Resume

• 2015

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Corpus Christi

  Texas Area

  Taught Geophysics

  Geology

  and Physics courses of all manner and form such as Seismic Interpretation

  Intermediate Geophysics

  Physical Geology

  Geomorphology

  Minerals

  Invertebrate Paleontology

  Newtonian Physics

  Field Work

  Professor

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• 2001

  John

  Chesnut

  Chesnut Oil and Gas

  Inc.

  COG

  Inc.

  President

  Corpus Chriti

  TX

  Managed company as President and found at present 50 BCF natural gas and gas products by designing 3D shoot over old Midway Field. Impressed EOG Resources

  Inc. with 3D success and partnered through JOA for EOG to drill and frac expensive deep wells for bonus

  back-in

  and royalties. COG operated shallower wells. Up to 25 wells were drilled before downturn in 2014.

  Chesnut Oil and Gas

  Inc.

• 1998

  COG

  Inc.

  MAPCO Express

  Tulsa

  Oklahoma Area

  Responsible for developing downstream strategy to corporate through presentation of economic models for investment in refineries and convenience stores throughout Eastern U.S. Traveled to many refineries and C-stores to investigate potential and develop economics.

  Corporate Planning Analyst

  MAPCO Express

  President

  Coastal Bend Geological Society

• 1991

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  Obtained while working and paid for by Exxon.

  Finance

  General

  University of Houston

• 1989

  ExxonMobil

  Houston

  Texas Area

  Trained at EPR in seismic survey design

  rock physics

  reservoir characterization

  seismic attribute analysis

  sedimentary facies prediction. Developed prospects in Miocene offshore Louisiana

  near Vermilion Bay

  deep structures in Grayson County

  TX

  and onshore/offshore Gabon

  Africa.

  Senior Geophysicist

  ExxonMobil

• 1987

  Master's degree

  Thesis: Structure and Seismic Stratigraphy of Vermilion

  South Marsh Island

  and South Marsh Island South Addition

  OCS

  Gulf of Mexico

  Geophysics and Seismology

  AAPG

  AGU

  GSA

  SPE

  Texas A&M University

  John Chesnut

  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

  American Geophysical Union

  Geological Society of America

  Society of Petroleum Engineers

• 1979

  Spanish

  Bachelor's degree

  Geology/Earth Science

  General

  University of California

  Santa Barbara

• Petrophysics

  Natural Gas

  Geophysics

  Characterization

  Seismology

  Oil & Gas

  Upstream

  Geology

  Stratigraphy

  Gas

  Chesnut