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James E. Craddock oversees all operational activities for BPI Energy including engineering, geology and land management activities. In particular, he is integrally involved in planning and managing all aspects of the company’s CBM exploration, drilling and production activities.
Mr. Craddock joined BPI from Houston-based Burlington Resources Inc. (acquired on March 31, 2006, by ConocoPhillips) where he served as Chief Engineer. In this, his most recent capacity with Burlington, he was responsible for reserve estimation, corporate operations, recruitment and development of the engineering staff and growth of a technical center of excellence.
During his 21 years with Burlington, Mr. Craddock made many significant contributions to its success. As Director of Strategic Planning, he played a key role in Burlington’s $3 billion acquisition of the Louisiana Land & Exploration Company (LL&E). He also served a critical role in developing Burlington’s Farmington, New Mexico, CBM project. As head of Reservoir Engineering, and later as Engineering Manager, he was responsible for leading the technical team that grew the Fruitland CBM Project to over 400 mmcf per day. During the play’s peak level of activity, this required drilling up to 300 new CBM wells per year, conducting up to 100 recompletions per year and participating in 100 non-operated wells each year.
He began his career in 1981 with Superior Oil (later Mobil) upon graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. | 