BNET Industries
Market Cap:$732.9M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$116.4M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Contango is a Houston-based, independent natural gas and oil company. The Company?s core business is to explore, develop, produce and acquire natural gas and oil properties primarily offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore along the Gulf Coast. As a recent addition to our business, we will begin acting as an operator on certain offshore prospects through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Contango Operators, Inc. (?COI?). The Company also owns a 10% interest in a limited partnership formed to develop an LNG receiving terminal in Freeport, Texas, and holds investments in the alternative energy venture capital market with a focus on environmentally preferred energy technologies. Our Strategy Our exploration strategy is predicated upon two core beliefs: (1) that the only competitive advantage in the commodity-based natural gas and oil business is to be among the lowest cost producers and (2) that virtually all the exploration and production industry?s value creation occurs through the drilling of successful exploratory wells. As a result, our business strategy includes the following elements:
Chairman, President, CEO, CFO & Secretary
Kenneth R. PeakNumber of Employees 6
Contact Information
3700 Buffalo Speedway Ste 960
Houston, Texas 77098
(713) 960-1901
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction: 211111
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Victor Fasciani Likes Contango Oil & Gas
The Manual of Ideas submits: Victor Fasciani, Managing Partner of Praetorian Value Fund, made a compelling case for Contango Oil & Gas MCF during his presentation at the Value Investing Seminar in Molfetta, Italy Wednesday. Our notes from his speech follow: Praetorian Value Fund -- Investment Philosophy by The Manual...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Sergio Castro | Treasurer & Vice President |
| Cherylin Plair | Manager, JIB AP |
| Lesia Bautina | Controller & Senior Vice President |
| David Holcombe | Treasurer |
| Joseph S Compofelice | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenneth R. Peak | Chairman, President, CEO, CFO & Secretary |
| B. A. Berilgen | Board of Directors |
| Charles M. Reimer | Board of Directors |
| Darrell W Williams | Board of Directors |
| Jay D Brehmer | Board of Directors |
| Steven L. Schoonover | Board of Directors |
Mr. Peak has been Chairman, CEO, and CFO of Contango since its formation in September 1999. Mr. Peak entered the energy industry in 1972 as a commercial banker and held a variety of financial and executive positions in the oil and gas industry prior to starting Contango in 1999. Mr. Peak served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1971. Mr. Peak received a BS in physics from Ohio University in 1967, and an MBA from Columbia University in 1972. He currently serves as a director of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a provider of onshore contract drilling services to exploration and production companies in North America.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director | Current |
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Chairman, President, CEO, CFO & Secretary | Current |
| Contango | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Contango Capital Partners | Current | |
| Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Forest Oil Corporation | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| U.S. Navy | Officer | Former |
| Columbia University | MBA | Former |
| Ohio University | BS In Physics | Former |
Mr. Castro joined Contango in March 2006 as Treasurer and was appointed Vice President and Treasurer in April 2006. Prior to joining Contango, Mr. Castro spent two years as a Consultant for UHY Advisors TX, LP. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Castro was a lead credit analyst for Dynegy Inc. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Castro worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen LLP, where he specialized in energy companies. Mr. Castro was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1993 as an E-6, where he served onboard a nuclear powered submarine. Mr. Castro received a BBA in Accounting in 1997 from the University of Houston, graduating summa cum laude. Mr. Castro is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Treasurer & Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Manager, JIB AP | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Controller & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Senior Vice President & Controller | Current |
Mr. Berilgen was appointed a director of Contango in July 2007. Mr. Berilgen has served in a variety of senior positions during his 37 year career. Most recently, he was Chairman, CEO and President of Rosetta Resources Inc., a company he founded in 2005. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of Calpine Corp. and President of Calpine Natural Gas L.P. from October 1999 through June 2005. In June 1997, Mr. Berilgen joined Sheridan Energy, a public oil and gas company, as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Berilgen attended the University of Oklahoma, receiving a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 1970 and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering / Management Science.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Reimer was elected as a director of Contango in 2005. Mr. Reimer is President of Freeport LNG Development, L.P, and has experience in exploration, production, liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) and business development ventures, both domestically and abroad. From 1986 until 1998, Mr. Reimer served as the senior executive responsible for the VICO joint venture that operated in Indonesia, and provided LNG technical support to P. T. Badak. Additionally, during these years he served, along with Pertamina executives, on the board of directors of the P.T. Badak LNG plant in Bontang, Indonesia. Mr. Reimer began his career with Exxon Company USA in 1967 and held various professional and management positions in Texas and Louisiana. Mr. Reimer was named President of Phoenix Resources Company in 1985 and relocated to Cairo, Egypt, to begin eight years of international assignments in both Egypt and Indonesia. Prior to joining Freeport LNG Development, L.P. in December 2002, Mr. Reimer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Treasurer | Current |
Mr. Brehmer has been a director of Contango since October 2000. Mr. Brehmer is Managing Director of Catalina Capital Advisors LP, a boutique financial advisory, merger and acquisition investment bank. From November 2002 until August 2004, he advised various energy and energy-related companies on corporate finance and merger and acquisition activities through Southplace, LLC. From May 1998 until November 2002, Mr. Brehmer was responsible for structured-finance energy related transactions at Aquila Energy Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Aquila, Mr. Brehmer founded Capital Financial Services, which provided mid-cap companies with strategic merger and acquisition advice coupled with prudent financial capitalization structures. Mr. Brehmer holds a BBA from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Director | Current |
Mr. Schoonover was elected as a director of Contango in 2005. Mr. Schoonover currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Cellxion, L.L.C., a company specializing in construction and installation of telecommunication buildings and towers, as well as the installation of high-tech telecommunication equipment. From 1990 until its sale in November 1997 to Telephone Data Systems, Inc., Mr. Schoonover served as President of Blue Ridge Cellular, Inc., a full-service cellular telephone company he co-founded. From 1983 to 1996, he served in various positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer, with Fibrebond Corporation, a construction firm involved in cellular telecommunications buildings, site development and tower construction. Mr. Schoonover has been awarded, on two occasions with two different companies, Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc Magazine and USA Today.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Contango Oil & Gas Co | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Contango Apparent High Bidder at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale No. 210 and Updates Operations
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