Mr. Millican is a top-level geologist/seismic interpreter, skilled in the integration of seismic interpretation, subsurface geology, and reservoir rock properties with 35 years of experience in Texas, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico with specialized experience in salt dome and sub-salt exploration/exploitation and interpretation. Mr. Millican has interpreted 3-D and 2-D seismic on SMT, Petrel, GeoQuest, Landmark, and Geographix workstations since the late 1980’s with special emphasis placed on working within a multi-discipline team.

Mr. Millican’s career began in 1979 with Exxon Company U.S.A. as an associate geologist for three years. He then moved on to Elf Exploration Inc. where he continued prospect development work in the Gulf of Mexico. While with Elf, Mr. Millican generated over two dozen prospects which led to discoveries in the Brazos, West Cameron, Matagorda Island, and High Island areas of over 10 MMBO and 94 BCF. Between 1996 and 2000, Mr. Millican worked offshore for Allied Natural Gas in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore for Roberson Oil Co.

In 2001 Mr. Millican began working with Devon Energy Co. where he performed numerous subsurface offshore geological and geophysical studies and developed deepwater prospects at Orion (MC 110) and Firebird (MC 661-705).

Mr. Millican joined Texas Standard Oil Company in 2010. While with Texas Standard, Mr. Millican originated several prospects on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Mr. Millican left Texas Standard in 2012 and went to work for Cathexis Oil & Gas, where he developed several prospects in South Louisiana. Mr. Millican returned to the Texas Standard Oil team in 2015.

Mr. Millican holds a BS in Geology from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, LA. He is a member of the AAPG and SEG and is licensed with the Texas Board of Geologists and has Co-authored “The Use of Immersive 3D Technology and Acoustic Impedance Inversion to Drive Real-time Geo-steering of a Horizontal Well”, AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 88, No. 13.

Susana serves as a Joint Account Manager at Texas Standard Oil, supporting vendor management, accounts payable, and operational coordination across the company’s joint interest projects. With over four years of experience in administrative and financial roles, she brings a detail-oriented approach to handling invoicing, credit applications, and reporting.

Prior to joining Texas Standard Oil, Susana worked in the freight and logistics sector and held various administrative roles. She holds a degree in International Business from Universidad del Norte in Colombia and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Originally from Colombia, Susana now lives in Houston with her husband and enjoys discovering good coffee spots, organizing anything she can get her hands on, and helping bring clarity to complex processes.

Ms. Johnson joined Texas Standard Oil Company in 2001. She has since been responsible for all aspects of general ledger and operations accounting for Texas Standard Oil LLC and its affiliated entities. In addition to her accounting duties, she handles all office administration tasks.

She began her career as a JIB analyst with Fina Oil & Chemical followed by several years at ARCO Oil & Gas with responsibilities ranging from leasehold to inventory control. Ms. Johnson then joined First Reserve Oil & Gas where she performed general ledger, payroll, audit coordinator, tax support and accounts payable functions. After the sale of First Reserve’s asset portfolio, she worked at Enron Capital Resources to summarize joint interest activity and generate financial statements. For several months into her tenure at Enron, Ms. Johnson was contracted to finalize the First Reserve operations and administrative functions.

Ms. Johnson graduated from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business with a BBA in Accounting. While working full-time she passed all four parts of the Texas CPA exam at one sitting and went on to earn an MBA in Management at Amber University.

Mr. Roberson serves as Vice President of Finance and Business Development at Texas Standard. Prior to joining Texas Standard, he spent four years in investment banking roles with Citigroup and Pickering Energy Partners where he focused on upstream M&A and corporate valuation. During his time as an investment banker Mr. Roberson advised on transactions throughout the energy value chain totaling over $4 billion. He began his career in corporate finance serving as Vice President of Investor Relations with Dennard Lascar IR, a boutique investor relations advisory firm serving oil and gas clients.

Mr. Roberson is a 2015 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and holds an MBA from Rice University. A native Houstonian, Mark resides in Houston with his wife and two children.

Mr. Roberson, a Certified Professional Landman, began his career as an independent landman working for Dudley Land Company in the Permian Basin in January, 2018.

