An engineer’s perspective. An entrepreneur’s vision.
Phil Mulacek’s career spans petroleum engineering, international exploration and energy enterprise. He founded PIE, InterOil, Asian Oil & Gas, and Empire Petroleum, along with other private energy projects, through a global energy perspective.
Today, this site brings together his professional history, company connections and selected updates from the energy sector.
EP reached a record 21,006 feet in Texas by re-entering the Wakefield-Harrison GU B #1 well for ~$4.4M, delivering ultra-deep Western Haynesville data at a fraction of typical industry costs.
InterOil’s years of exploration and petroleum operations in Papua New Guinea culminated in the discovery of Elk-Antelope, contributing to the development of the country’s LNG industry.