Management

John B. Connally III
CEO

• Founding director of Nuevo Energy, a Houston, Texas-based, NYSE-listed E&P company
• Founder and former CEO of Pure Energy and Pure Gas Partners, a private E&P company with operations in New Mexico
• Associations with Back Nine Energy Partners, Pin Oak Energy and Commodore Energy Partners
• Director, chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee of Endeavour International Corp.
• Former partner at Baker Botts LLP, specializing in corporate finance and M&A in the energy sector

James C. Fluker III
Vice President, Exploration

• Professional geophysicist and geologist with more than 30 years experience in petroleum exploration
• Previous tenures at Exxon, British Gas and Nippon Oil Exploration
• Consultant to SK Energy, Teikoku and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
• Expertise in acquisition and interpretation of seismic data for onshore/offshore and domestic/international
• Proven record in oil discovery in South America, North Africa and Middle East
• Fluently speaks, reads and writes Spanish

Ernest B. Miller IV
Executive Vice President

• Nearly 20 years of development, operations and financial experience with energy companies in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom
• Partner in Rodeo Development, a private E&P company that was sold in 2008
• Former director of finance at Calpine, specializing in project finance and A&D of natural gas reserves
• Associations with Daytona Energy, BPZ Energy and Tiger Midstream

Jim D. Ford
Executive Vice President

• More than 30 years experience in the energy sector
• Senior international negotiator with Santa Fe Energy Resources Inc.
• Extensive international exposure in South America, Africa, former Soviet Union and Asia
• Responsible for the negotiations of the first production sharing agreement in onshore China
• Associations with Rodeo Development, Riata Resources, Intercap Resource Management and Daytona Energy