Management
James E. Hogue
Mr. Hogue has over 40 years experience in the petroleum industry, prior to founding EER. He is currently President of Galaxy Partners Limited Corp, an advisory service to public companies. From 1996 to 1999 he was President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Cotton Valley Resources Corporation, a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr. Hogue earlier served as an officer of several energy companies: Martex Oil and Gas, Inc (President), Mayco Petroleum, Inc (President and Founder), Union Crude Oil Company (President), and Hogue Diamond Drill Bit Manufacturing Company (President), as well as relevant experience employed with Sargent Diamond Bit, Inc. (Core Engineer) and Leatherwood Company (Driller).
Steven A. Kranker
Mr. Kranker has over 25 years of broad oil and gas experience with major and large independent E&P companies in roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to joining EER, he served as the Corporate Engineering Manager for Forest Oil Corp., with expertise in acquisition and divestiture evaluation, petroleum property optimization and valuation studies, SEC reserve reporting and associated bank credit facilities. Mr. Kranker was responsible for the oil and gas reserves and economic evaluations in $4 billion in acquisition transactions and $3 billion in divestitures during the past five years, with recent emphasis on the assessment of horizontal drilling in unconventional gas plays. Previous service includes Senior Reservoir Engineer in numerous locations with exposure to a variety of petroleum reservoirs with Brunei Shell Petroleum, Arco Alaska, Maxus Exploration, Conoco and Shell. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
James R. Phillips, Jr.
Mr. Phillips has served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Company since March 2005. Prior to EER, from 1984-2005, Mr. Phillips was a financial consultant, registered investment advisor at E. F. Hutton and Raymond James and Associates, Inc., Waco, Texas. Mr. Phillips holds numerous business registrations and licenses, including Registered Securities Representative, Registered Investment Advisor, Securities Licenses Series Seven, Series Six, Series 24, Insurance and Annuities. Mr. Phillips graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Banking.
Doyle Pennington
Specializes in strategic planning and management of domestic and international special projects for non-profit organizations, with prior experience in hotels and commercial real estate.
Rick D. Johnson
Former Operations Manager with Vitruvian Exploration and CDX Gas. Expertise in multi-lateral, horizontal CBM drilling and operations.
