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Mr. Shacklett joined the Board in December 2006. He has over 30 years experience in the petroleum industry, including thirteen years in Russia and Kazakhstan. Most recently, he was a senior financial executive with YUKOS Oil Company in Russia from 1998 to 2000 and from 2002 to 2005. From 2000 to 2001, he was the business development country manager for Crown Castle International in Rome, Italy. Previously, Mr. Shacklett worked for the Republic of Kazakhstan as financial advisor to the Minister of Economics and Trade, the State Property Committee and Uzenmunaigaz, a regional Kazakh oil producer. In Russia, he held the position of director of energy consulting for Ernst & Young, LLP, Moscow. Mr. Shacklett is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified public accountant and registered petroleum engineer in the state of Texas. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young in Houston, Texas. | 