Steve VanSickle, BSc.

Steve has over 30 years experience in both the domestic and international oil and gas exploration and production business, as well
as the midstream industry. Steve brings a wealth of experience in building, shaping, governance and liquidity of both small and large entities across several public and private companies in various capacities at senior management levels.
He has been involved as a founder, CEO or director of 14 E&P companies as well as involved in two midstream entities. Steve has an entrepreneurial history of founding, building and selling E&P companies, as well as serving on a number of Boards of both domestic and international E&P companies. He began his career as a geologist with Amoco and advanced through a number of domestic and international assignments, attending Amoco’s Petrophysics school in Tulsa, Ok as well as the Executive Development Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Steve is a graduate of McMaster University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology.
Our Work in Treaty 8
"The Loon River First Nation has witnessed firsthand the quality of ELM's work and the company's commitment to our treaty lands as they carried out all of our abandonment, decommissioning and reclamation/remediation programs, They are sensitive to project timelines and budgets with a keen focus on communication throughout the entire process...
We had prior knowledge of their reputation for "doing things right" and in a respectful manner. We did not want to cut corners as we restored our land back to its natural state thus preserving it for our Nation's future generations."
- Chief Ivan Sawan, Loon River First Nation
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ELM’s office is located on Treaty 7 land and the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, and the Métis Nation (Region 3). In the Spirit of reconciliation, we continue to develop and foster strong relationships with the people, communities, and lands where we work.
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