Welcome to Inception Energy

Kim is a highly experienced and successful senior executive with more than 40 years of experience in the international oil & gas industry. Prior to Inception Energy, Kim served as Chairman of Leyshon Energy Ltd, a Beijing-based AIM-listed company seeking to exploit oil & gas assets in China.

Prior to that Kim spent 15 years at BG Group plc where he was Group Head M&A responsible for BG’s global acquisitions and disposals programme. During his tenure, Kim led the M&A department to successful completion of some 90 transactions totaling over $22 billion.

Kim also spent 25 years at Atlantic Richfield Company in technical and senior management positions. He has extensive experience in M&A, business unit management, reservoir engineering, petroleum operations, investor relations, strategic planning, governance, investment appraisal, commercial agreements and negotiations.

Jacques has over 37 years experience in the international oil, gas & LNG industry and has been responsible for developing, operating and transforming major oil and gas fields as well as a major LNG liquefaction facility.

Jacques has recently been directly responsible for the development and successful commercialisation of major oil and gas resources in both Uganda and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Previously he was Managing Director of IHS International, a leading energy data and consulting company.

At BG Group, Jacques was President BG Trinidad and Tobago, Director Atlantic LNG, General Manager BG Tunisia, International Operations Manager (for non-operated interests in Russia, Thailand, Egypt, Tunisia and Iran) and Asset Development Manager Southern North Sea.

Jacques started his career at BP working in the UK and Norwegian North Sea, subsequently he worked for Hongkongbank.

Jacques is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Robert Lambert is currently Deputy Chairman of Jadestone Energy Inc. Mr. Lambert is also the Founder of Ipex Energy Ltd and a Partner in Oilfield Capital International LLP, both of which provide strategic, corporate and technical consulting services to a variety of upstream petroleum businesses.

Previously, Mr. Lambert was Chief Executive Officer of Petra Petroleum Inc from 2011 to 2015, Senior Independent Director of Eland Oil & Gas PLC from 2012 to 2015 and CEO of GB Petroleum Ltd from 2005 to 2010. Prior to that time, Mr. Lambert held a variety of executive management and senior operational roles with Conoco Inc over a 25-year international career.

Julian Hammond served recently as Chief Executive Officer for Tethys Petroleum Limited, a public oil and gas exploration and production company with 300+ employees and assets in Central Asia and listed on the main board of the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He served in this position for 4 years and for the 6 years prior to this was Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer.

Mr Hammond was part of the original team of 5 Executives that raised private equity financing and then carried out an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Hammond has worked for the last 20 years for independent oil and gas E&P companies with a particular focus on negotiating oil/gas sales contracts, licences and concessions, joint-ventures and joint-operating companies, as well as leading on financing initiatives, both equity and debt, raising over US250 million.

Louis has over 30 years’ experience in corporate finance both in the UK and overseas with a specialism in advising and raising capital for oil & gas and mining companies worldwide. Most recently he has been the Chief Financial Officer at Eland Oil & Gas plc, a publicly quoted company where he was one of two Executive Directors. Previously he was Managing Director of Northland Capital Partners in London and before this he was a Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Matrix Corporate Capital.

Louis has widespread international experience having led on numerous public listings and has raised capital from, debt, equity and mezzanine providers. He has been a non-executive director of Eland

Oil & Gas plc and of Pan European Terminals plc and is currently a non-executive director of Jangada Mines plc and of The Stanley Gibbons Group plc. At all of these companies he was, or is, the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Louis is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He graduated in 1980 from Birmingham University with a BSc. & BComm (Hons) in Engineering Production and Economics.

Regulatory

This website should not be regarded as an offer or solicitation to conduct investment business as defined by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

This Website is owned by Inception Energy (hereafter “Company”) , .

We take user privacy seriously and take reasonable efforts to protect it. We have created this Privacy Policy (hereafter “Policy”) in order to share with you our information collection and use practices. AS MORE CLEARLY DEFINED HEREIN, WE WILL NEVER KNOWINGLY SELL OR ASSIGN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND/OR APPROVAL. Please read this Policy carefully before sharing any personally identifiable information described below.

By using, registering or placing an order on this website at http://www.inception.energy or http://www.inceptionenergy.co.uk , you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy. Since this is a growing web site and because Internet technologies are constantly evolving, this Policy is subject to change at any time and any changes will be posted on this page.

This Policy works hand-in-hand with the Terms and Conditions of Use, found elsewhere on the web site.

