Skills & Resources:
* A database and established relationships with almost every company who has participated in an upstream development internationally in the last 20 years.
* Long term relationships with the government officials of most of the countries around the world that have petroleum resources.
* An extensive database and data library of thousands of new venture opportunities worldwide consisting of undeveloped discoveries and exploration plays in open concession areas.
* Database and established relationships with most of the independent power producers worldwide.
* Database of all the petroleum data sources worldwide
Have specific expertise in the following geographic areas:
Western & Eastern Europe
South & Central America
Central & Southeast Asia
All of Africa
All of the Middle East
Australia & Asia Pacific
Present -
Concessions International, Inc.
Founder and CEO of this consulting company, specializing in international upstream oil and gas developments. The company with offices in the U.S., Canada and affiliates around the world assisted oil companies in identifying new venture opportunities and then developing these projects. The company specialized in:
1 Working with companies investing in international upstream area for the first time, specifically small domestic oil companies, state national oil companies, conglomerates and financial institutions.
2 Helping companies obtain the necessary farm-in partners to get the needed financing and operational capabilities to develop their projects. Also assisted in helping companies divest of upstream assets.
3 Assisting companies in developing previously discovered oil and gas fields that could be obtained on a private non-competitive “out of round basis”.
4 Worked for companies and governments to form a business plan to secure international upstream assets then assisted them in the implementation of this plan.
5 Forming consortiums to companies for study and bidding groups and assisted small companies form consortiums to develop large projects that would be otherwise unavailable.
6 Negotiated concession contracts, joint ventures and all other related agreements for clients in the pursuit of development of upstream assets.
7 Provided petroleum upstream data reports to E & P companies acting as broker.
8 Conference speaker on teaching oil companies how to identify exceptional international upstream opportunities.
9 Assisted various governments in promoting oil and gas exploration in their country.
10 Entered into joint ventures with petroleum engineering, geological and geophysical consultants for the purpose of generating prospects in many countries then selling to E & P companies.
Petroleum Foundation of America, Inc.
Founder and CEO of this non-profit charity. The organization utilized wasted flare gas and undeveloped gas fields worldwide to provide energy resources to the poor in third world countries. We conducted studies of thousands of “orphan wells” that exist in various states and determining those that could be rehabilitated. We worked with petroleum engineering departments of various Universities to do these studies. Operations were financed by obtaining a royalty on the wells from the operators who rehabilitated them.
Prior-
Owner and CEO of this international upstream company. Obtained and developed oil and gas concessions around the world. Specialized in developing oil and gas discoveries that were relinquished by larger companies. Also specialized in countries where it was very difficult for smaller companies to obtain licenses.
* Generating study groups to identify potential exploration and development prospects in most areas of the world.
* Negotiated and drafted concession contract for the application for exploration or field development concessions either in an open bidding round or through exclusive private arrangement.
* Arranged for the purchase of production or farming-in on exploration or development prospects worldwide.
Prior-
Owner and operator of many oil and gas producing properties mostly in California and in many other Western States. Specialized in developing heavy oil fields via thermal steam EOR methods in conjunction with producing electricity, diesel and road oil for retail sales. Also specialized in rehabilitating properties that other operators could not production commercially.
1 Conducted all duties that related to negotiating for acquisitions, farmins and oil & gas leases as well as divestitures and farmouts.
2 Raised funds for drilling prospects and acquisitions of oil & gas properties.
3 Perform all petroleum engineering and geological analysis to review projects as well as generate drilling prospects, workovers and field rehabilitation.
Prior-
Roustabout, Roughneck, Mud Engineer and well service hand on various rigs around the country on and offshore
Education-
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, three years of general education.
Mud Engineering School, OBI-Hughes, Houston Texas
