Royis Ward, Vice President, Chairman of the Board
Royis Ward began his career as an independent oil and gas operator in 1955 with his own funds and has been actively engaged in the oil and gas industry for approximately 50 years. After attending several business colleges, obtaining numerous business degrees in accounting, he was employed by Southern Union Gas Company in 1952 as a cost accountant, allocating natural gas prices, thereafter he was employed by a large Texas independent oil operator ultimately overseeing the successful drilling and completion of over 1500 producing oil and injection wells and supervising the installation one of the most successfully secondary recovery projects in the State of Texas. After which, he was instrumental in negotiating the sale of the business.
From the period of 1955 until present he has actively pursued the oil and gas industry, including purchasing of leases, staking locations, drilling, completion, producing and operating his own properties, including operating Powell Petroleum Corporation and was appointed Operator under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bankruptcy Courts, save and except, a brief period from early 1966 through 1972 when he moved to Houston and was instrumental in developing commercial real estate under the name of BayTex Development Corporation.
From 1972 and during the same period of time and until present has been active in the formation of a number of companies either as President and/or Chief Operating Officer including Omega Petroleum Corporation, Omega Minerals, Inc., Century Energy Corporation, ultimately sold to Texas International Petroleum, Summit Oil and Gas Corporation, and Tidelands Oil Corporation. Tidelands Oil Corporation was merged with Tidelands Gas Corporation in 1996 resulting in the formation of Tidelands Oil and Gas Corporation (TOGC) and is now publicly traded on the OTC bulletin board exchange of which he was the Chairman of the Board and Vice President until October, 2002.
After the merger, he formed Regency Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation, and has acted a President and CEO acquiring the 125,000 acres Halsell Ranch, Maverick County, Texas which offset the Conoco Oil Company large Sacatosa Field. Regency was instrumental in the drilling and completion of approximately 125 wells on this property which was later sold the Exploration Company (TXCO) in 2001. After the sale, Regency Energy relocated to its present location where it has built it office building, warehouses, shops and from which it conducts its current operations.
OK folks, why do you think ECCI was not mentioned - any thoughts?
AI
