Scope & Range of Services

1987-2005 Pipeline Equities, Houston , Texas 
 
Bought, sold, evaluated and appraised operating crude, natural gas and product pipelines for company account. Acted as agent for Exxon, Occidental, Texaco, Arco and Koch and others. Engaged in the purchase and deconstruction [removal] of 3 million feet of pipelines and associated gas plants, refineries, and crude oil terminals. Responsible for overall projects including procurement, inspection, evaluation, hiring of supervisory personnel, environmental issues, compliance, landowner relations, and right-of-way issues as well as marketing in U. S. and exporting to China and India and other markets. 
 
1983-1987 Tradex Tubulars, Houston , Texas and Anchorage , Alaska 
 
Purchased surplus and used oilfield tubulars on North Slope and Kenai , Alaska. Refurbished and sold in the United States and Canada and other markets. Responsible for purchasing, plugging and abandoning depleted oil and gas wells for salvage in Texas and Louisiana for company account. Responsible for marketing resulting pipe and equipment. 
 
1972-1983 Tradex Petroleum Services, Houston , Texas  
 
Bought, sold, fabricated, unitized, and exported oilfield drilling and production equipment to contractors in U. S. , South America, Central America, and Persian Gulf [ Iran ]. Packaged mud pumps and other components as well as complete drilling rig packages to customer specifications with combined new, used, and rebuilt equipment. Initiated and maintained extensive electronic database of worldwide petroleum industry. 
 
1977 – 1979 Southwest Supply, Houston , Texas  
 
Served as President and CEO of general-purpose oilfield pipe and supply with nine stores throughout South Texas and Louisiana . 
 
1972 – 1983 Tradex Publications, Houston , Texas 
 
Published Tradex , a journal of used oilfield equipment, which was distributed throughout the world (15,000 copies.) Also published 30 titles of oilfield directories and technical manuals including Whole World Oil Directory , Alaska Petroleum and Industrial Directory , Texas Drilling Permits, Texas Petrodata Report and Southwest Petrodata Report via electronic publishing related database marketing. 
 
1968 – 1970 Western Company of North America  
 
City Sales and Technical Field Representative; downhole services 
 
1964 – 1972 S.H. Howell Drilling Company, Alice , Texas  
 
Partner in exploration, drilling, production, and work over in South Texas for company account. Drilled, re-entered and worked over 146 wells in South Texas. 
 
Education 
 
Texas A&M University – Kingsville , B.A. Political Science (International Relations) 
 
University of Texas Petroleum Technology School ; Pipeline Technology Certificate 
 
Program majoring in petroleum technology, technical aspects of hydraulics and pipeline construction, coatings, transportation and distribution. 
 
Various certificate programs in oil and gas appraisal, well log analysis, oil and gas accounting and production and completion methods. 
 
Academic programs in language, culture and foreign trade at: 
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F.; University of the Americas, Mexico D. F.; Inter-American University, Saltillo, Mexico; Cultura Lenguas (CLIC), Seville, Spain; Intensa (Language), San Jose, Costa Rica; Academia de Espanol, Quito , Ecuador