John R. Butler, Jr. was appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors of our general partner in October 2006 and has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2010. Since 1976, Mr. Butler has been Chairman of the board of directors of J.R. Butler and Company, a reservoir engineering company. Mr. Butler is currently a director of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a position he has held since 1996. In addition, Mr. Butler was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GeoQuest International Holdings, Inc., Senior Chairman of Petroleum Information Corp. and Vice Chairman of Petroleum Information / Dwights, L.L.C. until 1997. Mr. Butler currently serves on the boards of directors of the Houston chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Houston Advanced Research Center, a non-profit corporation. Mr. Butler was also formerly a member of the following boards of directors: Premier Instruments, Inc.; Kelman Technologies Inc.; Howell Petroleum Corp.; and Bayou Resources. Mr. Butler is a member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers and was Chairman of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation until December 2001. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.
Mr. Kilpatrick was appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors of our general partner in March 2008 and is currently the Chairman of the Compensation and Governance Committee. Mr. Kilpatrick is President of Kilpatrick Energy Group, which invests in oil and gas ventures and provides executive management consulting services. Mr. Kilpatrick currently serves on the board of directors and is Chairman of the audit committee of Cheniere Energy, Inc. He also served on the boards of directors and the audit committees of PYR Energy from 2001 to 2007 and of Whittier Energy Corporation from 2004 to 2007. In addition, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Monterey Resources, Inc. and held various positions at Santa Fe Energy Resources, a worldwide oil and gas exploration and development company. Mr. Kilpatrick was the President of the California Independent Petroleum Association from 1992 to 1994 and is currently serving on its board of directors. Mr. Kilpatrick also currently serves on the board of directors of the Independent Oil Producers Agency and has served on the board of directors of the Western States Petroleum Association. Mr. Kilpatrick has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Geology and Physics from Whittier College.
Gregory J. Moroney was appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors of our general partner in October 2006. Mr. Moroney is a director of BreitBurn Energy, a position he has held from 2004 to 2008. Currently, Mr. Moroney is the Managing Member and Owner of Energy Capital Advisors, LLC, a position he has held since January 2003. Mr. Moroney is also a Senior Financial Consultant for Ammonite Resources LLC, a position he has held since June 2005. Mr. Moroney currently serves on the board of directors and is a member of the audit and remuneration and nominating committees of Xcite Energy Limited, BVI, a publicly traded oil exploration and development company. Mr. Moroney served as Managing Director for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. from 1993 to December 2002 where he supervised and managed a large oil and gas mezzanine loan portfolio with commodity hedges and originated energy related project loans. Prior to his position with Deutsche Bank, Mr. Moroney was with Citicorp/Citibank from 1977 to 1993 in Calgary, Toronto and New York. Mr. Moroney has a B.A. from Yale University.
Charles S. Weiss was appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors of our general partner in October 2006. Mr. Weiss also served as lead independent director of the Board from July 2008 until April 2010. Mr. Weiss is a Founder and Managing Partner of JOG Capital Inc., a position that he has held since July 2002. He previously served on the boards of directors and audit committees of three oil and gas companies from 2007 to 2009: Exshaw Oil Corp., Masters Energy Inc., and Livingston Energy Ltd. Mr. Weiss also served on the reserve committees at Masters Energy and Exshaw Oil. In addition, Mr. Weiss served as Managing Director and Head of Royal Bank of Canada's Capital Markets Energy Group from October 2002 through May 2006. From June 2001 to July 2002, Mr. Weiss pursued various investment opportunities, which included the establishment of JOG Capital Inc. Previously, he was the Managing Director and Head of the Energy and Power Group with Bank of America Securities from 1998 to June 2001. Mr. Weiss obtained a B.A. in Physics from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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