In addition to many other projects, he worked on a large, in-house asset evaluation and divestiture project for the Midland, Texas-based Endeavor Energy Resources for ten months. During this time, he evaluated numerous properties across counties in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to determine ownership and interests in order to prepare the company for sale. He has worked on projects, large and small, for Occidental Petroleum, SM Energy, PDC Energy, and Colgate Energy, among many others. He has performed title work in a majority of the county courthouses in the Permian Basin.

Mr. Roberson has worked thoroughly with the BLM on federal leasehold and the New Mexico State Land Office on New Mexico state leases as well as the General Land Office on Texas state leases. He has extensive experience working through and with the New Mexico Oil & Gas regulatory bodies to approve all kinds of projects and keep Texas Standard Oil within the regulatory boundaries of the State of New Mexico. This includes many applications to the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division for pooling, unorthodox permitting of wells, large-scale unitization and contested well and drilling pad locations. He has also developed relationships with the New Mexico State Land Office and works closely with various divisions within that office often.

Mr. Roberson is a 2017 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Energy Management Program. He is also a member of the AAPL, PBLA, DAPL and NMOGA. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Matt currently resides in Dallas with his wife and child. He travels often to New Mexico, Houston and Midland for business, or wherever else there is work to be done.

Murray Dighans serves as Vice President of Geology at Texas Standard Oil, bringing more than 15 years of industry experience across key U.S. basins.

Prior to joining Texas Standard Oil, Murray held several senior subsurface leadership roles at Endeavor Energy Resources in Midland, Texas, including Operations Geology Manager, Geology Manager, and SWD Asset Manager. In these roles, he contributed to reservoir characterization, seismicity mitigation, and asset optimization. Before Endeavor, Murray advanced through technical and leadership positions at SM Energy, working on both Williston and Midland Basin assets.

Murray has authored and co-authored multiple technical papers and presentations focused on reservoir characterization and water management contributing to industry knowledge and best practices in unconventional resource development.

He holds a B.S. in Geology from Rocky Mountain College, an M.S. in Geology from the University of Texas Permian Basin, and an M.E. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.

He and his wife reside in Midland, Texas, with their two sons. Outside of work, Murray enjoys restoring classic cars and exploring West Texas on ATVs.

Mr. Gibbon has over 40 years’ experience in reserve estimating, economic analyses, and reservoir engineering. Before joining Texas Standard Oil, Mr. Gibbon was Vice President of Tall City Exploration, a highly successful Permian Basin oil company backed by Denham Capital. Tall City made a major, successful extension of the Wolfcamp horizontal play in the Midland Basin with a 68 mile step out into northern Howard County.

Before joining Tall City, he was Sr. Vice President at Ryder Scott Company, L.P., leading multi-disciplinary teams of experts and providing consulting and evaluation services for clients such as Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas, Mariner Energy, Apache Corporation, Chevron USA, and many other public and private companies and investors.

Mr. Gibbon began his professional career with Tenneco Oil Company, followed by employment at Pogo Producing Company, North Central Oil Corporation, and Texas General Petroleum Corp.

He founded and managed his own petroleum consulting firm, IDM Engineering, Inc., for more than 10 years before returning to the direct E&P side of the business with assignments at Tatham Offshore, Inc. and Harken Energy Corp.

Mr. Gibbon graduated with a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Texas and Louisiana and is a member of SPE, the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, where he served as Houston Chapter Chairman and as a member of the national Board of Directors.

Mr. Kincaid joined Texas Standard Oil LLC in May 2024 as President of its midstream subsidiary, Texas Standard Midstream LLC where he is responsible for all commercial, regulatory and operational aspects of its oil & gas marketing and pipeline operations.  Mr. Kincaid has over 39 years of experience, the most significant of which has been in the oil & gas industry in executive management and board of director roles with both public and private companies.  Mr. Kincaid has also been an institutional investor in the industry.

Mr. Kincaid has oil and gas executive management experience with TPC Corporation (NYSE:  TPC) from 1991 to 1997, which was engaged in natural gas marketing, underground gas storage and offshore gas gathering.  From 2010 to 2019, he also served as EVP-CFO and a board member of Trinity CO2 Investments LLC in Midland, Texas, which was engaged in carbon dioxide pipeline transportation and marketing, along with enhanced oil recovery operations.  Mr. Kincaid served in oil & gas investing roles with EnCap Investments Inc. and with Haddington Ventures, LLC, both in Houston, Texas.  He has also served on two public company boards, Regency Gas Partners, LP (midstream gas) and Contour Energy (upstream E&P), and recently completed his role as an independent board member for NorTex Midstream Partners, a company engaged in underground gas storage that was sold to Williams in 2022.

