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Oil & Gas Venture Management Co.
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A Haris Company
Zephyr Well Engineering Limited trading as Zephyr Intercontinental
150+
Years of experience
2.5MM
Feet of wells drilled
346
Exploration, appraisal and development wells
6
Continents
28
Countries
200K
Barrels per day of crude oil and petroleum processing capacity

Zephyr Intercontinental · Management services
Executive summary · Oil & gas
The ongoing energy shift and international commitments to a Global Clean Energy Future is high on the global business agenda and will remain so for decades to come. With most international industry players having already set various carbon emission and associated targets in alignment with prevailing commitments, what remains unclear is how the worldwide transition which has already begun in earnest, will continue to play out. All around us and spanning every aspect of life, from environmental through socio-economical, technological, and political to community and even personal levels, the transition space is proving to be a busy, highly charged, and competitive one.
A space that continues to present a myriad of transient as well as permanent short-, medium- and long-term value chains and opportunities, all set to culminate in the inevitable emergence of winners and losers across the entire energy industry, and requiring all to adopt strategies whose successful integration will determine their survival or demise.
In short, we are nothing less than uniquely positioned with a proven capacity to deliver what we have come to be globally relied upon and renowned for: swift, precise, ingenious, and extremely cost-effective world-class solutions. Solutions to requirements that may arise in any form, at any point and to every degree of urgency or criticality during the creation to completion of any strategy adopted by any size or type of energy company for their individual and unique energy transition journey.
My best regards, Haris.
Part of Haris Oil & Gas Group
We operate as a venture management company covering the major energy corridors of the world: Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas and Oceania. We operate through an integrated approach for all business we are involved in, and are able to access the extensive experience and portfolio our company has access to as part of a wider oil & gas platform. This way, we are able to leverage the synergies between each facet of the group to present and offer a fully and seamlessly integrated solution.
At Zephyr Intercontinental, we offer tailored solutions to all sizes and types of companies across the entire spectrum of the global onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, in a myriad of situations and circumstances, to meet the unique, specific requirements of our clients. We are committed to delivering our mission through continuous, relentless, rigorous and comprehensive due diligence, monitoring and supervision in all our business and service operations, no matter the size, to ensure that our safety, technical and other service performance records consistently exceed our clients’ and partners’ expectations.
Our clients include all sizes and types of national and international energy companies, private equity oil and gas funds, governments, oil and gas service companies, insurance companies, law firms, entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals and executives.
Proposed 300,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery · Jomoro District, Western Region, Ghana
TCA Petraco Valley Oil Refinery Project
Proposed development of a 300,000-barrel-per-day crude oil refinery within Ghana’s Petroleum Hub Enclave in the Jomoro District of the Western Region.
Proposed project: TCA Petraco Valley Oil & Refining Limited
Intended venture management & operating partner: Zephyr Well Engineering Limited
Zephyr Well Engineering Limited has been identified and nominated as the venture management and operating partner, with responsibilities covering provision of midstream and downstream venture management, EPC and implementation support, technical coordination and prospective facilities operations and maintenance.
The project seeks to contribute to Ghana’s industrial transformation, strengthen regional petroleum refining capacity, enhance energy security and support sustainable economic development across West Africa.
Initial 5-year management contract
Project at a glance
| Project | TCA Petraco Valley Oil Refinery Project |
| Proposed SPV | TCA Petraco Valley Oil & Refining Limited |
| Joint venture partners | POL London Ltd (Ghana) and Truth Go Energy Limited (United Kingdom) |
| Intended venture management & operating partner | Zephyr Well Engineering Limited |
| Proposed capacity | 300,000 barrels per day |
| Proposed location | Ghana Petroleum Hub Enclave in the Jomoro District of the Western Region, Ghana |
| Development model | Build-Own-Operate (BOO) |
| PHDC engagement | EOI positively received; invitation for further engagement issued and received |
| Project status | Joint venture structuring and commercial preparations |
| Next milestone | Further engagement with PHDC |
Two-phase scope
Phase 1 · Management & Operator
US$30 million
Initial project contract revenue over 5 years
Midstream & Downstream Facilities & Infrastructure Design & EPC
Overall venture management and operator leadership across the development and EPC delivery of refinery-related midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure, including engineering coordination, procurement and construction oversight, project controls, contractor/interface management, commissioning readiness, quality, HSE, schedule and cost control, regulatory coordination and operational readiness.
Phase 2 · Venture Management, Operations & Maintenance
US$50–100 million
Initial projected contract revenue per year
Facilities & Infrastructure
Long-term management, operations and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure, including operational performance, maintenance and reliability management, asset integrity, utilities and infrastructure services, QHSSE, emergency preparedness, compliance, workforce capability and continuous improvement.
Core responsibilities
- Facilities & Infrastructure Operator
- Venture management
- Facilities & Infrastructure Design, EPC coordination & oversight
- Operations readiness, commissioning & start-up support
- QHSSE management & compliance
- Asset integrity, reliability & maintenance management
- Utilities, logistics & supporting infrastructure management
- Project controls, schedule, cost & performance management
- Contractor and stakeholder/interface management
- Regulatory, permitting & statutory compliance coordination
- Emergency response, process safety & operational risk management
- Workforce capability, local participation & knowledge transfer
- Continuous improvement and operational excellence
Leadership
Corporate management
Mr Z Haris Dean
Chief Executive Officer
Leads Zephyr Intercontinental, with responsibility for:
- Acquisitions, contracts, mergers & joint ventures within the oil and gas industry
- Enhancement of intercontinental oil and gas consultancy & management
- Corporate due diligence
- Partner and company relations

