Management

Mr. Cole has approximately 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, and he has additional training in specialized areas such as Well Blow Out Prevention, Fracture Treatment Design, Safety Systems for Operations Managers and Environmental Issues related to the oil & gas industry. Mr. Cole has extensive supervisory experience offshore, as well as inland experience in 10 different states. Mr. Cole’s business experience includes the positions of Completion Engineer and Production Manager for Lewis Petro Properties, Inc., Operations Manager for TransTexas Gas Corp., and Production Superintendent for The Ard Drilling Company.

Mr. Flowers has over 25 years working and managing land, mineral rights and gas marketing in Texas. He has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin in Real Estate and Urban Land Development. Tommy’s business experience includes Manager of Gas Marketing for Newfield Exploration, EEX and Tesoro. Tommy is a member of the National Energy Services Association, American Association of Professional Landmen and the San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen.

Ms. McCoppin is Vice President and General Counsel for BlackBrush. Prior to coming to BlackBrush in 2005, she held that title for Florida Gas Transmission Company, for whom she worked for 12 years. She has also worked for several other major interstate gas pipelines, including Texas Eastern, Tennessee Gas, Northern Natural, and Transwestern, holding various legal positions. Dorothy has practiced law for 30 years, with most of her experience being in the federal-regulated oil and gas industry, specifically FERC-regulated, natural gas interstate pipeline systems. Her experience includes contract, rate and certificate, litigation, rulemaking, financing, bankruptcy, environmental, enforcement, and compliance and training matters. She has also had experience in municipal law, and was in private practice for several years. Ms. McCoppin has a B.A. from Rice University, Houston, a J.D. from the University of Houston, and an MBA from Our Lady of the Lake University.

Mr. Norville has worked in the development and exploration business for 26 years in Texas. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Texas A&M University in College Station. Mr. Norville’s experience includes both field and management work in both South and East Texas during his career. Mr. Norville held the position of District Geologist for Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. until 1985. From 1985-1998 Mr. Norville was the Exploration Manager for a small independent oil and gas exploration company, Stallion Oil Company, where he supervised and ran all of the field operations and business operations of the San Antonio office. Most recently he was the Vice President of Exploration for Kerns Petroleum, Inc. of San Antonio where he managed the exploration and development of the Olmos and San Miguel formation for the company from 1998-2005. He has also been active in the AAPG and local geologic society where he was President of the South Texas Geological Society from 2000-2001. Mr. Norville’s area of expertise includes field exploitation, production evaluation and development planning for new exploration plays.

Mr. Tummers has over 30 years of experience in finance and accounting in various industries including oil and gas, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing and software. He has held various management and consulting positions for Tesoro, Exxon USA, Air Products, Sun-Diamond and Resources Group. Nick has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Boston College and a Masters in Business Administration Degree from St. Mary's University, California.

Eric Friedrichs has over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He began his career at the Houston headquarters of Coastal Oil & Gas reporting Federal royalties to the Minerals Management Service. In 1997, he joined Lewis Energy Group as the Controller of their Exploration & Production subsidiary, Segundo Navarro. In 1998, he assumed the role of Corporate Controller for Lewis Energy and held that position until 2000. From 2000 until 2004, Mr. Friedrichs worked as a contract Controller for a variety of clients, including a production equipment manufacturer and reseller, a large interstate pipeline company and several exploration and production companies. During this time he assisted with various special projects which included the sale of a service company to a large publicly held entity, a large fixed asset tracking system, and undertook preparations for taking a company public. In 2004, he helped form BlackBrush Oil and Gas and acted as its Corporate Controller until 2007 at which time he was promoted to Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Friedrichs holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Masters in International Relations and Economics from St. Mary’s University.