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Jim L. Troxel has been our Executive Vice President since inception. He has had diverse experience as a senior geologist. Mr. Troxel has held his current position of Vice President of Exploration at Thorp Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas E&P company, since 1997. He has overseen the drilling of 49 wells, with production of 70 Bcf and 3 mm boe. Mr. Troxel was at Amerada Hess, a public oil and gas E&P company listed on the NYSE, from 1987 through 1996, where he held the role of senior geologist. He was responsible for discovering Hess’ largest field during this period, which produced 95 Bcf and 6 mm boe. While at Texas Oil and Gas, an oil and gas E&P company, from 1980 through 1987, Mr. Troxel was an area geologist that managed a team of geologists and geophysicists that directed the drilling of exploration prospects. For four years, he generated prospects for 4 rigs out of a 12 rig drilling program. Mr. Troxel received his BS in Geology from the University of Oklahoma. | 