oil boom in Alberta. During the 1950s he served as an airman in Libya, and later, when he returned to Canada, he founded Siebens Oil and Gas Ltd. He is also known for owning part of the now partially public OH Ranch.

History

In 1958, upon returning to Canada, he moved to Calgary. He founded Siebens Leasehold Ltd., an oil and gas leasing company. In 1966 he sold the leasing company and started another company called Siebens Oil and Gas Ltd. The company was notable for acquiring highly productive acreage among the freehold lands of the Hudson's Bay Company.

In 1977, Seibens Oil was sold to Dome Petroleum Ltd. He then became president of Candor Investments Ltd., a private energy investment corporation. He has also chaired the board of Sovereign Oil and Gas, a North Sea oil producer. It was bought by Neste Oil, the Finnish National Oil Company.

In 1994, he joined ResoQuest Resources Ltd. as chairman of the board until it was sold two years later to Pinnacle Resources Ltd. He continued in the same leadership position with Pinnacle until it was sold to Renaissance Energy Ltd. in 1998.^[1]

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