Mr John Thomson
Chief Business Officer
- Consultancy & management
- Intercontinental operations & business development
- Technical & business due diligence
- Supporting & deputising for the CEO
Upstream, midstream & downstream
The Chief Technical Officer team
Dr Graham Donald Ross
Chief Technical Officer · Upstream Division
Dr Graham Donald Ross holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and brings more than 40 years of international oil and gas industry experience spanning upstream operations, project delivery, operational leadership, and executive management.
Throughout his career, Graham has successfully built and led high-performing technical and operational teams in some of the industry’s most challenging environments. His expertise extends from establishing organisations and operational structures from first principles through to managing mature operations, delivering complex projects, and driving continuous performance improvement.
Graham’s experience encompasses both UK and international operations across a wide range of development, exploration, and production environments. In recent years, he has focused extensively on deepwater and onshore projects throughout West Africa, where he has developed a reputation for delivering results in remote, technically demanding, and rapidly evolving operating environments.
A highly respected industry professional, Graham combines strong technical capability with practical leadership experience. He is particularly recognised for his ability to mobilise and manage multidisciplinary teams, solve complex operational challenges, and deliver safe, efficient, and reliable performance under demanding conditions. He has also served as an expert witness and trusted advisor on technical and operational matters.
Widely regarded as a hands-on leader, Graham has built a reputation throughout the industry for developing teams that consistently achieve high standards of operational excellence, technical integrity, and performance.

