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Mr. Markham is a professional geologist specializing evaluations and management of oil and gas plays in the mid-continental U.S. Since receiving his Masters of Geology Mr. Markham has focused on oil and gas plays. He began his career working with BEPCO ARCO and then TENNECO acting as geologist on a wide range of projects spanning over 12 years of development on leading plays including the Pinon Allen Hill Brunson Ranch J.D. Shale Brown Bassett Extension and NYY projects. During this period he directed 15 Ph D-level geologists and managed exploration budgets up to $21 million.
He has recently acted as Chief Geologist in charge of the supervision and generation of a 21 000 acre Pennsylvanian gas play in the Permian Basin. Mr. Markham was instrumental in the play’s development and finalized negotiations with the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma for drilling rights on 57-quarter sections (9 120 acres). He has been an independent oil and gas geologist managing project generation and evaluation for various industry and non-industry groups primarily in the Mid Continent.
Mr. Markham has successfully drilled and completed proprietary prospects (while providing the supervision of seismic leasing drilling completion and production activities) of 88 oil and gas wells (to 10 500’) in Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma. He was the generating geologist of a 5 TCFG overthrust play in Central Texas he Finalized a New Mexico San Andres stratigraphic play (50 to 100 MMBO at 4 000’) and a Permian Basin Devonian structural play and managed the screening and evaluation of Springer Atoka sub-basin prospects of the Anadarko Basin (3-D).
His work has been published in the American Gas Journal and he has been invited on a technical tour of the former Soviet Union to review oil and gas assets. He was also guest speaker at the American Association of Petroleum Landman’s (AAPL) Buying Oil and Gas Properties seminar. He continues to carry out Reserve Evaluation for non-industry groups including the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Wichita and Dallas Branches) and the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). | 