Management

• Scott W. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Richard A. Robert, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Britt Pence, Vice President of Engineering
• Thomas M. Blake, Director
• Lasse Wagene, Director
• W. Richard Anderson, Director
• John R. McGoldrick, Director
• Loren Singletary, Director
• Bruce W. McCullough, Director

Mr. Scott W. Smith is our President and Chief Executive Officer and has served in such capacities since October 2006. Prior to joining us, since July 2004, Mr. Smith was involved in numerous oil and gas activities, including serving as President of Ensource Energy Company, LLC during its tender offer for the units of the Eastern American Natural Trust (NYSE:NGT). He has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry, primarily in business development, marketing, and acquisition and divestiture of producing assets and exploration/exploitation projects in the energy sector. Mr. Smith’s experience includes evaluating, structuring, negotiating and managing business and investment opportunities, including energy investments similar to our targeted investments totaling approximately $400 million as both board member and principal investor in Wiser Investment Company LLC, the largest shareholder in The Wiser Oil Company (NYSE:WZR) until its sale to Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE:FST) in June of 2004. From June 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Smith served on the board of directors of The Wiser Oil Company. Mr. Smith was also a member of the executive committee of The Wiser Oil Company.

Mr. Richard A. Robert is our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and has served in such capacities since January of 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Robert was involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures and provided financial and strategic planning services to a variety of energy-related companies since 2003. He was Vice President of Finance for Enbridge US, Inc., a pipeline company, after its acquisition of Midcoast Energy Resources, Inc. in 2001 where Mr. Robert was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He held these positions from 1996 through 2002 and was responsible for acquisition and divestiture analysis, capital formation, taxation and strategic planning, accounting and risk management, and investor relations. Mr. Robert is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Britt Pence is our Vice President of Engineering and has served in such capacity since May of 2007. Prior to joining us, since 1997, Mr. Pence was an Area Manager with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation supervising evaluation and exploitation projects in coalbed methane fields in Wyoming and conventional fields in East Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to joining Anadarko, Mr. Pence served as a reservoir engineer with Greenhill Petroleum Company from 1991-1997 with responsibility for properties in the Permian Basin, South Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. From 1983-1991, Mr. Pence served as reservoir engineer with Mobil with responsibility for properties in the Permian Basin.

Mr. Thomas M. Blake is a director of our company and also is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Vinland, Vinland Energy Gathering, LLC and Vinland Gulf Coast, LLC. Prior to joining Vinland in October of 2006, he was Vice President and General Manager of Appalachian Production Services and Appalachian Energy, an oil and gas production company and contract operating firm with over 3000 wells under management from 2003 to October 2006. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Blake was Senior Vice President—Engineering and Operations for Columbia Natural Resources, one of the largest producers in Appalachia with over 65 BCF per year of annual production.

Mr. Lasse Wagene is a director of our company and also is Managing Director of Arcturus Capital AS and serves as a financial advisor to Vinland and its affiliates. Prior to his current position, he was a partner and led the Oil Services Investment Banking Group at Carnegie ASA from 2000 to 2004. While at Carnegie, his responsibilities included marketing the bank’s services to European clients and advising clients on European capital markets and merger and advisory transactions. Prior to Carnegie, he was Vice President of Energy Finance at Den Norske Bank in New York and Houston from 1998 through 2000 .

W. Richard Anderson is a director of our Company. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prime Natural Resources, a closely-held exploration and production company. Prior to his employment at Prime Natural Resources in January 1999, he was employed by Hein & Associates LLP, a certified public accounting firm, where he served as a partner from 1989 to January 1995 and as a managing partner from January 1995 until October 1998. Mr. Anderson also serves on the boards of directors of Global Santa Fe Corporation and Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.

John R. McGoldrick  is a director of our Company and is currently a director and Executive Chairman of Caza Oil & Gas, Inc., public company listed on the AIM and Toronto stock exchange.  Prior to his current position, he was President of Falcon Bay Energy LLC, an independent oil and gas company with operations in Texas and South Louisiana.  Prior to that, Mr. McGoldrick was employed by Enterprise Oil plc in a number of senior management positions, including President of Enterprise Oil Gulf of Mexico Inc. from August 2000 to October 2002.

Loren Singletary is a director of our company and is currently Vice President of Global Corporate Accounts for National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV), a 24 billion dollar market cap oilfield service company. Prior to his current position, Mr. Singletary was a founder and President of LSI Interests, Ltd., an oilfield service company that was acquired by National Oilwell in 2003. In addition to his vast experience in the oilfield service sector, Mr. Singletary has also been involved in the upstream E&P sector, both onshore and offshore, as a private investor for the past 20 years. 

Bruce W. McCullough is a director of our company and is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntingdon Energy Corp., an independent exploration and production company that, since 1986, has been involved in exploration and production activities in the Appalachian basin, East Texas, Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. Prior to forming Huntingdon, Mr. McCullough held senior management positions with Pool Offshore, a Houston based oil field service company.