Mr Craig R. Arnold
Chief Technical Officer · Midstream & Downstream Division
President & Principal, Petraco Valley Oil & Refining Company (Petraco). Craig is a Houston-based energy executive with more than 50 years in the petroleum refining, crude oil trading, refined petroleum products, and international energy sectors.
Craig’s involvement in the petroleum industry dates back to the late 1970s. He initially developed experience in international trade involving U.S.-manufactured products and subsequently established Transcontinental Energy Corporation. In 1984, Transcontinental acquired Petraco Valley Oil & Refining Company, establishing the corporate platform through which Craig subsequently pursued activities in petroleum refining and energy trading.
Petraco’s activities span crude oil procurement and trading, petroleum-product marketing, refining, transportation, and international energy commerce, with commercial relationships across North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and other international markets.
Petraco’s refining and processing activities use technologies including Atmospheric Crude Distillation, Fluid Catalytic Reforming, Catalytic Cracking, and Vacuum Distillation to produce LPG, naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, vacuum gas oils, and residual fuel oil.
Petraco markets crude oil and petroleum products worldwide, supplying governments, retail outlets, offshore rigs, drilling companies, and municipal utilities. The company has processing arrangements in Singapore, the Philippines, Aruba, and Europe, with stated processing capacity of approximately 200,000 barrels per day and storage capacity exceeding 5 million barrels.
What we do
Oil and gas industry management services
Executive summary
Zephyr Intercontinental
Mr John Thomson · Chief Business Officer
Presently, the corporate structure has been enhanced and rebranded to Zephyr Intercontinental: looking after your international energy services needs first. It has strategically expanded from UK Well Engineering, to Global Upstream Consultancy & Management, to Global Upstream, Midstream & Downstream Management Services.
Zephyr Intercontinental is part of the Haris Group of Companies. The group also includes an Intercontinental Oil & Gas Prospects Hub (including oil, gas and petroleum products trading) and an Exploration, Development & Production Hub. This allows Zephyr Intercontinental to be at the forefront of a rapidly changing global energy transition, with a new head office in the Far East, Hong Kong, and branch offices established in strategic global locations to support our vision and plans.
We focus on providing complete venture management services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industry, globally. We support and partner with international and national oil companies, small and medium size oil companies, service companies, investment and insurance companies and sovereign governments to achieve their energy goals.
With the ongoing energy transition, there will be a diverse global portfolio of energy demand, including demand and investor appetite for hydrocarbons for decades to come. With our diverse and dynamic experience, we are perfectly set to support this transition: delivering your venture optimally streamlined with no stone unturned, tailored to the jurisdiction of business, and using the best of QHSSES, talent, engineering, operational excellence and technology.
01
Engineering
Zephyr Intercontinental designs, plans and engineers your venture to completion, with streamlining and excellence as its core ethos. Our oil and gas development engineering experience covers onshore and offshore (shallow to ultra-deep water), remote locations, all well types and every development phase from exploration to decommissioning and abandonment.
Core engineering services (not limited to)
- Venture services, including well services
- Concept select and feasibility engineering
- Field development planning
- Optimisation engineering
- Technical input to and review of Oil and Gas Competent Persons Reports
- Midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure design and engineering
Well engineering, including
- Rig selection & management
- Asset reactivation
- Basis of well design
- Casing design
- Completion design
- Well test design
- Intervention design
- Risk assessment
- Drilling / work programme
- Drilling the Well On Paper (DWOP)
- Time & cost estimates
- Pre-spud meetings
- Engineering studies
- Reporting
02
Venture Management
We provide and support management solutions across the full life cycle of projects. From well planning to a fully integrated campaign, we assist with any or all of the services below.
- Project management
- Venture (incl. well) planning
- Well test planning
- Rig & service contracting
- HSSES
- Well control
- Operations management & support
- Logistics management
- Personnel
- Project accounting
- Risk management
- Drilling management & optimisation
- Compliance management
- Site & facilities management
- Production management
- Government liaising
- Midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure EPC, operations & management
03
Systems & Procedures
Zephyr Intercontinental uses its vast experience of creating and improving the relevant systems and procedures to make sure your projects are compliant and efficient.
- Well standards and procedures
- Drilling management systems
- Verification for OSPAR
- Well operatorship
- Risk assessments
- Well examination procedures
- Production management systems
- Midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure management systems and operatorship
HSSES Policy
Drilling management system · Well standards
Produced and owned by the Drilling Department, linked to Company HSSES Standards
Procedures and guidelines
Produced and owned by the Project Team, compliant with Well Standards
04
Special Situations
We provide expert advice and reviews, coupled with an extensive knowledge of regulations and industry best practice, to resolve any situation you have and ensure the safe and efficient delivery of your venture.
- Expert witness legal
- Peer reviews
- Disputes
- Immediate response
- Blow-out assistance
- Remedial work
- Contract reviews
- Performance reviews
- Drilling readiness
- Technical due diligence: investment into new and existing oil and gas acreage, infrastructure, innovation, technology & assets
- Licensing round applications
- Incident reports
- Technical proposals
- Data room creation and management
- Drilling asset and equipment brokerage
05
Provision of Personnel & Consultants
Providing best-in-class Subject Matter Experts (not limited to):
- Project Director / Venture Director
- Drilling Managers & Superintendents
- Drilling Engineers
- Drilling Supervisors
- Wells Cost Engineers & Wells Contract Engineers
- Logistics Specialists
- Fluids & Waste Management Specialists
- Wellsite & Operations Geologists
- Well Test Engineers
- Drilling HSES Specialists
- Completion Engineers
- Reservoir Engineers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Drilling Optimisation Engineers
- SURF Specialists
- Facilities Specialists
- Production Managers & Specialists
- Midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure EPC and operations & maintenance specialists
06
Provision of 3rd Party Services
Being part of an expansive, diverse and sustained network of companies and partners allows us to provide everything your project requires, from supplementary and supporting services to equipment, assets and facilities.
About us
Engineering & operations team
Zephyr Intercontinental venture management supports you through the entire life cycle of your oil and gas development journey, from whatever stage you are at, specialising in:
1
Small to medium size operators
2
Remote locations
3
Special situations
4
Standards and procedures for small operators
Led by the corporate management team, the engineering and operations team includes these disciplines (not limited to), to meet the needs of your venture:
- Venture Director
- Project Manager
- Drilling Manager
- Deputy Drilling Manager
- Drilling Supervisor
- Night Drilling Supervisor
- Drilling Engineer
- Completions Engineer
- Contracts Engineer
- Materials Co-ordinator
- Operations Geologist
- HSSES Personnel
- Reservoir Engineering Specialists
- Petroleum Engineering Specialists
- Quality Control Manager
- Drilling Performance Improvement & Optimisation Specialists
- SURF Engineering Specialists
- Pipeline Specialists
- Facilities Manager
- Production Manager
- Production Supervisor
- Production Operators
- Process Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Piping Engineer
- Civil & Structural Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Instrumentation & Control Engineer
- Utilities & Offsites Engineer

