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Mr. Schiller has served as a director of PDTI since June 2004. He served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of PDTI from December 2004 to November 15, 2005. Mr. Schiller is currently Chairman and CEO of Energy XXI Acquisition Corporation (Bermuda) Limited, a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation has been formed to make investments in the energy industry by acquiring producing oil and gas reserves via asset or company acquisitions with a focus on short-life reserves. Prior to his current job he was President and CEO of Energy XXI, Panama, a private E&P company involved in worldwide acquisition & exploitation of oil and gas properties. In addition, he is majority owner of The Exploitation Company, LLP, a petroleum consulting firm established in October 2004 that provides assistance in locating and acquiring oil and gas properties. From December 2003 until June 2004, Mr. Schiller was a private investor. Mr. Schiller resigned from Devon Energy in December 2003 where he was Vice President, Exploration & Production with responsibility for Devon's domestic & international activities. Before joining Devon Energy he was Executive Vice President, Exploration & Production for Ocean Energy, Inc. until Ocean was acquired by Devon in April 2003. While at Ocean, he was responsible for Ocean's worldwide exploration, production and drilling activities.
Mr. Schiller joined Ocean Energy from Seagull Energy, where he served as Senior Vice President of Operations before the two companies merged in March of 1999. He joined Seagull Energy from Burlington Resources, where he served in a variety of operational and management positions over a period of 14 years, including Production Manager and Engineering Manager for the Gulf of Mexico Division. Prior to this assignment, he managed the corporate acquisition group for Burlington Resources. Mr. Schiller began his career with Superior Oil in 1981. He spent five years as a staff engineer working properties in the Gulf of Mexico and south Louisiana.
Mr. Schiller graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and now serves as Chairman of the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Industry Board. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, independent Petroleum Association of America, American Petroleum Institute, American Association of Drilling Engineers and on the board of Houston Producers Forum. | 