Bruce Berwager, PE Oil & Gas Executive ~ Mergers & Acquisitions Evaluator
Asset Manager ~ Subsurface Leader

Innovative and proven leader with 26 years of progressive experience in upstream oil and gas engineering and management roles leading highly successful field development, acquisitions, exploration, and commercial projects with UNOCAL, Conoco, and Venoco. Value-driven, collaborative decision maker with strong knowledge of technical, operational, political, and commercial aspects of business. Track record of success in start-up, turn-around, and growth business opportunities.

• Collaborative leader — achieves superior team performance by building consensus and commitment to corporate goals. Firm believer in mentoring and developing talented employees. Hands-on as needed.
• Value driven – utilizes strong business acumen to capture value in all aspects of value chain and make adjustments to business processes to achieve superior results and continuous improvement.
• Accomplished negotiator – Completes highly complex and successful M&A and commercial deals by finding the win/win solutions to make them happen.
• Strategic thinker — initiates broad-based plans for growth and sustained performance.

Key Competencies
Organizational Leadership, New Ventures Evaluation & Negotiations, Upstream Business Development, International Operations, Field Appraisal & Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Subsurface /Reservoir Technology, Offshore Operations

Professional Experience:

BEAM Consulting Services, Santa Barbara, CA October 2004-present
Founder and Principal — Consulting Petroleum Engineer

• Upstream petroleum and LNG industry focus.
• Reserve valuation, reservoir studies, field development planning, operational, business development, and management services.

American Red Cross Volunteer- Disaster Relief Efforts September 2004

• Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne disaster relief volunteer in Vero Beach, FL.
• Coordinated logistical support for several mass care shelters and kitchens.

Venoco, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, September 1997-June 2004

Chief Operating Officer August 2003-June 2004
Accountable company's ongoing operations, including Profit/Loss, HSE, land/business development, drilling, operations, pipelines, real estate, and asset technical teams.

• Led an organization of 170 technical, operational, and professional employees with responsibility for an annual budget of approximately $75 MM.
• Represented company with banks, equity & business partners, government agencies, and community.
• Served as Director on company's Board, Emergency Incident Commander, representative to Western States Petroleum Association, and as Trustee for Employee Benefits Plans.
Key Accomplishments

• Developed strategies and plans that grew annual revenues by 25+% to over $130 MM and EBITDA by 28% from $36 MM to $46 MM while reducing net debt by $20+ MM.
• Restructured organization and revised key business processes to improve effectiveness and reduce cost structure. Achieved a 10% cost reduction while improving accountability and operational results.
• Negotiated complex business arrangements with business partners and government agencies including a platform rental agreement for an LNG receiving terminal, various agreements for brownfield entitlement and redevelopment, access agreements with gas transporters, and a JV agreement for a biomass methane project.
• Initiated and chaired Corporate Safety Steering Committee that achieved 50% reduction in lost time accidents rate.

Vice President-Offshore Business Unit June 2001-July 2003
Accountable for exploration, development, operations, and commercial aspects of company's assets in the Santa Barbara Channel. Oversight of 3 operated PDQ platforms, 2 onshore sour gas processing plants, coastal oil pipeline systems, marine terminal, piers, coastal real estate, and offshore logistical support.

• Led organization of 100+ technical and operational employees with annual budget of $50 MM.
• Provided guidance and leadership to Operations, Development, Exploration, Business Development, and Logistics managers/teams.
• Developed budgets and business plans and strategies for value growth of offshore assets.
Key Accomplishments

• Successfully executed multiple offshore drilling and facility modification projects that resulted in a production increase of 20% over two years.
• Negotiated complex agreements with government agencies and others to relocate gas odorant and metering facilities, remediate and monetize brownfield coastal real estate, and to tie in additional fields to plant for gas processing.
• Evaluated several new business opportunities including investment in the LNG import business, joint ventures on drilling projects, and logistics and support sharing.
• Successfully led efforts to prevent Santa Barbara County from passing an Amortization Ordinance which would have shut-down Venoco's Ellwood Onshore Processing Plant.

Director of Corporate Development February 2000-May 2001
Accountable for development of strategies and tactics to monetize non-core assets and acquire additional core assets. Responsible for screening and evaluating business opportunities for company.

• Led formulation of an International Business Development strategy for company.
• Evaluated field redevelopment opportunities in Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Surinam, and Guatemala. Evaluated CBM drilling projects in the Powder River and San Juan Basins.
• Developed marketing brochure to promote Venoco to various merger and business partners.
• Screened and conducted merger inquiries with several domestic and international companies.
Key Accomplishments

• Acquired 50% interest in 650,000 acre exploration and redevelopment block in Argentina's Neuquen Basin from Unocal.
• Negotiated a donation of 30 acres of surplus land to the Trust for Public Lands in exchange for $13.5 MM of tax credits under the Natural Heritage Preservation Act.
• Successfully petitioned FERC for a tariff increase on Ventura Oil Pipeline System based on cost of service, increasing 3rd party revenue by about $500,000/yr., or 150%.
• Evaluated, negotiated, and completed sale of company's former Santa Barbara headquarters office for a significant profit

Asset Manager-Santa Barbara Channel March 1999- February 2000

• Integrated assets acquired from Chevron into Venoco's existing offshore operations.
• Led the recruitment and hiring of 50 operations and 6 technical/managerial staff.
• Facilitated the development of initial work plans, budgets, and operating manuals.
• Communicated and led the implementation of operating and development plans for these assets.
• Turned the marginal Sockeye field into Venoco's highest cashflow asset with costs down 35% and production up 25% since the acquisition. This acquisition alone has gained over $200 million net to Venoco and has a significant remaining value to the company.
• Through a long and complex process, turned around Venoco's South Ellwood field and plant operations resulting in a significant improvement in uptime, safety, and compliance.
• Developed the company's first operating and capital budgets.

