Consultant

• 1997 IEEC, Inc. (International Economic & Engineering Consultants, Inc.)

Clients:

• Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc San Ramon, CA
• Summa Engineering, LLC Oklahoma City, OK
• Davis Environmental Drilling, LLC Mustang, OK

1994-1996 KUFPEC, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co.

• Senior Economist/Senior Evaluations Engineer

1993 Capitol Steel & Iron Company

• Quality Control & Safety Manager

1979-1992 Kerr-McGee Corporation

• International Project Manager & Joint Venture Co- ordinator
• Senior Staff International Operations Engineer
• Senior Staff International Reservoir Engineer
• Regional Engineering Manager
• Engineering Supervisor
• Senior Petroleum Engineer

1977-1979 Cities Service Company

• Drilling Engineer
• Reservoir Engineer

Date of Birth 20 November 1954

Nationality USA

Marital Status Married

Education: University of Tulsa, B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering 1977 Central State University, Business & Finance Courses

Professional: Society of Petroleum Engineers-1973-97, American Petroleum Memberships Institute-1978-97, American Business Council - Kuwait 1994-6 American Management Association

Training: More than 20 years of courses in technical, economics, and management areas

Outside Interests: Computers, Computer Graphics, Scuba Diving and Sailing

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

Set up consulting firm to market 20 years of personal experience based on economic, financial, and reservoir engineering projects in 28 countries. Finishing up contract on evaluating acquisitions/merger prospects for Tulsa based oil company and arranging bank presentations for purchase loans and increasing lines of credit Previous contracts were related to project evaluations, reservoir engineering, economic evaluations, cost estimating, and operational planning in Mrica, the Middle East and the Mid- Continent regions.

KUWAIT FOREIGN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION COMPANY(KUFPEC)

with secondments to other Kuwait Government agencies and Government-owned companies

SENIOR EVALUATIONS ENGINEER/SENIOR ECONOMIST

• Completed in-depth reviews and re-wrote of all economic models for countries throughout Mrica, the Middle East, Asia, the Far East and Australia
• Supervised engineers and personnel in the accounting, financial, and tax departments in the budget and planning efforts for the company and the State of Kuwait for exploration and production operations in countries outside of the Middle East.
• Prepared financial, economic, and reservoir engineering presentations for line of credit applications to leading international bank.
• Wrote mission statements and future company strategy proposals to be presented to the Kuwaiti Supreme Petroleum Council
• Set-up and directed New Ventures Study Group to ascertain new exploration and acquisitions prospects in regions outside of the Middle East
• Tracked current E&P activity by other major, independent, and government owned oil companies throughout the world.
• Identified companies and countries outside the Middle East for possible joint venture cooperation, farmins, farmouts, and acquisitions.
• Identified current and leading edge technology in drilling, logging, and seismic techniques being used by partner companies in non- venture activities for possible use by Kuwait on operated properties.

• Evaluated several options and recommended proposals to allow foreign corporations to participate in oil and gas exploration in Kuwait.
• Edited technical petroleum, refinery and marketing articles for corporate magazine and governmental press release racked oil prices worldwide and especially in other OPEC countries.
• Prepared recommendations for future oil pricing strategies to be used by the Kuwaitis in worldwide crude oil trading and OPEC negotiations.
• Proposed, purchased, and installed new computer systems to replace pre-GuIf War equipment in both reservoir engineering and financial departments.

CAPITAL STEEL & IRON COMPANY

QUALITY CONTROL & SAFETY MANAGER

Responsible for the maintenance of material and fabrication quality standards for the construction of steel highway and railroad bridges.

KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION

PROJECT MANAGER AND JOINT VENTURE COORDINATOR

Transferred corporate engineering and financial functions from US corporate office to London office. Lead engineering and budgetary representative for company on joint venture projects. Company representative on:

• the Unit Owners Committee,
• the Reservoir Engineering Sub-Committee,
• the Production Operations Sub-Committee,
• the Hook-Up & Commissioning Sub-Committee,
• the Exploration & Development Drilling Sub- Committee,
• the engineering representative on the Ceophysical & Ceological Sub-Committee,
• the Topside and Safety Sub-Committee, the Commercial Sub- Committee,
• the Liquids Transportation Sub-Committee, the Gas Sales Sub- Committee,
• the Future Development Sub-Committee, and many other lessor committeeL

Primary channel for interaction between the internal engineering, financial, and accounting departments totaling 32 employees of all levels. Oversaw annual forecasting and budgetary efforts and the resulting net capital expenditures for 1992 of over USS 112 million with a projected net income of US$ 42 million.

SENIOR STAFF OPERATIONS ENGINEER

• Prepared economic evaluations and presented to management any portion of merger or acquisition prospects related to international properties.
• Forecasted future oil and gas pricing on all international fields for all planning, budgetary, and merger activity.
• Forecasted future international inflation rates on all service and material categories.
• Tracked foreign currency balances, forecasted upcoming near4erm foreign currency requirements, and recommended foreign currency purchase planning for the long term.
• Identified likely merger and acquisition prospects among E&P companies in the North Sea
• Responsible for operational contact for all international E&P activities and designated as acting manager whenever International Manager was out of the corporate headquarters
• Travelled to London, Aberdeen, and Stavanger up to five months per year to assist in special projects when and where needed

SENIOR STAFF RESERVOIR ENGINEER

Prepared and presented to management reservoir engineering and economic evaluations on all international properties and prospects including acquisitions Travelled to various international offices to assist local personnel whenever work loads or special projects dictated.

REGIONAL ENGINEERING MANAGER

Supervised 13 reservoir and production engineers and a support staff of 5 in the Gulf of Mexico Region which included all domestic offshore operations and the onshore properties in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Reviewed & approved all workover and infill drilling proposals and procedures from field engineer. Introduced gas lift operations into the Gulf of Mexico in both vertical and directional wells around salt domes, including the recommending the required gas compressors. Evaluated all new well logs and recommended completion intervals and stimulation proposals. Recommended modifying platform production equipment to handle increasing water production and disposal on existing fields. Combined reservoir engineering and production operations responsibility for production of over 300 MMCFPD and 120,000 BOPD from over 300 offshore and onshore wells on 28 platforms in 16 fields Assisted the drilling department by personally assuming on-site drilling supervision of a difficult high-pressure 22,000-ft gas-condensate offshore exploratory well MMS certified for surface and sub-surface stacks.

ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR

Supervised 7 production engineers and 3 support staff in the eastern and central offshore areas of the Gulf of Mexico Region and the inland swamps of Louisian. Similar responsibilities as above with additional engineer training responsibilities and on-site supervision on new or complicated well operation. Performed economic evaluations and partner justifications on all group generated proposals.

SENIOR PETROLEUM ENGINEER

Joint venture operations engineer for the Gulf of Mexico projects based out of the corporate headquarter. Negotiated with partners and approved AFEs on all operational and commercial matters involving non-operated fields. Received drilling, operational, and production reports from all regional company offices and from all partners worldwide and reported this information to company management on a daily basis, including weekends and holidays. Was responsible for insuring the correctness of all incoming reports and answering any management inquiries on ongoing worldwide operation.

CITIES SERVICE COMPANY

DRILLING ENGINEER

Responsible for drilling and completion operations for air drilling and special mud drilling applications in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas Initiated drilling rig contracts, supervised on-site drilling, completion, & stimulation operations. Wrote AFE's, cost estimates, drilling programs, casing designs, and completion proposals for designated areas while in the regional office. Responsible for everything from initial well site survey to turning over productive wells to the production department to abandoning well and final drill site clean-up. Personally drilled over twenty wells in Oklahoma and Texas.

RESERVOIR ENGINEER