Michael F. McKenzie, president, joined D-O-R in March 1986.  His areas of responsibility have included assignments in drilling, production and reservoir engineering, as well as producing property acquisition.

After several years of employment on the Texas Gulf Coast with Continental Oil Company (now Conoco) and Quintana Petroleum Corporation, McKenzie was transferred by Quintana to Lafayette.  In 1983, he accepted the position of manager of engineering with The Exploration Company of Louisiana.

McKenzie received bachelor and master of science degrees in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University in 1972 and 1974, respectively.  He is a Registered Petroleum Engineer in the states of Louisiana and Texas.  In addition, McKenzie is a member of  several national engineering, industry and civic associations.

  Don A. Bazer became associated with D-O-R in 1991.  With over 40 years of experience, his areas of responsibility have included assignments in drilling, production operations and reservoir engineering as well as log analysis.  After being employed by PGAC for 7 years as a field engineer and log analyst, Bazer worked for Amerada Hess for 10 years as Senior Petroleum Engineer for Louisiana and Mississippi.  Subsequently, Bazer spent 15 years in consulting and managerial positions with independent oil companies such as Campbell Energy Corporation and North American Royalties, Inc.

Bazer received his bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University in 1960.  He is a Registered Petroleum Engineer in the states of Louisiana and Texas and is a member of several national engineering and industry associations.

     Stephen H. Sere', operations manager, joined D-O-R in June 2006.  His areas of responsibility have included assignments in drilling,  completions, production and workover operations.  Sere’ worked for Union Oil Company of California in Lafayette, Louisiana and Houston, Texas for approximately 6 years in drilling, production and reservoir engineering.  Areas of responsibility were focused on the federal shelf waters of the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Gulf Coast onshore and inland water areas of Texas and South Louisiana.  Sere’ left Union Oil as a Drilling Superintendent in 1978.  He spent the next 28 years in engineering and managerial positions with ENTEX, Inc., TXO Production Corp., ATAPCO and Peak Energy, LLC in Lafayette and Houston.  In addition, Sere’ performed independent oil and gas consulting engineering services from 1990 to 1991 and 2004 to 2006. 

 Sere’ received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently UL-Lafayette) in 1972.  He is a Registered Petroleum Engineer in the State of Louisiana and a member of SPE.

G. King Munson, Jr. has worked for over 12 years as an exploration and development geologist/geophysicist primarily on the Louisiana-Texas Gulf Coast and the offshore Gulf of Mexico.  He began his career with Marathon Oil Company as an offshore development geologist. Subsequently, he worked as an independent geologist. For the last 6 years he has been an independent consultant working onshore and offshore projects for Unocal, Conoco, The Termo Co., Synergy Oil & Gas and most recently for PetroQuest Energy.  Munson specializes in 3-D seismic interpretation incorporating all geological and engineering data in order to identify exploration and development opportunities.  He also has over 10 years experience in land surveying and civil engineering construction projects.

Munson received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Louisiana State University in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in geology from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1989.  He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Lafayette Geological Society and the Southwest Louisiana Geophysical Society.

Buddy Bullen has been a consulting log analyst since December 1998, after having worked in various engineering, sales and management capacities for 35 years, all with Schlumberger.  His areas of expertise encompass the Gulf Coast region, the Gulf of Mexico, north Louisiana, Arkansas, east and south Texas, western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and the North Sea.

Bullen was awarded Schlumberger's Wildcatter commendation in 1989.  He is a member of both SPE and SPWLA.  Bullen received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Mississippi State University in 1964.

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                 Todd J. Guidry       Systems Administrator

                  Leslie R. Hess       Accounting

                Debbie Savage        Office Manager