Mike Pitts - Director Subsurface

Mike joined Green Gas as Subsurface Director in March 2006. Mike holds formal mining engineering and mining ventilation qualifications, and has held a number of senior positions in the UK mining industry.

Before joining Green Gas, Mike worked as a consultant for clients in many of the world's coal basins, specialising in mine safety, mitigation of spontaneous combustion and coal and gas outbursts, mine ventilation system design and coal mine methane capture.

Mike has worked in most of the coal-producing countries in the world to develop methane drainage techniques, gas reservoir evaluation, engineering design for drainage systems, equipment specification and the training of local personnel.

Based in the Green Gas London office, Mike spends most of his time in the company's markets helping to develop new business and providing a range of subsurface services to clients.

Petr Hemza - Director of Geology & Mine Safety (Green Gas, DBP)

Petr is the Director of Geology and Mine Safety at Green Gas DPB, a.s., a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Gas. Petr began his career as a Field Geologist in 1987 and became an expert in the mining field.

In his current role he specialises in providing consultancy services to coal mine owners. This covers a wide range of specialist areas such as: mine gas drainage, mine ventilation, gas emissions, geomechanics, geophysics, geology and hydrogeology. In addition, Petr provides expertise on coal and/or gas reserves computation as well as analysis and geological laboratory work.

From 1993 to 2001 Petr worked as the Chief Geologist in the coal bed methane exploration programme of the Czech Republic. He is the author of the final geological report from this programme and has presented this work widely at conferences around the world.
In 2005 Petr completed his PhD, which focused on defining parameters affecting the presence of coal bed methane in coal seams in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.

The Coal Mine Gas team also benefits from the international expertise of other Green Gas team members such as Karl Schultz.