BNET Industries
Market Cap:$844.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$62.9M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
BPZ Energy, a Texas corporation established in 2001, has grown quickly as an independent petroleum firm operating internationally. By the end of 2004 the Company had certified reserves of natural gas totaling 938 Bcf (billion cubic feet, proved and probable) plus 3, 080 Bcf possible, for a certified total of more than 4 Tcf (trillion cubic ft). In NW Peru, BPZ has 3 blocks under contract, two of them with the rights to explore and produce, and is negotating to acquire those rights for the other. These blocks cover 2.76 million acres in area, with 73% onshore and the remaining 27% offshore. In Ecuador, BPZ has a 10% participation in a producing block on the southwestern coast. In 2004 BPZ became a publicly traded corporation. From its inception, BPZ Energy's objective has been to use advanced technology in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner while becoming a progressive operator in international energy ventures. In all its projects the Company focuses on strategic approaches devised to take advantage of the particular conditions of each project.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Manuel Pablo Zuniga PfluckerNumber of Employees 145
Contact Information
580 Westlake Park Blvd Ste 525
Houston, Texas 77079
(281) 556-6200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Petroleum Refineries: 324110
Recent Events
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BPZ Energy Provides Quarter Ended September 30, 2009 Financials and Operations Update
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BPZ Energy Provides Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 Financials and Operations Update
News & Analysis
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BPZ Energy Announces Senior Debt Funding of $15 Million from IFC
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:BPZ) announced it has received funding of the $15 million tranche of senior debt with the International Finance Corporation IFC. The IFC $15 million facility is the first tranche of two credit facilities totaling $215 million. As previously announced, Natixis, a French...
BPZ Energy Successfully Tests Oil at 10,268 bopd from CX11-20XD
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:BPZ) announces the oil test results from the CX11-20XD well in the Corvina field of the offshore Block Z-1 in Northwest Peru. The Company completed two drill stem tests DST on four sets of oil sands in the well testing a cumulative flow...
BPZ Energy Announces Reaching Total Depth on CX11-20XD Well
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced the Company reached total target depth on the CX11-20XD well at the Corvina field in offshore Block Z-1 located in northwest Peru. The 20XD is the Company's fifth well in the Corvina field and reached a total measured depth of approximately 9,800 feet...
BPZ Energy Closes $15 Million Initial Tranche of Senior Debt
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced today the closing of the initial tranche of senior debt with the International Finance Corporation IFC in the amount of $15 million. Funding is subject to satisfying certain conditions precedent but is expected within 30 days. The second tranche of the senior debt,...
BPZ Energy Resumes Crude Oil Deliveries to Talara; Contracts Second Rig
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announces resumption of Corvina's crude oil deliveries and execution of a second drilling rig contract. Corvina Oil The Company announced that the clearance needed to transport oil from the CX-11 platform to the nearby Talara refinery was issued by the corresponding Peruvian...
BPZ Energy Certifies 284 Bcf of 3P Gas Reserves in Corvina Field
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced today the gas reserves certification from independent reserve engineers Netherland Sewell and Associates, Inc. NSAI from the Company's Corvina field in offshore Block Z-1 in northwest Peru. NSAI's reserves report certified Proved, Probable, and Possible gas reserves (commonly known as 3P reserves) as...
BPZ Energy Tests 5,350 bopd in Ongoing Testing of CX11-18XD Well
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) today announced the Company has performed three drill stem tests DST in ongoing testing of the CX11-18XD well in the Corvina field of offshore Block Z1 in northwest Peru, reaching up to date a cumulative total of 5,350 barrels of oil per day bopd....
BPZ Energy Announces 2007 SEC Proved Reserves and Financial Data
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) today announced that its total net proved reserves as of December 31, 2007 consisted of 11,939,732 barrels of crude oil. The report was prepared by the independent reserve engineering firm Netherland Sewell and Associates, Inc. NSAI covering a portion of the Company's Block Z-1...
BPZ Energy Certifies 60 MMBO of 3P Oil Reserves on Corvina Field
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced today the oil reserves certification by independent reserve engineers Netherland Sewell and Associates, Inc. NSAI from the Company's Block Z-1 Corvina offshore field located in northwest Peru. NSAI's reserves report certified Proved, Probable, and Possible oil reserves as of February 29, 2008 based...
