Byron E. Trust, PE - Chief Operating Officer

• BS in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1984
• Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana
• Hands-on field experience (Drilling, Completion & Production)
• Private equity experience
• Oilfield property evaluation experience
• Regional Expertise - Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas

Area of Expertise

Operations --> Drilling, Completion & Production

Drilling

• Location construction
• Vertical & horizontal well design & planning including contracts
• Vertical & horizontal drilling engineering
• Open hole logging
• Federal, state & local regulatory issues

Completion

• Multi & single stage completions
• Multi & single stage fracture treatment
• Artificial Lift design (pumping, gas lift, electrical submersible pumps)
• Production facility design including amine plant, glymine plant & dehydrator
• Pipeline & infrastructure design
• Saltwater disposal well & facility design
• Federal, state & local regulatory issues

Production

• Chemical treatment design
• Compressor design & installation
• Well design to optimize production
• Environmental safeguards & regulations
• Federal, state & local regulatory issues
• Pumper / well switcher hiring & day-to-day operating
• Well efficiency management