Ridgeback Resources
| Private company | |
| Industry | basic materials / oil and gas exploration |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Key people | J. Paul Charron, Executive Chairman and CEO |
| Products | crude oil, natural gas |
Number of employees | ~300 |
| Website |
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Ridgeback Resources is a Calgary, Alberta-based private oil exploration and production company focused on light oil in the Bakken and Cardium resource plays.
Ridgeback Resources underwent a change in management in June 2017. The new CEO and Executive Chairman is J. Paul Charron[1]
Ridgeback Resources was formerly Lightstream Resources and prior to that PetroBakken Energy. PetroBakken was formed in fall of 2009 through the spin-out of Petrobank’s Canadian Business Unit. In conjunction with the spin-out, the newly formed PetroBakken acquired TriStar Oil and Gas Ltd. on October 1, 2009.[2] PetroBakken commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on October 6, 2009 under the symbol PBN[3]
On May 22, 2013, PetroBakken Energy Ltd. changed its name to Lightstream Resources Ltd.[4] It traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LTS.
On Dec 29, 2016, Lightstream Resources Ltd. announced the closing of its asset sale to Ridgeback Resources Inc.[5]
References
- ↑ "Changes to Senior Leadership Team". BOE Report.
- ↑ "PetroBakken Completes Plan of Arrangement With TriStar" (PDF). PetroBakken.
- ↑ "PetroBakken – About Us". PetroBakken.
- ↑ "FTI Consulting, Inc. / Lightstream". FTI Consulting.
- ↑ "Lightstream Announces Closing of Asset Sale to Ridgeback Resources" (Press release). Lightstream Resources. December 29, 2016 – via Market Wired.