Jeff Bookout
1723 N Loop 1604 E, Suite
224
San Antonio, TX 78232
(210) 218-7810
Registered
Petroleum Engineer with 38+ years of experience in the oil industry. Succussfully started/sold
multiple companies in South Texas/Eagle Ford Shale dating back to 1987. Well connected throughout the range of
service companies and major operators in Texas and Louisiana. I have extended experience and success in managing
companies and personnel throughout all facets of the oil & gas industry.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Redemption Oil & Gas, LLC. San Antonio, TX (2009 – Present)
CEO/executive V.P./board member
Raised 55MM from private equity investors for start
up company active in Maverick and Dimmit Counties. Personally responsible for
all drilling, completions, operations, land, G&G, midstream and product
marketing. Drilled, operated and
producing over 20 wells. Redemption was one of the original Eagleford players
in southern Maverick and northern Dimmit Counties.
TXCO Resources San Antonio, TX (2002
– 2009)
Executive Vice President/COO/board member
Personally responsible for managing the Engineering,
Land, Operations, Geology, Geophysical, midstream and marketing departments for
TXCO (NASDAQ traded). As a company, we drillied
100+ wells per year and operated over 600 wells. We were one of the original Eagleford and
Pearsall players in southern Maverick, Dimmit and northern La Salle Counties through
JV’s with Anadarko and Encana that I negotiated. Our 800,000
acre lease position in Maverick County made us the largest operator in
that County. Additionally, I took an
active role in the public road shows and technical conferences as well as
managing the A&D group.
Venus
Exploration Company San Antonio, TX (2001 – 2002)
Operations Manager
Personally responsible for
managing all operations activities along with an extensive staff of engineers,
land, geological/geophysical and midstream personnel. Also responsible for the A&D group which resulted in the sale of the company’s assets to
St. Mary’s Land & Cattle Company.
Abraxas San Antonio, TX (1999
– 2001)
Senior Operations Engineer
Senior staff Engineer responsible for all of their
South Texas operations including drilling, completions, stimulations and operations.
Pioneer
Natural Resources San Antonio, TX (1993 – 1999)
Senior Operations Engineer
Responsible for all drilling, production, stimulation,
midstream, plants and operations for East Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama and inland waters Gulf Coast. I
was part of the original team that successfully grew the company from a small
west Texas independent (Parker & Parsley Petroleum) through the ultimate
merger with Mesa Petroleum (merged company became Pioneer Natural Resources). During
my time with the company we grew from a $250mm company to a $2b company. Today Pioneer’s market cap is in excess of $47.7b.
Mueller
Engineer Inc., Corpus Christie, TX (1989 – 1993)
Senior Engineering Consultant
Senior staff Engineer responsible for all phases of
the engineering consulting business with an emphasis on drilling and fracture
stimulation in South Texas. I worked for
numerous major independents including, Conoco, Samedan, Marathon, El Paso,
Shell and St. Mary’s in various projects across south/central Texas.
Stratagraphic
Research Inc. San Antonio TX (1986 – 1989)
V.P of Operations
Founding member of a small independent exploration
company operating in Victoria, Goliad and Jim Wells counties in South Texas. Responsible for all facets
of Engineering from staking the well to final completion. Additionally, we built and maintained 60
miles of midstream infrastructure to move our product to market. I was also responsible for all produced product
marketing. In 1989 we marketed and sold
the company to Pacific Gas & Electric.
Halliburton Energy Services, Tyler, TX (1984 – 1986)
Logging
Engineer
Worked
as a logging Engineer in both “open hole” and “cased hole” applications in East
Texas and Northeast Louisiana.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Texas A&M University,
Bachelor’s in petroleum engineering, 1984
Registered
Engineer in the state of Texas, 1991 (#69328)
Current: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, Texas Registered Engineers Society,
and the local San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
PERSONEL
Married
37 years to wife Marla with three children, Ashley (26), Hunter (24) and Peyton
(18)
Non-smoker in excellent health. I enjoy golf, hunting, fishing and sports in
general.