Mr. Kincaid began his career in banking and investment banking roles at the former First City National Bank of Houston.

Mr. Kincaid is a native of Houston, Texas, and has lived in Midland, Texas since 2012.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and an MBA from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.  He is married to the former Janet Corey of Meridian, Mississippi and has 3 wonderful adult children, a daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and 5 grandchildren.

Mr. Sharman is Executive Vice President, co-founder, and co-owner of Texas Standard Oil LLC. Mr. Sharman has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas business, including offshore operations in the Federal OCS waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and over 40 years of experience as a practicing oil and gas lawyer.

Prior to his current activities, Mr. Sharman was part owner and Vice President, then President (as of February 1, 2008) of Texas Standard Oil Company, a privately owned, independent oil and gas non-operating company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in Federal OCS waters of the Gulf of Mexico as well as in the Permian Basin and onshore Texas and Louisiana. Texas Standard Oil Company was formed as part of a publicly registered roll-up of the overriding royalty interests of the publicly traded Freeport-McMoRan Offshore Royalty Trust and the underlying working interests then owned by IMC Global, Inc. The assets were sold and it was liquidated in 2010.

In his private practice of law in the oil and gas transactional and energy finance sectors, Mr. Sharman has represented independents in the financing of the acquisition and development of oil and gas assets, on both debt and equity basis (including $300 million financing of a large domestic independent’s SPE, representing a large German commercial bank that was co-lead on the facility), primarily in Texas and Federal waters offshore Texas and Louisiana.

From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Sharman was Vice President then President of Allied Natural Gas Corporation, a privately owned, independent oil and gas company engaged in the development and production of oil and natural gas in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including operations (operated three platforms), financing (production payment lending coupled with gas marketing rights), and acquisitions (negative value/surety transactions).

Before 1995, Mr. Sharman worked solely as an attorney with various firms in Houston, Texas, including Butler & Binion, Reynolds, Allen & Cook, Oaks, Hartline & Honey and Campbell, Zukowski, Bresenhan & Woods, practicing in the oil and gas transactional and energy finance area and in litigation support.

Mr. Sharman began his career in 1978 as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas under then Attorney General Mark White.

Mr. Sharman received his BA, cum laude from Vanderbilt University and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

Mr. Roberson is President, co-founder, and co-owner of Texas Standard Oil LLC, formed in 2013.

Mr. Roberson has over 40 years of oil and gas experience. With a focus on exploratory prospect origination, drilling, completing and production operations management. Mr. Roberson began drilling in the Permian Basin in 1984 and has been an operator in the Permian Basin since 1987. While continuing to drill in the Permian Basin, he also originated prospects, drilled and was an operator and/or producer in the offshore federal OCS waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, and the East Texas Basin.

Mr. Roberson began his career with National Supply in 1980 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business with a BBA in Marketing. He returned to the University of Texas at Austin and conducted post-graduate work in Geology and Petroleum Land Management before beginning work as a staff landman with Gulf Oil Company in 1982.

In 1987, Mr. Roberson co-founded Pecos Petroleum Company and served as President of the company from its inception until its dissolution in 2001. Pecos Petroleum achieved its success by assembling and operating both developmental and exploratory prospects. During its time, Pecos Petroleum discovered or extended 14 fields and operated or participated in the production of over 7.2 MMBOE. Pecos Petroleum operated the drilling and/or completion of over 70 wells prior to 2001.

Mr. Roberson was president and co-owner of Texas Standard Oil Company, an offshore oil & gas production company formed in 2001 which acquired the Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas Royalty trust (was traded on NYSE) and its related working interest by becoming publicly registered through the SEC and making an exchange offer. The acquired properties were located in the Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Standard Oil Company was liquidated in 2010 and Mr. Roberson subsequently acquired all of the outstanding shares.

Mr. Roberson is a member of the AAPL, the Permian Basin Landman Association, the Houston Association of Professional Landmen, the West Texas Geological Society, the Houston Geological Society, SPE: Permian Basin & Gulf Coast Sections and ADAM Permian. Mr. Roberson and his wife of 33 years, Idylette Roberson have 3 sons and 2 grandsons and are members of Houston’s First Baptist Church.