The Canaport LNG team is made up of top experts from around the world who are highly experienced in global energy projects. Members of our Executive Management Team have been involved in all facets of major energy projects in Central, South and North America as well as in Europe.

Nearly 80% of the workers on the Canaport LNG site are drawn from the local Saint John labour force, and the majority of contractors are hired from the Saint John and New Brunswick business community. An important part of Canaport LNG’s human resources strategy is to attract and integrate talent that already exists within the worldwide ranks of Irving Oil and Repsol YPF to take advantage of the companies’ combined depth of experience in energy projects.

Members of the Canaport LNG Executive Management Team:

Phillip Ribbeck, CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Phil Ribbeck is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Canaport LNG and Director of LNG North America for Repsol YPF, the co-owner of Canaport LNG. He oversees the development of LNG receiving terminals for Repsol YPF and its affiliates in North America. Mr. Ribbeck is also responsible for the marketing and trading of LNG and regasified LNG for North America.

Mr. Ribbeck has worked in the LNG industry for 26 years. Before joining Repsol YPF he worked for Amoco and then BP. During his tenure at BP, he helped to develop the first three production facilities, called trains, for Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago, which will be an important supplier to Canaport LNG.

Mr. Ribbeck is a graduate of Louisiana State University.

Jorge A. Ciacciarelli, GENERAL MANAGER

Jorge A. Ciacciarelli is the General Manager of Canaport LNG. A 33 year veteran of the Oil and Gas Industry. He joined Repsol YPF in 1998. And before the merger between Repsol and YPF, he worked for YPF for over 23 years in various engineering, supervisory and management positions.

He has served as General Manager of Lujan de Cuyo Refinery in Mendoza, (1998-2001), and La Plata Refinery (2001- 2005), both located in Argentina. Mr. Ciacciarelli earned a Chemical Technician degree from Escuela de Educación Técnica Albert Thomas in Argentina, and a second degree in Chemical Engineering from Argentina’s Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN), in 1966 and 1972 respectively. He has taken additional Microeconomics, Marketing and Management courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has completed other international training courses in Planning and Manufacturing Technology.

Adolfo José Azcárraga Gomis, CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MANAGER

Adolfo José Azcárraga Gomis, a project manager at Repsol YPF since 2001, is responsible for the development of Canaport LNG, including commercial, technical, legal and financial aspects of the project. He brings a wealth of experience to his position and to Canaport LNG as he has managed projects in Spain for Repsol YPF, including Cartagena LNG terminal expansion projects, a gas pipeline compressor station, and an oil pipeline with an adjoining booster pumping station.

Prior to joining Repsol YPF, Mr. Azcárraga was the Network Expansion Manager at CEGAS a gas distribution company subsidiary of Gas Natural in Valencia. He also served as Construction Manager in Isolux - Wat a Spanish EPC company. During this period he participated in construction of gas related projects and as Construction Manager of an electrolysis clorine production complex in Tarragona.

Mr. Azcárraga was educated at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and, while a University student, was trained at the British Petroleum (then Petromed) refinery in Castellón, and Ford Motor Company Factory in Valencia.

John Logan, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER

Mr. Logan is the Program Development and Infrastructure Manager for Canaport LNG.

Under Program Development, Mr. Logan is responsible for the creation, approval and implementation of the project management and governance processes. These processes outline how shareholders want the project team to perform in areas such as finance, change management, human resources, public relations, health safety and environment, quality, and risk. These guidelines are based on the industry’s best practices and draw from the extensive experience and corporate cultures of Repsol YPF and Irving Oil.

Under Infrastructure Management, Mr. Logan coordinates all other aspects of the project or services that interface with the LNG process area EPC contract. These are the Jetty EPC contract, Brunswick Pipeline connection to Canaport LNG, NB Power connection to Canaport LNG, interfacing with Irving Oil on the new Mispec Road and any other similar areas that connect with the onshore EPC contract. Mr. Logan is also project manager responsible for the Jetty EPC contract.

Mr. Logan is seconded to Canaport LNG from Irving Oil where he has been employed for almost 20 years. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He has been involved in the Canaport LNG project for over five years. Previous to this he was Project Manager for the Grandview Cogeneration Project where two gas turbine power generators were installed at the Irving Oil Refinery. Over the years, Mr. Logan was involved with many other projects and in fleet management within Irving Oil Limited.

Francisco Garcia Tobar, FINANCIAL MANAGER

Francisco Garcia Tobar is the Financial Manager of Canaport LNG. His responsibilities include financial planning, project financing, budgeting, procurement, and community and investor relations.

Previously, Mr. Garcia Tobar served Repsol YPF as Head of Investor Relations in the New York and Buenos Aires offices. Before joining Repsol YPF in 1995, he worked with Capital International Securities Group in both its Miami and Buenos Aires offices.

Mr. Garcia Tobar earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. He was trained as an oil and gas projects analyst at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), in 1996, and continued his education at the Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina (IDEA), where he earned a Master in Business Administration in 1998.