Canopy’s team brings a history of successful participation on major projects in recent years to this new collaboration:
Rog Hardy’s Salient Accomplishments:
• Participated in expansion of a public OTC-traded E&P start-up into domestic and offshore West Africa equity.
• Conducting an onshore East Africa exploration program in a Joint Study Area.
• Consulting to a NASDQ-traded E&P shale company about international new ventures.
• Consulting to large independents on entry strategy in North America shale plays in South America sedimentary basins.
• Consulting to a South American hydrocarbon agency on strategies to promote exploration.
• Consulting to investment groups to evaluate small North American producers.
• Led exploration effort for major producer in Indonesia, from zero to multi-well program into deepwater.
• Participated in small corporate team project facilitated by McKinsey & Company to restructure Unocal International.
• Led exploration efforts and managed OBO’s for numerous operations in West Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
• Conducted and lead numerous new venture efforts globally.
• Conducted integrated lease sale evaluations in Gulf Coast, Alaska, and California OCS.
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Jim Peck’s Salient Accomplishments:
• Successfully farmed out the Tamar prospect in the extreme deepwater portion of offshore Israel on behalf of an Israeli consortium, resulting in the Tamar-1 well, a sub-salt gas discovery of approximately 9 TCF.
• Conducted integrated regional interpretation and wrote a comprehensive report for sale by TGS-NOPEC of the Eastern Mediterranean, consisting of over 25,000 km 2D seismic data in offshore Israel, Egypt and Lebanon.
• Directly responsible for the discovery of the 100 MMBO Mudi oil field (100 MMBO) in the onshore Tuban Block, East Java.
• Initiated entry into the Yam Tethys Project in offshore Israel, resulting in the 1.2 TCF Mari-B Pliocene gas discovery.
• Complete interpretational and operational responsibility for the planning and execution of extensive seismic and exploratory drilling campaigns over a large region in the Eastern Syrian Desert.
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Grant Fergeson’s Salient Accomplishments
•2013-18 –as VP E&P of Mertz Energy generated, sold and drilled numerous shallow and deep prospects in Texas and Louisiana, generated resource plays in Texas Cretaceous Carbonates and shallow biogenic gas in Williston Basin sandstones. Researched petroleum system in the Caribbean and generated large exploration play.
•2006-2013 – Team Lead with Devon Energy, performed Tite Oil research in Gulf Coast Basin, developed regional temperature maps of all producing formations, Drilled 5 successful Haynesville wells in east Texas including Kardell 1H which IPd at over 30 MMCFGPD, organized 28 horizontal well drilling program, Generated nine prospects in South Central and SE Louisiana, 5 drilled with two discoveries.
•2000-2006 – with EOG Resources generated numerous prospects in Frio and Vicksburg formations with discoveries in the Frio in Matagorda County, and in the Vicksburg in Jim Wells County, identified trap breaching mechanism in Matagorda County which explained numerous unsuccessful tests and kept EOG from pursuing further. Lead geoscientist on team which evaluated and purchased Exxon’s Nine Mile Point Field in Aransas Bay, Texas.
•1997-2000 – Principal Geophysicist for Vastar Resources – in acquisitions group, developed screening methods and participated in successful purchase of all of Mobil’s GOM assets. Set up and ran G&G data room to divest ten offshore fields
•1990-1996 – As independent created and obtained funding for program FPC-1 to provide exposure to Gulf Coast prospects, evaluated over 400 prospects, acquired interest in 17, completion rate of 50%. Formed partnership to study 150 salt domes in Texas Gulf Coast resulting in acquisition of rights, and shooting 3D over Esperson Dome in Liberty County Texas, drilled more than 15 successful wells. Same group drilled two successful wildcats in Ulrich Field with rates in excess of 10 MMCFGPD and 500 BOPD.
•1990-92 – Created and successfully funded business plan for Vulcan Exploration which targeted AVO anomalies in the Eocene Yegua Trend, discovered 5 BCF in Boss Gaston Field.
•1984-1990 – Chief Geologist for Venus Oil, planned and executed regional down dip Yegua exploration venture resulting in twenty leads and 4 discoveries including Vidor Ames in Orange County, Texas, still producing with an EUR of of 125 BCFG.
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Scott Gaille’s Salient Accomplishments
• Represented private LLC in a South Texas Eagle Ford shale joint venture with major integrated E&P company.
• Represented public corporation in a three-phase shale joint venture in East Texas with a major industry partner.
• Represented owner of shale wells and acreage in asset sale agreement.
• Frequent negotiation of typical oil and gas industry agreements, including AAPL joint operating agreements, areas of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, master services agreements, drilling contracts, surface use agreements, and other services agreements.
• Represented company in the sale of its conventional oil and gas assets in France, dissolution of entities, and settlement of employee claims.
• Negotiation of Production Sharing Contract and Joint Operating Agreement for offshore deepwater blocks in Angola, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and other West African countries.
• Negotiation of Production Sharing Contract and Joint Operating Agreement for offshore and onshore blocks in Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, and other South American countries.
• Represented company and negotiated various agreements in UAE, Oman, Qatar, and other Middle East and South Asian countries.
See more at www.gaillelaw.com/our-attorneys/