Acquisition Manager September 1997-March 1999

• Led evaluation and negotiation of several large acquisitions ($30-300 MM) including Oxy's Oklahoma fields, Mitchell's Boone Field, Texaco's Sacramento and Los Angeles Basins fields, Unocal Cook Inlet fields, Chevron's Pt. Arguello and Santa Barbara Channel assets, and Chevron's Sacramento Delta assets.
• Successfully acquired over $150 MM of assets. Most notable was Chevron's Santa Barbara Channel assets including 3 offshore fields and multiple exploration prospects, coastal real estate, oil and gas processing facilities, and pipeline systems.
• Performed annual reserve assessments and presentations to banks and equity investors.
• Taught economics and risk assessment courses within company.

Conoco, Inc. Stavanger, Norway; Dubai, UAE; and Midland, TX 1986-1997

Asset & Special Projects Supervisor, Midland, TX March 1996-September 1997

• Led team in acquisition/trade evaluation of $225MM of Amoco's San Juan Basin assets.
• Led Val Verde Basin exploration and development team.
• Developed strategies and joint ventures for Conoco's 450,000 acre leasehold position.
• Led successful Packingham Strawn field development and gathering system build-out.
• Economically increased production from 30 MMCFD to 75 MMCFD with development.
• Supervised engineers and operations personnel working several mature Permian Basin fields, including the Fuhrman-Nix and North Cowden, with production of 3000 BOEPD.

Operating Unit Manager/Venture Coordinator, Stavanger, Norway August 1990-March 1996

• Oversaw Conoco's 20% WI in the billion barrel Heidrun field upon hand-over of operations to Statoil. Collaborated with Statoil and partners on benchmarking, debottlenecking, and organizational issues.
• Influenced Corporate for early booking of gas reserves which reduced DD&A for field by $2/bbl which improved earnings (AT) by over $20 MM/year.
• Led an exploration and appraisal team in evaluating Norwegian Sea opportunities. Evaluated potential tie-in of satellite fields to the Heidrun TLP. Led and participated in engineering and economic evaluations of prospects for the Norwegian 15th Licensing Round. Developed a subsea cost estimating model.
• Oversaw Conoco's interests in several super-giant non-operated fields under evaluation and development including Statfjord, Troll, Aasgard, and Snøhvit.
• Evaluated a variety of field development concepts including FPSO, TLP, subsea, GBS, and semi-sub.
• Negotiated field tie-in, cost sharing, and processing agreements which saved Conoco over $15 MM.
• Participated in formulation of the business strategy for the subsidiary, focusing on the future exploration strategy and business opportunities.
• Led evaluation of the $70 MM trade of several of Conoco's Norwegian assets with TOTAL in 1993. Evaluated several other acquisition opportunities.
• Taught company reservoir characterization classes worldwide.

Lead Engineer, Dubai Petroleum Company, Dubai, UAE May 1986-August 1990

• Led development/reservoir management team for the super-giant SW Fateh and Falah Fields in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
• Conducted reservoir performance and simulation studies. Evaluated economic potential for two smaller discoveries within Conoco's concession area.
• Initiated 3 infill development programs that developed over 30 MMB of reserves with 25 wells. Optimized well spacing, identified and evaluated recompletion, stimulation, waterflood, and gas lift expansion projects.
• Conducted formation evaluation, well surveillance, production logging and pressure transient analysis, reservoir and well performance studies, and commercial recovery evaluations for producing fields and new discoveries.
• Taught waterflooding courses to production engineers, operations personnel, and local staff in Dubai.

Unocal Corporation, Southern California 1979-1986

Petroleum/Drilling Engineer, Ventura & Santa Fe Springs, CA July 1979-April 1986

• Offshore field development, exploration support and waterflood implementation.
• Developed well completion and stimulation techniques that resulted in a 25% increase in initial rates.
• Subsurface/reservoir management of several onshore oil fields with over 500 producing wells.
• Increased production in fields by 15% with very successful well workover and stimulation program.
• Implemented 3 successful waterflood expansion projects, yielding over 8 MM bbl incremental recovery.
• Implemented DOE certified immiscible CO2 enhanced recovery project at East Coyote Field.
• Conducted drill-stem tests on exploratory wells in the Santa Barbara Channel and Gulf of Thailand.
• Taught well control and drill-stem testing classes company-wide including Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Alaska, and Holland.

Education

• MS in Petroleum Engineering-University of Southern California, 1983 (night school).
• BS in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering with Business Administration minor-Pennsylvania State University, 1979.
• Cadet- US Coast Guard Academy, 1974.

Note: References and Pertinent Training available upon request