Chief Technical Officer: Dr Graham Ross (left)
Something different & challenging the normal
- Always best-in-service expertise
- Fast & dynamic response
- Remote projects
- Whatever the situation and requirements, we have the in-house experience to fit your requirements
- Our experience is “hands-on” management. We get out there and get involved!
Benefits & management
Best-in-industry management & completion

Proven systems
Internal management systems and procedures created off the back of 150+ years of integrated, industry-leading experience across our team.
Deep expert pool
Our database and resource pool of Technical & Corporate Subject Matter Experts.
Integrated with your team
We integrate with your internal teams to enhance structure and performance, keeping teams to a slick minimum for a smooth and successful project completion.
Fully compliant
We adhere to all associated regulatory and compliance requirements.
On time, on budget
We deliver your project and requirements on time and on budget.
Back-up for every expert
For every Subject Matter Expert proposed and provided, we have a similarly qualified and approved alternative available as required.
Technical experience overview
Clients & case studies of previous & current business
Technical experience summary

Rig types
- Semi-submersibles
- Drillships
- Jack-ups
- Platforms
- Land rigs
Well types
- Land, including HPHT and MPD
- Platform development
- Subsea development
- Subsea HPHT
- Shallow/medium water depth exploration and development
- Remote location wildcat drilling
- Deepwater & ultra-deepwater
- Side track wells
- Tieback wells
- Relief wells
- Special situations
Midstream & downstream facilities & infrastructure types
Midstream
- Oil pipelines
- Gas pipelines
- Underground pipelines
- Pipeline transportation systems
- Pipeline monitoring / SCADA-type systems
- Leak detection systems
- Pipeline maintenance infrastructure
- Pipeline pigging systems
- Cathodic-protection systems
- Tank farms / bulk liquid storage
- Petroleum storage tanks
- Chemical storage tanks
- Marine transportation / shipping
- Tanker loading & transportation
- Isotank logistics
- Flexibag logistics
Downstream
- Oil refineries
- Petroleum-product processing
- Fuel storage terminals
- Petroleum distribution facilities
- Gasoline facilities
- Diesel facilities
- Jet-fuel facilities
- Industrial-oil facilities
- Lubricant/product processing
- Chemical storage/handling
- Product loading facilities
- Fuel/product inspection & quality-control infrastructure
- Bulk tanker distribution
- Isotank product distribution
- Flexibag product distribution
Projects
Current projects 2020 to present
2020 – Present
Project overview