For the purposes of the Data protection Act 1998, the Data Controller is Inception Energy of Inception Energy, [Registered offered address here] (info@inception.energy).

WHAT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

When you visit, register or order products or services on http://w1energy.com you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, email address, home or business address and other information. The Company will not collect personally identifiable information from users while they use the web site, unless they voluntarily provide it to us or authorise us to collect such information. Users may provide other information about themselves, in addition to the mandatory personal information (hereafter “Voluntary Information").

The Company may use or disclose personally identifiable information to:
1. Operate and manage the Company web site;
2. Enable you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
3. Provide products/services that have been requested by you;
4. Respond to other inquires or requests by you.
5. Provide you with information about specials, sales or new products or services that the Company will introduce in the future.
6. It’s partners and/or vendors in order to fulfil orders from you.

In order to provide the best services, the Company may disclose your name on certain pages at http://w1energy.com. We may also disclose personally identifiable information in the establishment or exercise of legal rights or defences against legal claims, to comply with applicable laws or regulations, to comply with a valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order or to investigate suspected fraud or a violation of our Terms and Conditions of Use. We will never sell user information to any 3rd-party not affiliated with the Company, without consent, except in connection with the sale or merger of the Company or the division responsible for such services provided.

The Company may also use such Voluntary Information for marketing its products and services to you unless you have ‘opted out’ of receiving such marketing information from us. User may ‘opt out’ by contacting customer service at info@inception.energy.

The Company may, from time to time, send or post surveys or requests for your feedback in order to help us make our web site and services better. Any responses we receive from users will be used only to evaluate our web site and services and no personally identifiable information from respondents will be shared with any non-employees of Company, except that information provided in the Feedback/Comments areas.

The Company may, from time to time, send notices about special offers, promotions or contests. If you sign up to participate in any of these, we will collect your email address. If you are chosen for a promotion or as a winner in a contest, you give the Company permission to use your name, image and other information about you, for marketing purposes.

To maintain customer service standards and to assist staff training, we may record and monitor incoming calls.

WHAT NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

The Company collects and tracks certain non-personally identifiable information, including, but not limited to, IP numbers and browser type, access times, domain names, usage habits and other information which does not specifically identify any individual.

The Company may use and disclose non-personally identifiable information for any number of reasons, including but not limited to, working with business partners and improving our web site and services

DOES INCEPTION ENERGY HAVE A NEWSLETTER?

The Company regularly sends out a Newsletter via email (hereinafter "Newsletter") to all Users (unless they have ‘opted-out’). In these Newsletters, we may inform you about new features from Inception Energy and about the upcoming week’s events or special promotions.

User may choose to unsubscribe from the Newsletter at any time by sending an email to Customer Service at info@inception.energy.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The information you provide to us may be accessed by or given to third parties who act for us for the purposes set out in this policy or for other purposes approved by you. Those parties process information, fulfil and deliver orders, process credit card payments and provide support services on our behalf. We may also pass aggregate information on the usage of our website to third parties but this will not include information that can be used to identify you.

Where you have consented when providing us with your details, we may also allow carefully selected third parties, including other companies in our group, to contact you occasionally about products and services which may be of interest to you. They may contact you by e-mail. If you change your mind about being contacted by these companies in the future, please let us know at info@inception.energy.

You agree that we may disclose your identity and contact details to (1) any third party who claims to us that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights or their rights of privacy, and (2) to other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Finally, if our business enters into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.

Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.

DOES THE COMPANY USE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that a website can write to your computer. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies to identify you and allow you to log in once to our web site and search or post without having to log in again and again. Cookies are also used by our affiliates or links to identify you as a User of http://inception.energy or http://inceptionenergy.co.uk

The following is a summary of the types of cookies that are being used on this site, along with information on how you can block them.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

Below we list the different types of cookies that may be used on the Site. Note that to the extent information collected through cookies constitutes personal information, the provisions in the Privacy Policy apply and complement this Cookie Policy.

Essential Cookies. Essential cookies are necessary for the Site to work and enable you to move around it and to use its services and features. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the Site or certain services or features you request

Preference Cookies. Preference cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, and allow us to remember language or other local settings and customise the Site accordingly.

Social Plug-in Tracking Cookies. Such cookies are used to track members [and non-members] of social media networks for market research analytics, and product development.

Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies collect information about your use of the Site, and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site, and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, rather than the usage of a single person.

Marketing Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used for marketing purposes.

HOW DO THIRD PARTIES USE COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE?

