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Mr. Halsey was appointed Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2006. His career in the international oil and gas industry has spanned 31 years, including 28 years with units of Chevron and Texaco in positions of increasing responsibility. In 2000, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Texaco Upstream Companies in Nigeria. In this capacity, he was responsible for increasing production and executing Texaco’s shallow and deepwater development plans in Nigeria, where Texaco historically had been a shallow water producer. Mr. Halsey served in this position until Texaco’s merger with Chevron in 2002. From 1998 to 2000, he was President of Texaco Petroleum Company, Colombia, where he was responsible for production of up to 90,000 BOEPD. From 1992 to 1998, he served as Deputy General Manager and then General Manager of Texaco’s Angola operations, with responsibility for peak production of over 100,000 BOPD. Prior to joining Transmeridian, Mr. Halsey managed private investments and was an executive with a family owned construction materials enterprise. | 