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Francis Egan (born June 1961) is the chief executive of Cuadrilla Resources. He joined the natural resources industry in the 1980s with Marathon Oil and subsequently worked offshore as a production engineer in the North Sea and then with BHP. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Gill, Oliver (13 November 2016). "Cuadrilla reveals plans to raise scale-up capital". Cityam.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Chief Executive Cuadrilla Resources - Francis Egan, HARDtalk - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "Chief Executive Announcement - Cuadrilla". Cuadrillaresources.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.