Management

Bob Firth - President

Bob FirthBob has had a distinguished 30-plus year career showcased by consistent achievements in driving growth, increasing revenues and profitability, and improving efficiency and productivity. Bob began his career with Northern Natural Gas and subsequently held operations, commercial, and management positions at Panda Resources, Transok, ScissorTail Energy, Spectrum Field Services, and Atlas Pipeline.

Bob has a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.A. in Business Leadership from Upper Iowa University. He continues to serve his alma mater as an adjunct instructor in Entrepreneurship & Leadership and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He is on the board of Junior Achievement of Eastern Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association.

 

 

 

Murray Papke - V.P. Engineering & Operations

David Hall
Murray has approximately 24 years of oil and gas industry experience. He began his career in Canada with Westcoast Petroleum as a production and midstream design engineer before joining Samson Canada in 1993 in a similar capacity. Murray then left Canada in 1996 with Samson to help facilitate a project in Venezuela before he was moved in 1997 to the corporate office in Oklahoma. Since 2000, Murray has held operations and senior management positions with start-up companies Primary Natural Resources I and Protégé Energy LLC, helping to grow and manage both entities through successful exit strategies. Murray brings experience in engineering and operations in both the midstream and upstream areas of the oil and gas industry.

Murray has a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa and a Diploma in Petroleum Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. 

 

 

 

Bill Everett - V.P. Business Development

David Hall
Bill has over 25 years experience in the energy industry primarily focused on marketing and business development.  Bill initially worked in the E&P side of the energy business before moving into the midstream sector with American Central Gas, Transok and Pacer Energy.

 

Bill has a B.S. degree in Accounting from Kansas State University.  He is a member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Natural Gas and Energy Association of Oklahoma, the Gas Processors Association and is on the Board of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Oklahoma Chapter.

  

 

 

 

 

 

David Hall - V.P. Administration & Finance

David has thirty years experience in the natural gas industry. He has held accounting, finance, corporate planning and management positions with Amoco Production, Transok, ScissorTail Energy, Spectrum Field Services and Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent.

David has a B.S. in finance from Oklahoma State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Tulsa. David is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Management Accountants. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Natural Gas and Energy Association of Oklahoma.

 

Jaime Haberer - EH&S & Regulatory Affairs

David Hall
Jaime has over 10 years of combined project management and data analysis experience in environmental research, consulting, academics, and oil and gas.  Jaime began her career with Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center in Miami, FL as a research coordinator, focusing on organic and inorganic chemistry.  She later worked for the University of Texas at Austin as an academic and outreach coordinator for the UT Marine Science Institute and later as a project manager in environmental consulting. 

Jaime received a B.S. degree in biochemistry from Texas Tech University followed by a M.S. degree in Marine Science-biogeochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin.   She is a member of the Natural Gas and Energy Association of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Gas Processors Association, the American Chemical Society and the American Geophysical Union.  

 

 

 

Becky Farley - Controller

David Hall
Becky has approximately thirty years of experience in the oil and gas industry.  She began her career with William Graham Oil Company in Wichita, Kansas and subsequently worked at Graham-Michaelis, Koch Industries, and then nineteen years at Zinke & Trumbo, Inc., which later became known as Zenergy, Inc.   Becky’s experience is primarily within the accounting group as Controller, but she also has extensive gas marketing, human resources, benefits, and risk management experience.