BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$299.9M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Copano Energy (NASDAQ: CPNO) Founded in 1992 with a single 23-mile pipeline, Copano has grown through more than 20 acquisitions and major construction projects to become a leading independent midstream services provider in the South Texas Gulf Coast region.
Number of Employees 50
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas: 486210
Recent Events
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Copano Energy Chairman, CEO John Eckel Passes Away; Co. Names Successors - Quick Facts
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Kinder Morgan, Copano Unveil Eagle Ford Shale Venture
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Kinder Morgan, Copano Unveil Eagle Ford Shale Venture
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Copano Energy names Carl A. Luna CFO
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John R. Eckel Jr. | CEO |
| R Bruce Northcutt | President |
| Matthew J Assiff | Cfo |
| Wayne S Harrison | Chief Information Officer |
| Ron W. Bopp | Senior Vice President, Corporate Development |
| Carl A. Luna | Vice President, Finance |
| Douglas Lawing | Vice President |
| J Terrell White | Vice President, Operations |
| Kathryn S. De Young | Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs |
| Lari Paradee | Vice President and Controller |
| Lee R Fiegener | Vice President, Field Operations Scissortail Ener |
| Steven A. Webster | Director |
| William L. Thacker | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ernie L. Danner | Conflicts Committee Chairman |
"John R. Eckel, Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, founded our business in 1992 and served as our President and Chief Executive Officer until April 2003, when he was elected to his current position. Mr. Eckel serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Texas Pipeline Association. Mr. Eckel also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Oak Reserves, Inc., which he founded in 1986, and which, with its affiliates, is engaged in oil and gas exploration and production in South Texas. Mr. Eckel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and was employed in various corporate finance positions in New York prior to entering the energy industry in 1979. "
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | CEO | Current |
| Copano Energy | Board Chairman | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Chairman & CEO | Former |
| Live Oak Reserves | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Live Oak Reserves | President | Former |
| Copano Energy | President | Former |
| Copano Energy | Founder | Former |
| Copano Energy | Board Director | Former |
| Columbia University | Bachelors Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | President | Current |
| CD Shoot | President and Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | President & COO | Former |
| Copano Energy | Coo | Former |
| Co-Production | Former | |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor of Science Degree In Petroleum Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Senior Vice President, CFO | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| CD Shoot | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Copano Energy | Cfo | Current |
| National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships | Board of Directors | Current |
| Copano Energy | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | Vice President | Former |
| Credit Suisse | Vice President | Former |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | Associate | Former |
| Landmark Graphics Corporation | Former | |
| Compaq Computer Corporation | Former | |
| Harvard Business School | MBA | Former |
| Columbia University | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Chief Information Officer | Current |
| Copano Energy | Vice President | Former |
| Energy Dynamics | Consultant | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Senior Vice President, Corporate Development | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Senior Vice President, Corporate Development | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Senior Vice President, Corp Development | Current |
| Shell Oil Company | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Shell US Gas & Power, LLC | Vice President, Onshore Assets | Former |
| Shell Oil Company | Vice President | Former |
| The University of Houston | Masters Degree | Former |
| The University of Houston | Bba | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Reserves | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Copano Energy | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| CD Shoot | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Texas Commerce Bank | Assistant Vice President | Former |
| Texas Commerce Bank | Analyst | Former |
| Copano Energy | Financial Consultant | Former |
| Rice University | Master of Business Administration Degree | Former |
| Texas A&M University | Bachelor of Business Administration Degree In Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| CD Shoot | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Current |
| Copano Energy | Vice President | Current |
| Copano Energy | Secretary | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | General Counsel & Vice President | Former |
| Copano Energy | General Counsel | Former |
| Nabors Industries, Inc. | Associate Counsel | Former |
| Washington and Lee University | J.D. | Former |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Senior Director, Operations Services | Former |
| Copano Energy | Senior Director, Operations Services | Former |
| University of St. Thomas | NA | Former |
| The University of Houston | NA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Vice President and Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Copano Energy | Vice President, Field Operations Scissortail Ener | Current |