BPZ Energy Performs Successful Integrity Test of Corvina Facilities
HOUSTON -- BPZ Resources, Inc. (AMEX:BZP) announced today that, at the request of the OSINERG, the government agency responsible for auditing the safety of energy investments in Peru, over the past several days the Company successfully performed a series of safety and integrity tests on the facilities at the CX-11...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Manuel Pablo Zuniga Pflucker | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Heath W. Cleaver | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Xavier A. Zuniga | Vice President, Business Development |
| Louis F Coppage | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Fernando J Zuniga-Rivero | Chairman |
| Gordon Gray | Director and Chairman of the Board |
| John J Lendrum | Chairman of the Audit Committee |
| Dennis G. Strauch | Board of Directors |
| Fernando Zuniga | Board of Directors |
| John R McKowen | Board of Directors |
| Manolo Zuniga | Board of Directors |
| Tom E. Kelly | Board of Directors |
Mr. Zúñiga-Pflücker is a petroleum engineer who has spent the past 20 plus years in the international oil and gas business, principally with BPZ & Associates, a technical consulting company he co-founded in 1989, which was the predecessor of BPZ Energy. He has specific expertise developing stranded natural gas fields using technologies ranging from power generation to gas-to-liquids technology. Mr. Zúñiga-Pflücker began his career with Occidental Petroleum and has led BPZ Energy since its inception. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | Former | |
| Texas A&M University | M.S. In Petroleum Engineering | Former |
| University of Maryland | B.S. In Mechanical Engineering | Former |
Mr. Cleaver served as Corporate Controller for BPZ from October 2006 until November 2008. Immediately prior to joining BPZ, Mr. Cleaver performed consulting services from August 2004 to October 2006 for a variety of public companies, such as, Rosetta Resources, Calpine Natural Gas and Index Oil and Gas. Beginning in November 1997 through August 2004, Mr. Cleaver served in various accounting roles, including Financial Controller, at Horizon Offshore Contractors, Inc. Mr. Cleaver is a CPA and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration Accounting from Texas A&M University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Corporate Controller | Former |
| Texas A&M University | Bachelor's Degree In Business Administration Accounting | Former |
Mr. Súñiga joined BPZ as Vice President of Business Development in July 2006. Prior to joining BPZ, Mr. Súñiga worked for Baker Hughes’ Pipeline Management Group from 2002 through 2005 and prior to that spent over 20 years in oil and gas infrastructure asset development in Latin America. Mr. Súñiga holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University and an MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
Dr. Zúñiga y Rivero has over 50 years of experience in the energy industry with a particular focus on Peru. He was Chief Geologist for Exxon’s operations in northwest Peru, where he was responsible for discovering several oil fields. Dr. Zúñiga later held the positions of Exploration and Production Manager, General Manager, and Chairman and CEO of Petróleos del Peru, Peru’s former national oil company, where he discovered five major oilfields in the northern Andean Jungle of Peru. Later, he served as senior project officer of the World Bank for 17 years, planning and implementing hydrocarbon exploration and development projects in 58 countries. Dr. Zúñiga y Rivero holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geological Engineering and Ph.D. degrees from the University of San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru, and completed the Science program in Micropaleontology at UCLA.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Director and Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Chairman of the Audit Committee | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aramco Inc | Former | |
| Schlumberger Limited | Former | |
| Whiting Petroleum Corp. | Former | |
| University of Denver | MBA | Former |
| Colorado Inc | Degree In Geophysics | Former |
| Colorado School of Mines | Degree In Geophysics | Former |
Dr. Zuniga y Rivero became Chairman of the Board of BPZ upon consummation of the Merger with Navidec, Inc. in September 2004. Prior to the Merger and since 1996, he served as Chairman of BPZ & Associates Inc., the former parent company of BPZ-Texas., which has been inactive subsequent to the Merger. Dr. Zuniga y Rivero was also Energy Division project officer of The World Bank, where he planned and implemented exploration promotion projects in 58 countries, ranging from East and West Africa, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia to Latin America from 1979 to 1996. Dr. Zuniga y Rivero has fifty years of experience in the international energy industry starting as an exploration geologist, biostratigrapher, and exploration head of an Exxon affiliate in Peru and continuing as exploration production manager, integrated operations manager, general manager, and ultimately serving as Chairman and CEO of Petroleos del Peru, the national oil company of Peru. Dr. Zuniga y Rivero holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology from the University of San Augustin, Peru, and conducted postgraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. In April 2005, Dr. Zuniga y Rivero became a director of Transmeridian Exploration, Inc., a public oil and gas company with operations in Kazakhstan.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The World Bank | Former | |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Transmeridian Exploration, Inc. | Director | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Former |
JOHN R. MCKOWEN. Mr. McKowen has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company since the Company was founded in December 2002. Mr. McKowen also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Navidec, Inc. from August 2003 to September 2004 and served as a director of Navidec, Inc., now BPZ, from December 2002 to May 2005. Mr. McKowen was hired by Navidec, Inc. as a financial consultant in 1996 and was involved in the private, public and secondary financing of Navidec, Inc. He served as a financial consultant to Navidec, Inc. until March 1999. Mr. McKowen began his career in the financial services industry 1978. In 1984 Mr. McKowen began working as an independent consultant and has worked in that capacity for the last 23 years. Mr. McKowen received a B.A. in economics from Metropolitan State College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Navidec Financial Services, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of The Board of Directors, Annual | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | Former |
| Navidec Financial Services, Inc. | President | Former |
| Navidec Financial Services, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Metropolitan State College | B.A. In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bpz Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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