WHO WE ARE

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Ted W. Walters, Owner

Age:  60

Education:
BBA, The University of Texas at Austin , 1970
MBA, The University of Texas at Tyler , 1985

Work History:

September 1992 - Present

Ted W. Walters & Associates, Inc.
Contract Land Work in East Texas, North Texas (Barnett Shale), Southeast Texas, South Texas, West Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Louisiana, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oklahoma; acquisition of producing oil and gas interests and properties; acquisition, sale, and participation in Oil and Gas Exploration Prospects.

Enact, Inc.
Certified Environmental Inspector and Representative in Ark-La-Tex Area for Enact, Inc., environmental firm providing complete service beginning with Phase I Environmental Inspections through Phase III, cleanup and remediation.

August, 1987 - September 1992

Destiny Oil & Gas, Inc.
President & Chief Operating Officer of small oil and gas exploration company, involved in the acquisition and sale of drilling prospects in the East Texas Basin, the Mississippian Reef play in North Texas, and the Pennsylvanian play in New Mexico.

November 1976 - August, 1987

Herd Producing Company, Inc.
Served as Landman, Vice-President and Land Manager, Exploration Manager, and Executive Vice-President, respectively; also served as Executive Vice-President of Horizon Natural Gas Corporation (wholly owned pipeline subsidiary of Herd Producing Company, Inc.)

1974 - 1976
Contract Landman
Contract land work, lease trades, lease acquisitions, title work.

Industry Related Information:

  • Certified Environmental Inspector #8369, 1992
  • Certified Professional Landman #3105, May, 1982
  • Member EAA, AAPL, ETAPL, and ArkLaTex Landman's Associations
  • President ETAPL, 1983
  • Brantley Jackson Award Recipient, 1985 (Outstanding Landman, ETAPL)
  • AAPL Director, Region III, 1985 - 1987
  • Assistant Chairman, Industry Affairs Committee, AAPL, 1989-1990

Layne Gaddis


Jeremy Wheat

Age: 34

Education:
Attended ETSU
Member of ETAPL for 6 years

Work History:

February 2001 to Present

Ted W. Walters & Associates; contract land work in East texas, South Texas and North Western Louisiana, performing such tasks as initial lease checks, title research and curative, lease negotiations and document preparation, prospect status reports, purchasing right of ways or easements, settling surface damages, and various other projects as required. Crew Leader responsible for overseeing and analyzing the the everyday activities of twelve to sixteen other contract landmen, and reporting progress and status to clients.

Industry related information:

Notary Public since February, 2001
Licensed Right of Way Agent since 2001


Steve Haynes

Age: 52

Education: BBA, Texas A&M University, 1976

Work History:

Independent, CPL
(4/2002 - Present)
Tyler, Texas

LAND MANAGER
(8/1996 - 4/2002)
Fender Exploration & Production Co.
Tyler, Texas

BROKER
(5/1995 - 8/1996)
Shell Western E & P, Inc.
McAllen, Texas

VICE-PRESIDENT-LAND OPERATIONS (4/1986 -
5/1995)
V. F. Neuhaus Properties, Inc.
McAllen, Texas

COMPANY LANDMAN
(12/1983 - 4/1986)
Harris R. Fender (Thor Exploration)
Tyler, Texas

INDEPENDENT LANDMAN
(3/1983 - 12/1983)
Sesco Production Company
Longview, Texas

ASSISTANT TO DISTRICT LANDMAN
(12/1981 - 2/1983)
Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation
Tyler, Texas

INDEPENDENT RIGHT-OF-WAY AGENT
(6/1981 - 12/1981)
Tejas Gas Corporation
Corpus Christi, Texas

INDEPENDENT LANDMAN
(7/1980 - 6/1981)
R. C. Sinclair & Assoc.
Corpus Christi, Texas

INDEPENDENT LANDMAN
(1/1980 - 7/1980)
Coates Field Service, Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

MANAGEMENT
(9/1977 - 1/1980)
Coca Cola Beverages
Houston, Texas


Jason Hughes, Petroleum Landman

Age: 32

Education:
BBA, The University of Houston, 1997

Work History:

September 2003 to Present:

Ted W. Walters & Associates, Inc.


John Ballard McDonald

Age: 59

Education: BA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1974

Military: Served in Special Forces and honorably discharged December 21, 1970

Work History:

January, 2004 to Present:

Ted W. Walters & Associates

Elected County Judge of Anderson County in 1990. Appointed and elected to numerous positions for city of Palestine, Texas.