Management Team

Bernie Kelly

CEO

Mr Kelly is the former head of international oil and gas company Baker Hughes in Australasia and in that role was responsible for overseeing a workforce of up to 500 people. Baker Hughes is a diverse oil and gas company with operations across the oil and gas spectrum including drilling and coring, which makes Mr Kelly an ideal fit for Coretrack’s unique drilling and coring technologies.

Mr Kelly brings to the Company more than 15 years of oil and gas experience, with proven leadership qualities and has a strong background in people management and HSE.

Mr Kelly began his oil and gas career in 1995 as a sales engineer, before progressing into various key account management, sales and operations and business development roles within Nalco Exxon Energy Services, actively supporting the North Sea Operator Exploration and Production customer base. In 2003, he joined Baker Hughes Incorporated undertaking North Sea Region, Europe-Africa-Russia-Caspian Super Region, International Sales Management, Strategic Business Development and leadership roles in Aberdeen in the UK, before relocating to Dubai as Operations Vice President, Middle East & Asia Pacific for the Baker Petrolite Business Division.

Most recently, over the past 2 years, he was Baker Hughes Australasia Pty Ltd Operations Vice President, driving strategies to better serve employees, customers and the wider stakeholder community to accelerate business growth across the Drilling & Evaluation, Completion & Production products and services market segment before accepting the CEO role with Coretrack.

Bernie holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemistry from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

Coretrack’s Chairman, Mr Matt Birney, today commented, "Bernie is a great fit for the Company at this point in time and we are very pleased to welcome him aboard. His oil and gas background will prove to be a major advantage for Coretrack and Globe Drill and I have no doubt that he will be able to hit the ground running with his strong grasp on the industry."

"Coretrack is gearing up for its first oil and gas drilling contract and is also moving towards undertaking a commercial in field trial to prove up its Core Level Recorder System and I am quite sure that Bernie’s experience and enthusiasm will give us the best possible chance of success in the coming months.

Bill Connell

R&D Manager

Coretrack’s current Research and Development Manager, is Mr William (Bill) Connell. Bill is currently responsible for overseeing the research and development of the CLRS.

Prior to his involvement in Coretrack, Bill worked for more than 30 years in the oil and gas industry, for major companies including Halliburton and Schlumberger Seaco, providing services to oil and gas producers including Woodside, BHP, Santos and Chevron.

In 1992 Bill founded oilfield R&D company Orad Ltd in order to develop and commercialise the Mule Downhole Tractor System (the Mule), Bill’s first foray into technology development.

The Mule, the world’s first down hole tractor system for driving equipment along a deviated or horizontal well, was successfully commercialised through Orad and is now owned by UK based Sondex.

Bill’s wealth of experience in the successful development and commercialisation of oil and gas technology, as well as his practical knowledge of coring, has contributed immensely to the development of the CLRS.

Damian Stockton

Mr Damian Stockton, an Oil Fluid Power Systems Engineer, has been working with and in the oil and gas industry for over 20 years. In 1993 he founded and built a partnership company, Perth Hydraulic Centre, where he contracted to many of Australia’s largest companies including Woodside, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Alcoa and Otis Engineering, just to name a few.

It was in 1983 - 1984 when Damian designed and built his first oil and gas industry tool, a down-hole camera. This camera was used by Woodside in the operation to stabilise one of the legs on the North Rankin-A platform. His down-hole camera gave engineers a true painting of the effectiveness of the Dawson Offshore Belling Tool beneath the surface during the stabilisation procedure.

Another example of Damian’s design expertise is the hydraulic system used on the subsea robot called the Magnetic Particle Inspection Tool (“MPI”), a world first built by Sonat Subsea Services, used with the Triton ROV on Woodside’s North Rankin-A platform for inspecting welds on the platform jacket. Damian is also very proud of his accomplishments in improving efficiency in mineral drill rigs. In 1991 Damian designed and developed the first proportionally controlled load sensing hydraulic system for mineral drill rigs, in Australia, this accomplishment in design reduced the amount fuel needed by 70% and doubled the speed of operation on existing drill rig designs.

Damian met fellow Coretrack R&D Manager, Bill Connell in 1983 while building a water boring rig. In 2006 they started working together to design and build what is now the Core Level Recorder System.