Citizenship
Republic of Kazakhstan
Education

Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College London;

Hons in Oil and Gas Engineering at KazNTU named after K. Satpayev.
Employment

Ulan Burkitov has 20 years of international experience in oil and gas exploration and development, asset and capital project management, and digital transformation.

He began his career as a production operator in the Kozhasai field.

He worked for KPO b.v., Kuwait Energy Company (Kuwait), Statoil (Norway) and Shell. He participated in projects in the Norwegian Sea, Egypt, Yemen, and the CIS countries. Over the past 12 years, he has held various positions at Shell, working on the Groningen and underground gas storage projects (Netherlands), Karachaganak, and Kashagan.