Mr. Falkenstein has served as Vice President of Exploration and Geology since the company's inception in 2000 and has 27 years experience in international oil and gas exploration and production. Prior to joining the company, he served for 20 years with Amoco and its successor, BP Amoco (now BP), where he last held the position of Manager and Chief Geophysicist of the Kazakhstan exploration team. Including his tenure at BP Amoco, since 1992, he has worked extensively on the technical evaluation and acquisition of oil fields and operating licenses in Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region. From 1986 until 1992, he served in Amoco's corporate field development and reserves estimation group for Egypt, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Falkenstein is licensed in the State of Texas as a professional geologist and geophysicist and is a Trustee Associate of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation |