Mr. Kaetzer joined the Company in December 2006. He possesses 25 years of experience within the oil and gas industry including 14 years with Texaco Inc. where his duties included the evaluation exploitation and management of oil and natural gas assets. He has onshore and offshore experience including asset acquisition and development operations and production management in such geographically diverse areas as the continental United States offshore Gulf of Mexico U.K. North Sea Colombia S.A. Saudi Arabia China and West Africa. Since 1995 Mr. Kaetzer has both worked for and acted as a consultant/director for several independent E&P companies including Vastar Resources and Crimson Exploration Inc. Mr. Kaetzer holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and a MS in Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University. |