ROXANNA OIL COMPANY SENIOR MANAGMENT BIOS
Marlan W. Downey, Chairman of the Board, Roxanna Oil Company
Marlan had a thirty-year career with Shell Oil in management and research, retiring as President of Shell (Pecten) International in 1987. After a brief retirement during which he founded Roxanna Oil, he joined ARCO, serving as President of ARCO International for Seven years. After retiring from ARCO... [Read More]
Julie A. Garvin, President, Roxanna Oil Company
Julie Garvin joined Roxanna Oil Company as President in July 2005. She has twenty-three years of experience with Marathon Oil Company in a variety of technical and managerial positions. Early in her career, she was responsible for prospect generation and evaluation in the shelf and deepwater areas...[Read More]
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ROXANNA ASSOCIATES BIOS
Dr. R. Michael Lloyd, Geology Associate
Mike Lloyd is a world renowned carbonate geologist specializing in the exploration of carbonate rocks and the integration of geological, petrophysical and geophysical data for the identification of exploration opportunities. He has a broad knowledge of most of the hydrocarbon basins of North America and extensive experience in international exploration. Mike had a thirty-five year career with Shell Oil Company where he... [Read More]
David Nicklin, Geology Associate
David had a eighteen year career with ARCO, retiring in 1999 as Chief Geologist for their worldwide geosciences staff. He has both management and technical experience in developing new exploration ventures worldwide. He started his career at ARCO as a Senior Geologist developing exploration opportunities in Europe, Middle East and China. Later he became ARCO’s Chief Geologist for Asia and the Middle East Region where he supervised the development of... [Read More]
Larry Gordon, Geology Associate
Larry enjoyed a successful thirty-five year career with Shell and its international subsidiary, Pecten. He is a seasoned explorationist experienced in the identification of new opportunities. In 1977, he became New Venture Manager for Shell (Pecten) International focusing on... [Read More]
Dr. James D. Robertson, Geophysics Associate
Jamies' experience spans twenty-five years with ARCO. His career began as a PhD research geophysicist investigating the application of shear wave seismic technology to hydrocarbon exploration. He later became Vice President, Geoscience Operations responsible for providing exploration technical services and support in geology, geophysics and information technology to all ARCO’s exploration operations. Jamie was named Gulf of Mexico Geophysical Manager where he had oversight for the... [Read More]
Dr. John T. Smith, Geochemistry Associate
John has twenty-eight years experience with Shell Oil Company as a research scientist and consultant. His expertise is in hydrocarbon source rock and migration concepts as applied to the hydrocarbon potential of depositional basins. John began his career working on the Manhattan Project and later was a professor of chemistry at Rice University. He joined Shell in 1953 as a researcher on rock properties and fluid flow. He was named Manager of Chemistry Department, Shell E&P Research Division in 1958 where he focused on... [Read More]
Sidney Moran, Economics Associate
Sid’s career began with Shell Oil Company in Midland, TX where he spent fourteen years exploring in the Permian Basin. Sid’s talent and insight into economic analysis led him to a respected career in Shell Domestic and International Venture analysis group where he was responsible for the analysis of both exploration and development opportunities. After thirty-three years with Shell, Sid retired and embarked on a successful... [Read More]
John Farina, Reservoir Engineering Associate
John has over thirty-two years experience as a reservoir engineer with major oil companies and as an independent consultant. He began his career in 1968 for Shell Oil where he was Supervisor for workover and well completions groups. In 1976, he joined the team of Sneider and Meckel where he was Production Manager and Senior Engineer responsible for recommendations and oversight on completions and workovers primarily on onshore Gulf of Mexico projects. John became... [Read More]
Bill Wood, Land and Legal Associate
Bill is an oil and gas attorney who specializes in international negotiations, and is broadly experienced in domestic E&P law, contracts and regulations. His major strengths are in negotiating production sharing agreements with foreign governments and reviewing other contracts and agreements in the international environment. [Read More]
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Roxanna Associates is a subsidiary of Roxanna Oil Company and serves as an oil and gas consulting firm specializing in the search and review of exploration investment opportunities. The company utilizes industry recognized experts who function as an expanded temporary addition to your exploration staff, at a fraction of the cost of expanding in-house.
Roxanna Associates evaluates each opportunity on the basis of its technical merit, economic viability, and probability of success. These data are provided to the client in a formal compilation and supplemented with real-time communication on important fast moving opportunities.
Roxanna is unique in its readiness to undertake a working interest and participation in the projects that Roxanna formally recommends to clients. In other words, Roxanna “puts their money where their mouth is."
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