Jim L. Troxel has been our Executive Vice President since inception. He has had diverse experience as a senior geologist. Mr. Troxel has held his current position of Vice President of Exploration at Thorp Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas E&P company, since 1997. He has overseen the drilling of 49 wells, with production of 70 Bcf and 3 mm boe. Mr. Troxel was at Amerada Hess, a public oil and gas E&P company listed on the NYSE, from 1987 through 1996, where he held the role of senior geologist. He was responsible for discovering Hess� largest field during this period, which produced 95 Bcf and 6 mm boe. While at Texas Oil and Gas, an oil and gas E&P company, from 1980 through 1987, Mr. Troxel was an area geologist that managed a team of geologists and geophysicists that directed the drilling of exploration prospects. For four years, he generated prospects for 4 rigs out of a 12 rig drilling program. Mr. Troxel received his BS in Geology from the University of Oklahoma. |