Current as of 1/30/2023

Agu Kantsler has over 45 years of experience in the international and Australian upstream oil and gas industry and has spent more than 20 years in senior leadership positions and 12 years serving on the boards of several listed and private companies.

Agu spent 15 years working for Shell International Petroleum in various international exploration assignments and his final position was Exploration Manager for the Shell Group of Companies in Indonesia. He then spent 13 years as Executive Vice President for Exploration and New Ventures with Woodside Petroleum Limited where he led teams credited with discovering over three billion barrels of oil equivalent in numerous oil and gas discoveries including the giant Pluto and Calliance gas fields. Agu then spent two years as the Executive Vice President for Health, Safety and Security at Woodside where he restructured the team of HSS professionals providing management advice on safety, welfare and security for over 16,000 construction workers working on nine major construction projects in SE Asia and Australia as well as operations at Woodside’s nine major production facilities.

Dr Kantsler was awarded APPEA’s Reg Sprigg gold medal for service to the industry in 2005 and in 2006 was elected to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Central Petroleum Limited and the Managing Director of Transform Exploration Pty Ltd. He is a former President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia, a former Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a former Chairman and Director of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA).

Dr. Agu Kantsler is a highly successful petroleum explorer who has championed the latest technologies in exploration in several countries. He has a record of finding significant reserves of oil and gas in Australia, Nigeria, Netherlands and Indonesia. Since returning to Australia ten years ago, Woodside's exploration under his leadership has made several large oil and gas discoveries in Australia, Mauritania and USA. The hallmark of his success has consistently been the application of the latest exploration acquisition, processing and interpretation technologies coupled with a strong interest in professional staff development to create vibrant exploration teams.