Randeep Grewal is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He founded Greka, a privately held U.S. oil and gas company, in which he serves as chairman and CEO. He also founded and serves as the chairman and CEO of two companies listed on the London Stock Exchange: Green Dragon Gas Ltd and Greka Drilling Ltd. Since October 2020 he is no longer on the Board of Green Dragon Gas since it has been taken over my administrators (Joint Official Liquidation) by order of the Grand Cayman Court. Grewal has been a pioneer in the oil and gas industry in advancing the technique of horizontal drilling and the associated process of coalbed methane extraction, which provides an unconventional source of natural gas. Early life Grewal grew up in Zambia in Southern Africa where his father was a geologist who prospected for copper for the Zambian government and his mother was an air stewardess. From the ages of 12 to 18, he attended The Doon School, a boarding school in India. Grewal then relocated to the United States, earning a mechanical engineering degree with an aeronautical focus from California's Northrop University. Career From 1993 to 1996, Grewal served as corporate vice president for RADA Electronic Industries. In 1997, Grewal also founded Green Dragon Gas, a natural gas developer based in China. In 2012, Grewal told Reuters, "We have been at it for a decade, we are at a stage of maturity now, and we are optimally positioned to produce large volumes of CBM very successfully." Wine Grewal owns the 104-acre Ca' Del Grevino vineyard in Orcutt, California in the Santa Maria Valley AVA of Santa Barbara County. In 2012 he purchased the land, formerly known as the Addamo Estate Vineyards. Philanthropy Grewal donated $20,000 worth of new equipment to the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Maria, California in 2012. Personal life Grewal currently resides in Hong Kong.<ref name="scmp"/>
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