Michael Volcko is a Canadian petroleum engineer and executive, and co-founder of Gazelle Energy Limited with 40 years of experience in the industry.  He was recently the CEO and director of Allied Petroleum Exploration Inc., a private company which operated a large exploration block in Oman. Mr. Volcko was also a partner in Anadime Energy LLP, which has drilled and operated horizontal multi-stage fractured (HMF) wells in the prolific, world-class Cardium formation of Alberta.

He was co-founder and President of Altius Energy Corporation, a private Canadian oil company which acquired, developed and operated oil production in Kazakhstan. Under Mr. Volcko’s leadership, Altius grew to nearly 2000 bbl/d prior to being acquired by Arawak Energy Corporation. He subsequently served as Vice President, Business Development and Executive Director of Arawak Energy.