Cameroon: Gaz du Cameroun S.A. / Victoria Oil & Gas
- The work is overseeing the design and operation of 1–2 land wells, 2022 to present.
- The scope includes management of a large logistics operation. Expansive civil work: a drilling site to be created and link road to be built.
- The work agreed is for the provision of consultancy, technical and drilling operations services (including provision of consultants) as required.
- Scope to date involves provision of a drilling/venture manager & contracts engineer.
Project value: US$0.5–1 million
2021 – 2022
Project overview

Morocco: SDX Energy Morocco / SDX Energy PLC
Mobilised at short notice to Morocco.
- The work involved overseeing an incident investigation, rig inspection and mobilisation, as well as the design and operation of 2 land wells, all of which included management of a significant logistics operation.
- The work agreed was for the provision of consultancy, technical and drilling operations services (including provision of consultants) as required.
- Scope involved provision of a drilling venture manager.
Project value: US$0.5–1 million
2024 – Present
Project overview

Morocco: Sound Energy PLC
- Exploitation concession: managing the venture, with work scopes split between three licence areas (1 exploitation concession and 2 exploration permits). The project is anticipated to run ~20 years.
- Exploitation concession: planned work scope involves managing the drilling, completion, testing and hook-up to facilities of 16 new development wells (including scheduled workovers), as well as the completion and commissioning of facilities and pipeline, production and abandonment.
- Exploration permits: planned work scope involves managing the drilling, completion and testing of 1 exploration well for each exploration permit.
Project value: US$80 million
Additional current prospects: we are currently agreeing scopes of work for Latin American and several European ventures.
Case studies
Projects completed 2016 to 2018
Consultancy & management

North Sea · United Kingdom
UK Exploration Well
Well drilled in the UK North Sea for Azinor Catalyst.
Well operatorship
- Zephyr assisted Azinor Catalyst in becoming a fully qualified UK Well Operator
- Assisted in establishing Well Standards and Procedures
- Assisted in re-developing their Management System
Operations summary
- Supervision of drilling operations
- Rig mobilised from stack in Invergordon
- Well drilled for under $10MM including mob/demob
- Daily cost $200k
Planning summary
- Provided the Drilling Department for the Operator (Azinor Catalyst)
- Casing design with Stresscheck
- Basis of Design
- Bridging Document with Drilling Contractor (Diamond Offshore)
- Development of the EIA
- ER planning with Azinor Catalyst and Diamond Offshore
- Rig acceptance with ADC
Challenges & outcome
- Taking rig from stack
- Well drilled on budget
- Excellent HSES performance

Black Sea · Romania
Black Sea Exploration
Design, planning and execution with a Romanian jack-up.
Operations summary
- Supervision of drilling operations
- S-shaped directional well with WBM to 3,200m
- Daily costs $250k
- Overall well cost $29mm
Planning summary
- Casing design using Stresscheck
- Basis of Design
- Bridging Document with GSP Drilling Contractor
- Oil Spill Plan with OSRL
- ER planning with RPS
- Rig upgrade and acceptance with Lloyds Moduspec
- Rig at water depth limit 88m
Challenges & outcome
- Rig at maximum water depth limit
- Slot rig (no cantilever)
- Limited deck space: production casing run off supply vessel
- Rig power and prime mover reliability
- Shale stability issues
- Bulk chemical supply
- Conductor tensioning
- Lack of logistics infrastructure
- Taking rig from stack
- Well drilled on budget
- Excellent HSES performance