Ernie L. Danner is President and Chief Operating Officer and is a member of the board of directors. He has served as a director since the acquisition of Tidewater Compression Service, Inc. in 1998. Mr. Danner served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Universal from 1998 until 2007, including Executive Vice President from 1998 to 2007 and Chief Operating Office from 2006 to 2007. Prior to joining Universal, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of MidCon Corp. (an interstate pipeline company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation). Mr. Danner also serves as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of Exterran GP LLC. Additionally, Mr. Danner is a director of Copano Energy, LLC (a natural gas gathering and processing company) and Anchor Drilling Fluids, Inc. (a privately held company providing drilling fluid services to exploration and production companies). He serves as a member of the Board of Trustrees of the John Cooper School in the Woodlands, Texas, and as an officer and director of certain majority-owned subsidiaries of Exterran.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Exterran Holdings, Inc. | President & Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Copano Energy | Conflicts Committee Chairman | Current |
| Exterran Partners, L.P. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Board Member | Current |
| Exterran Holdings, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Exterran Holdings, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Universal Compression, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Exterran Partners, L.P. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Copano Energy | Board Director | Former |
| Rice University | MA | Former |
| Rice University | BA | Former |
Steven A. Webster has served as a director since May 2005. Mr. Webster has been President and Co-Managing Partner of Avista Capital Partners LP, a partnership focusing on private equity investments in energy, media, healthcare and other industries, since June 2005. Since 2000, he has been a consultant to Global Energy Partners, an affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, which has specialized in private equity investments in the energy industry. From 2000 to June 2005, he served as Chairman of Global Energy Partners. From 1998 to 1999, he served as President and CEO of R&B Falcon Corporation, a marine contract drilling company. From 1988 through 1997, Mr. Webster was Chairman and CEO of Falcon Drilling Company Inc., a company he founded. Mr. Webster has been a financial intermediary since 1979 and an active investor since 1984 in the energy sector. He currently serves as Chairman of Basic Energy Services, Carrizo, Pinnacle Gas Resources and Solitario Resources He remains a Trust Manager of Camden and is a Director of Encore Bancshares, Frontier Drilling, Geokinetics, Grey Wolf, Laramie Energy, MedServe, Peregrine Oil & Gas and Seacor Holdings.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Avista Capital Holdings | President & Co-Managing Partner | Current |
| Global Energy Partners, LLC | Managing Director | Current |
| Avista Capital Partners LLC | Co-Managing Partner | Former |
| Global Energy Partners, LLC | Consultant | Current |
| Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Basic Energy Inc | Chairman | Current |
| Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| American Ref-Fuel Company | Chairman | Current |
| Laredo Energy LP | Board of Directors | Current |
| Geophysical Development Corporation | Member of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Encore Bank | Director | Current |
| Envirosolve | Board Member | Current |
| Geokinetics, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Peregrine Oil and Gas | Director | Current |
| North Coast Gas Transmission, LLC | Director | Current |
| SEACOR Holdings Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Medserve, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Seabulk International, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Med-Shred, Inc | Board Member | Current |
| Guardian Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Copano Energy | Director | Current |
| Goodrich Petroleum Corporation | Director | Current |
| Laramie Energy, LLC | Director | Current |
| Frontier Drilling | Director | Current |
| Brigham Exploration Company | Director | Current |
| Hercules Offshore, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hercules Offshore, Inc. | Committee Member | Current |
| Falcon Drilling | CEO | Former |
| Falcon Ltd | CEO | Former |
| Transocean Ltd | Founder | Former |
| Falcon Drilling | Founder | Former |
| Falcon Drilling | Chairman | Former |
| Global Energy Partners, LLC | Chairman | Former |
| Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Grey Wolf, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Crown Resources Corp | Chairman | Current |
| Harvard Business School | Mba | Former |
| Purdue University | BS Degree | Former |
| Purdue University | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CD Shoot | Current | |
| Mirant Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Live Oak Reserves | Board Member | Current |
| Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co | Director | Current |
| Copano Energy | Director | Current |
| Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC | President | Former |
| Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| TEPPCO Partners, L.P. | Former | |
| Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC | Chairman | Former |
| Lamar University | Masters of Business Administration Degree | Former |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree | Former |
Executive News
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Exterran Holdings to Present at Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference
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Copano Energy Expands Commodity Hedging Portfolio
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Exterran begins layoff of 274 workers
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending August 21
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