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11 Facts About Bill Siebens

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William Walter "Bill" Siebens was an American-Canadian oilman.

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Bill Siebens is best known as the founder and president of Siebens Oil and Gas Limited, a company that operated from 1965 until its sale in 1978.

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William Walter Siebens was born in St Louis, Missouri on 17 November 1933 to Dr Harold Walter Siebens and Vera Wolf.

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Bill Siebens had two sisters, Nancy and Mary Jane, and a brother, Stewart.

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Bill Siebens attended Principia School where he graduated from the upper school in 1951.

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When his term in the Air Force was completed in 1958, Bill Siebens moved to Calgary, Alberta, where his parents had relocated.

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Bill Siebens was notable for acquiring highly productive acreage among the freehold lands of the Hudson's Bay Company.

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At the time of the sale, the Bill Siebens family held 46 percent equity in the company.

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Bill Siebens had chaired the board of Sovereign Oil and Gas, a North Sea oil producer.

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Bill Siebens continued in the same leadership position with Pinnacle until it was sold to Renaissance Energy Ltd.

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On 22 May 1961, Bill Siebens married Clarice Adrienne Evans at Rundle United Church in Banff, Alberta.