Management

James Renfro
Chief Executive Officer

Mr. James R. Renfro, 51, owner and managing member of Renfro Energy, has been in the oil business for nearly thirty years. His oil and gas background includes six years with Exxon Company, USA as a petroleum engineer, one year in the Strategic Planning group of Shell Oil, and two years as an energy investment banker with EnCap Investments. Jim served for two years as Chief Executive Officer of a small publicly traded company, Omni Oil and Gas, Inc., and has spent more than eighteen years as an owner and operator of independent oil and gas companies located throughout Texas and Louisiana.

Jim received his MBA in Finance from The University of Chicago and spent three years in New York City as an investment banker in the corporate finance department at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc./Morgan Stanley.

Neil C. Sutcliffe
Secretary and Treasurer

Mr. Neil C. Sutcliffe is a Petroleum geologist and geological consultant and for over 35 years and has worked as Senior Geologist for a variety of Oil and gas companies throughout his career. Since July of 2010 he has worked part time as a geological consultant to Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc and has performed field studies for Infiniti Energy since 2009. Mr. Sutcliffe was the Senior Gulf Coast Geologist for Reef Explorations from 2005 until 2009, and held the same position with Magnum Hunter Resources ( Formerly Prize Energy Corporation) from 1999 until 2005.

Mr. Sutcliffe was previously also the Senior Exploration Geologist for CXY Energy (Formerly Moore McComack Energy) from 1980 until 1997. His biggest accomplishments include completing detailed field studies and subsurface mapping of the "MM Sand Unit, East Richie Field Acadia Parish, Louisiana, whereby his field study was able to show proved reserves of 12 MMBO; and in the Parc Perdue Field, Vemillion Parish Louisiana, where detailed subsurface mapping and integration of 3-D seismic identified significant attic gas reserves in the Sands. To date in excess of 6 BCFG has been produced from this project.

Mr. Sutcliffe has Bachelors of Science in Geology from the University of London, in England has attended a variety of industry schools over the years.