Chris Metcalf, CEO, ESP Resources Inc.
Mr. Metcalf , 39, is an executive with extensive private equity and investment banking experience, with expertise in early to growth stage oil and gas companies, along with many technology and financial services companies. He brings oil and gas investment and acquisition experience in west Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, Mr. Metcalf brings with him venture capital experience in advanced oil and gas discovery technologies, including 3D seismic interpretive software and new surface geochemical survey technologies. Moreover, Mr. Metcalf has expertise in advanced automated drilling rig technologies that are being used by major exploration and production companies. Mr. Metcalf has previously held investment positions at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund investments in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in emerging markets.
Mr. Metcalf received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business where he graduated with honors. Member of the California and Virginia State Bar Associations.
David Dugas, President, ESP Resources Inc.
Mr. Dugas, 52, has 30 years of professional engineering and management experience. Early in his career, Mr. Dugas gained petroleum engineering and senior management experience in the oil and gas industry holding positions of increasing responsibility in engineering and management responsibilities in the areas of production, drilling and reservoir exploitation along with property and acquisition evaluations, operations management and completion design with Chevron and Texas Pacific Oil and Gas. Mr. Dugas continued his management and engineering development as an owner and operator of several service companies supplying equipment, goods and consulting services to the oil and gas industry in North and South America, West Africa, and the Far East. Mr. Dugas was a founding member and co-owner of the company that became Ocean Energy, a NYSE listed company with a multi-billion dollar market capitalization. Mr. Dugas was the Executive Vice-President of the company with responsibility for the property acquisition, management, production and reservoir engineering functions of the company.
In November, 2006, Mr. Dugas founded ESP Resources, Inc. to provide petrochemicals and related services to the Oil and Gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma regions through a wholly-owned subsidiary, ESP Petrochemicals, Inc.
Mr. Dugas received his B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduating with highest honors. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, a lifetime member of Phi Beta Kappa, a member of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Society and is a licensed professional petroleum engineer in the state of Louisiana.
Tony Primeaux, President, ESP Petrochemicals Inc.
Mr. Primeaux, 53, has 32 years of professional experience in the value-added speciality chemical market. Mr. Primeaux began his career as a service and sales technician for a large petrochemical supplier to Oil and Gas companies along the Gulf Coast and was subsequently promoted to Operations Manager of the company. Mr. Primeaux became an owner/operator of a specialty chemical company in the 1980’s that was sold to a larger competitor after 11 years of successful operations. Mr. Primeaux has expertise in advanced interpretation and application petrochemical technologies having designed chemical programs to achieve maximum effectiveness in some of the most hostile environments in the operating world of production operations for the Oil and Gas industry.
Mr. Primeaux founded ESP Petrochemicals, Inc. in March, 2007 and currently serves as President of the organization. Mr. Primeaux merged ESP Petrochemicals with ESP Resources in June, 2008. Mr. Primeaux received a degree in Business Management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has furthered his education attending numerous industry sponsored courses in quality control and implementation, strategic planning and marketing, and drilling, production and workover chemistry programs.
William Cox, Director
Mr. Cox, 49, is an executive with extensive experience in the Oil and Gas industry having served in various capacities as a geologist and asset manager for 26 years. Mr. Cox currently serves as the Exploration Manager for Stone Energy Corporation; A NYSE listed Oil and Gas Company. His experience as an interpretation and exploration geologist has contributed significantly to the discovery of substantial Oil and Gas reserves in the offshore and deepwater Gulf of Mexico including development of opportunities in the East Breaks, Green Canyon, and Garden Banks regions of the Gulf of Mexico where water depths often exceed 5000’.
Mr. Cox received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is a Certified Petroleum Geologist and a Texas Board Certified Licensed Professional Geologist.
J. Scott Tyson, Director