• advertisements
• identity of user
• same as those listed above in the table

HOW DO I MANAGE COOKIES?

In addition to the options provided above, you may refuse, accept or remove cookies from the Site at any time by activating or accessing the setting on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable, disable or remove cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled or removed, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.

The Company does not use Cookies to store information such as credit card numbers, telephone numbers, or other information you provide.

This Privacy Policy only covers the use of Cookies by Inception Energy. It does not cover the use of Cookies by any other 3rd-party or advertisers.

IS MY INFORMATION PRIVATE WITH COMPANY MERCHANTS AND ADVERTISERS?

The Company web site may contain links to various 3rd-party web sites and the external web sites of our advertisers and/or 3rd-party partners. Each of these web sites may have a privacy policy that differs from that of the Company. This Policy does not cover the privacy policies of other web sites. We urge you to check the privacy policies of each web site that you may visit or interact with.

The only Voluntary Information that may be shared between Company and one of our partner web sites is that which pertains to information used in the furtherance of tracking an order and providing you with correct information regarding same.

Order information, including order numbers and amounts, may be available to the Company, affiliate merchants and 3rd-party affiliate program management companies, for accurate tracking purposes. The Company will not release this information to other parties unless you request it.

The Company provides banner and other advertising on its web site, from Google and other third parties, that may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons to collect information in the course of advertisements being served. If you are concerned about your privacy regarding these advertisements, please refer to Google’s (or other third party) privacy policies.

WHAT ABOUT DATA SECURITY?

We employ security measures to protect, so far as reasonably possible, your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires or permits.

The Company requires that our advertisers and partners ensure the security of the data that users provide to them, however, in the event of a breach of their security measures, you agree that the Company will not be liable for any losses or damages.

The Company limits access to personal information about users to employees, for whom we reasonably believe it is necessary, in order to provide products or services.

MAY I SEE THE INFORMATION THE COMPANY COLLECTS ABOUT ME?

You are entitled to see the personal information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us at info@inception.energy . We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you, but we may at our discretion waive this charge.

CAN I OPT-OUT?

The Company gives users the option to remove personally identifiable information from our list of active users.

You may also choose to opt-out of certain communications from the Company, such as our Newsletter.

If you want to unsubscribe or opt-out of communications from us, send an email to Customer Service at info@inception.energy . We will respond within 72 hours.

The Company is not responsible for removing personally identifiable information from the lists of any 3rd-party partner or advertiser who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this Policy.

WHERE IS THE WEB SITE LOCATED?

The Company web site is maintained in the United Kingdom. If you are located outside of the U.K., by using the web site, you authorise the import of you information and its use, as specified in this Policy.

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AGE TO USE THIS WEBSITE

Use of http://inception.energy or http://inceptionenergy.co.uk  and products/services are intended for persons who are eighteen (18) years or older, or business entities.

If proof comes to the attention of the Company that an individual user is under the age of eighteen (18) years, and is accessing our services and/or products without the consent, approval or authorisation of their parents or legal guardian, the Company will immediately terminate such account.

WILL THERE BE CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

The Company reserves the right to amend this Policy at any time, in the event that this becomes necessary after initial release, or in the event that it becomes necessary with respect to additional, deleted, modified or amended services provided by Company.

The Company will not personally notify you of any amendments to this Policy. Users are urged to check this Policy frequently in order to determine whether any changes have been made. Users understand and agree that continued use of the Company web site assumes that they have read and accepted this Policy, as it may be amended from time to time.

WHERE CAN I ACCESS THIS POLICY?

This Policy is accessible from the Home Page of the Company web site, under the link “Privacy Policy".

SPY WARE

The Company never uses or installs spy ware on user computers, nor do we use spy ware to retrieve information from user computers.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

IF YOU ARE A USER IN CALIFORNIA, USA: The State of California, USA, has passed legislation requiring certain specific disclosures be made available to California residents who use the Internet and provide information that may be used for marketing purposes. That legislation requires any business that discloses a customer's personal information (as defined by the “Act”) to any 3rd-party, for direct marketing purposes, to provide the customer a method for obtaining the names, addresses and certain other specified details of anyone who might have received that personal information. If you are a California resident you may request this information from Company by emailing info@inception.energy with subject line “California, USA Privacy Rights”.

Inception Energy is not obligated to respond to more than one such request from User per calendar year.

SECTION TITLES

The section titles used in this Policy are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.

CONTACT

All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to info@inception.energy

WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

This Privacy Policy was last updated, and became effective, on 10/11/2017.