Persian Gulf · Iran
Iranian Well Re-instatement
Project was completed before US sanctions came into place.
Recovery of 8 wells damaged by an oil tanker colliding with the platform.
Planning summary
- Assisted Petro Paydar Iran with recovery of 8 damaged wells
- Oil tanker collided with the platform and destroyed it, with severe damage to wells
- 1 live well with gas to Xmas tree
- 8 wells predrilled: all wellheads and casings bent over to 40m below sea level
- Assisted salvage contractor to recover damaged conductors and casing
- Designed and fabricated casing caps installed over cut casings, to pump cement into uncemented annuli
- Planned well re-entry via Xmas tree using divers
- Contingency relief well planning
- Plans for plugging wells and making safe for repair and tie-back to a new platform
- Tie-back plan for wells from undamaged casings close to seabed
Operations summary
- Salvage barge with diver assist: hooked up to damaged wells and installed plugs
- Enabled opening of SSSV
- Established injection to well
- Bullheaded cement to well for a successful kill
- Made wells safe for suspension
Outcome
- Successful well kill and suspension

Tanzania · Eastern Africa
Tanzania Campaign
3-well onshore campaign with a land rig.
Planning summary
- Casing design with Stresscheck
- Basis of Design
- Bridging Document with Sakson (Drilling Contractor)
- Development of the EIA
- ER planning with Dodsal (Operator)
- Rig acceptance with ADC
Operations summary
- Supervision of drilling operations
- 3 wells, deepest 4,000m
- Remote operations: wildcat exploration
- Daily cost $120k
Challenges
- Rig and third-party equipment mobilisation and importation
- Hard rock drilling
- Limited bit selection when formations not as prognosed
- Lack of 3rd party support
- Lack of logistics infrastructure
Clients
Overview of Zephyr Intercontinental clients










Global portfolio
Where we have done business
- Algeria
- Australia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cameroun
- Chad
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Ivory Coast
- Italy
- Kurdistan
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Peru
- Romania
- Singapore
- Tanzania
- UAE
- UK
- USA
- Vietnam
Global corporate & office management
Head office · Hong Kong
Branch office · Morocco
Branch office · Turkey
Corporate management
Technical & operationsAccounting & financeAdmin & document controlLegalHuman resourceSales & BDMarketingQHSSES & complianceLogisticsProcurementRisk & due diligence
Business, quality, health, safety & environmental
Social & governance plans
1.
All services shall be in accordance with the QHSE and ESG requirements of each country we do business in, supported by our in-house management systems.
2.
All business shall be conducted safely, in a safe environment, with our people at the forefront.
3.
We are committed to a diverse workforce, with a focus on nurturing and developing talent and providing an environment in which all our people can thrive.
4.
We are committed to a low-carbon future and shall align with and support the carbon emissions plans of each country we do business in.
5.
Our management system is to be certified to the following standards:
ISO 9001:2015ISO 45001:2018ISO 14001:2015ISO 50001:2011
6.
All services at Zephyr Intercontinental shall include integrated solutions as part of the new, diverse Oil & Gas Group, positioning us at the forefront of delivering on our QHSE & ESG targets and ensuring our services are best in industry.
7.
Zephyr Intercontinental aims to be carbon neutral for all business conducted by 2030.
8.
We comply with relevant economic and trade sanctions laws enforced by the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (UK) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), in addition to sanctions laws in the countries we are based in. We prohibit the facilitation of activities involving countries, territories, individuals and entities targeted by these sanctions.
Let’s do business
Contact us
Zephyr Well Engineering Limited trading as Zephyr Intercontinental
Business enquiries
Website
Head office
Unit 506, 5/F New World Tower 1
18 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
The international offices
Europe
Zephyr Turkey
Esentepe Mah. Şehit Mehmet Mikdat Uluunlu Sk.
Propa Plus Residence, No: 26 İç Kapı No: 26
Şişli, İstanbul
Contact management: Mr John Thomson
zwe@zephyrcorporate.com
Asia · Far East
Zephyr Hong Kong
Unit 506, 5/F New World Tower 1
18 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
Contact management: Mr John Thomson
zwe@zephyrcorporate.com
Africa
ZEPHYR MOROCCO
Marrakech branch: Bureau N°04 N°1097, Lot Al Massar, QI Marrakech, Marrakech 4000
Contact management: Mr John Thomson
zwe@zephyrcorporate.com

