LARRY J. KARAMBIS, P.E.

 

 

Larry J. Karambis, President & CEO of Bison Energy Partners is a Registered Professional Engineer, Texas No. 93351. He earned a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University.  He has over 32 years of industry experience in the design of all phases of drilling, production- enhancement, completion and workover operations in areas of Texas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Wyoming, Florida and the countries of Russia and South America.  This vast geographical experience has given him expertise in all phases of operations and in the application of various area specific techniques.  He is accustomed to working on high pressure/high temperature wells and has held world performance records at various times in the past.  He is consistent in implementing cost-efficient, quality drilling procedures.  Mr. Karambis is responsible for much of the drilling and production design work and the supervision of field personnel for the company. He is instrumental in troubleshooting activities, and his expertise is utilized in an advisory capacity to aid many clients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES LEWIS

 

           

Mr. Lewis is the Operations Manager at Bison Energy and he graduated from The University of Houston with a B.S. degree in Structural Engineering as well as a B.S. Degree in Safety and Fire Engineering.  He has over 13 years of  petroleum industry experience and is responsible for well planning, all regulatory permitting, filings and compliance, as well as daily operations. His duties also include  workover  preparation of AFE's, focused reports and post-well evaluations, and the procurement of meaningful service bids for both new wells and workovers.       He has successfully engineered hundreds of projects in various producing regions with a specific expertise in deep, high pressure applications requiring pore pressure calculations and detailed tubular designs.  Assists the operator in selecting drilling contractors and related equipment and services.  He monitors the cost and performance of each operational aspect to assure the efficient, cost-effective completion of the work

 

 

 

 

JESS BACHELDER

 

 

Mr. Bachelder is Bison's Controller and is responsible for financial and administrative matters of Bison, including accounts receivable and payable, banking, payroll and human resources, insurance and vendor relations.  Prior to joining Bison in 2004, Jess ran his own company and spent 21 years in management and senior staff positions with multiple E&P accounting, financial analysis and planning departments at Mobil Oil Corporation with assignments in division and headquarters offices as well as in Indonesia and Venezuela.  He has developed project databases to optimize $800 million capital budgets, managed a $15 million foreign affiliate pension fund, designed a time-tracking and cost allocation process, reduced overtime by 50% and backlogs by 67% by streamlining vendor payables processes, and led a new accounting consultant project that increased profits by $30 million in the first year.  He is a 1967 graduate of Lamar University with a BBA in Accounting.