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Board of Directors and Management Biographies
Mogul has a highly experienced and hard working management team, focused on delivering substantive growth in real terms. Relationships and reputation are also important and the Mogul team has an outstanding network of relationships and contacts in the core countries that they are seeking to build their E&P business.
Mr. Naeem Tyab - President and Director
Mr. Tyab has been the president and a director of Mogul since September 29, 2005. Between April 2002 and prior to his appointment as president of Mogul, Mr. Tyab acted as an independent consultant to a number of public and private oil and gas companies in relation to their financing and acquisition activities. Prior thereto and from December 1997 to March 2002, Mr. Tyab was involved in the venture capital and investment banking industry in his capacity as a registered representative for a Canadian based securities dealer.
Mr. Gary Countryman - Director
Mr. Gary Countryman earned his B.S. and M.S. in Petroleum Engineering at the University of California and his S.M. Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Gary Countryman earned his B.S. and M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of California and his S.M. Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Countryman has thirty years’ experience in the oil and gas industry including Manager of Operations for Conoco, Inc. where he was employed for 26 years and more recently as a consulting petroleum engineer. While working for Conoco, Inc. he supervised installation of one of Conoco’s largest water floods and supervised the drilling of 300+ infill wells and the infrastructure for a large flood. Mr. Countryman oversaw existing production and also of all facilities which brought an additional 150 million cubic feet per day of gas production and 15,000 barrels per day of oil production on line. While working with the Rocky Mountains Mr. Countryman reduced the division decline rate from approximately 5% per year to nearly zero through recompletions and infill drilling. While working in Midland Mr. Countryman started a division wide search for infill drilling and re-completion potential, kept 5 to 10 rigs busy full time on those activities and a post audit revealed a 40% rate of return for the program. As the VP of Dubai Petroleum Mr. Countryman established a program of reducing downtime, infill drilling and re-completions, he increased production from 300,000 barrels of oil per day to 400,000 barrels per day despite normal production decline. While working with Geisum Oil Company Mr. Countryman managed the installation of the first Conoco offshore producing facility in Egypt for $60 million, he began production three months ahead of schedule and saved Conoco $840,000 per year. Mr. Countryman has supervised due diligence and evaluation of oil and gas properties valued at over $200 million USD both for purchase and sale. He is also credited for reducing costs and increasing production on properties for Conoco Inc. in Dubai, in Egypt for Geisum Oil Company and in the United States of America for Greenhill Petroleum.
Mr. Henry J. Kloepper - Director
Mr. Kloepper has been involved in investment banking and structured finance over a 30 year career. He brings a well rounded knowledge of the capital markets, strategic growth and investments. In the past, Mr. Kloepper has worked in senior executive positions with JP Morgan, Citibank and Bank of America in Canada, the US and Europe.
Mr. Kloepper is a director and a consultant to companies ranging from the resource sector to manufacturing and the airline industry. His responsibilities have varied from chairing the audit committee to being the President and CEO of a public company that recently made strategic investments in the food and beverage industry. Currently, Mr. Kloepper is Chief Operating Officer of an investment bank in St. Lucia, West Indies which has a focus of providing providing strategic capital to varied industries in Canada and the US.
Mr. Tim Turner - Executive Vice President
Mr. Turner received his undergraduate degree in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Prior, to his appointment with Mogul Energy, Tim Turner was a Principal Partner of Tim Turner & Associates, LLC, an oil and gas exploration and production business development and land services company. Mr. Turner has twenty-nine years of varied experience in the oil and gas industry establishing and maintaining productive business relationships with partners; negotiating complex joint venture agreements; overseeing all business partner operations, negotiating legal agreements (involving acquisitions, title conflicts, eminent domain issues and the disposition of assets); and preparing long-range and short-term business plans, revenue forecasts, cost projections. Mr. Turner began his career with Exxon Company. Mr. Turner supervised all land-related negotiations on dozens of Exxon operated fields comprising hundreds of wells and thousands of separate property files. Subsequently, Mr. Turner went to work for Phillips Petroleum Company, in Houston, where his responsibilities included various Texas gulf coast exploration and production land activities resulting in several new field discoveries and substantial new reserves to the company. Mr. Turner has been active on numerous national, state and local boards and committees since 1979. In 2004, Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Turner to serves as a Public Member on the Texas Medical Board in which he was elected and currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer. Mr. Turner is a member of the Mediation Section of the State Bar of Texas and was a very active member of the American Association of Professional Landmen, having served on the board for several years and ultimately receiving one of the Associations highest public service awards.
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