DAVID NINIPrincipal |
Mr. Nini co-founded Lantana Oil
& Gas Partners in January 2003. Prior to founding Lantana, Mr. Nini
worked with Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. from late 2000 until December
2002. Responsibilities included asset acquisitions, due diligence
and PSA negotiations. In 1993, he entered the natural gas commodity trading business at Coastal Gas Marketing until 1995, when he moved to Calgary as part of the group headed by J.P. Bryan that took over Gulf Canada Resources. There he led U.S. gas trading on behalf of Gulf Canada, building a third party U.S. business to 1.5 BCF/month. Mr. Nini conceptualized and opened a Houston-based office for Gulf Canada to handle all U.S. gas marketing efforts, both physical and financial, Gulf Trading had first year sales over $200 million. Mr. Nini graduated in 1989 from Texas Tech University with a BA in Public Relations and Marketing. His career following college involved prospect development, title research, land and mineral owner negotiations, oil & gas leasing, title opinions and curative for several majors. |
ANDY TAURINSPrincipal |
Prior to founding Lantana Oil
and Gas Partners, Mr. Taurins worked with Waterous & Co. leading
over $270 million in asset and corporate sales for a variety of companies
from small privately-owned companies to large publicly traded companies
with a geographical focus in the Gulf Coast, Permian Basin, San Juan
Basin and the Mid-Continent area. Mr. Taurins received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He started his career at Coffman Exploration and was responsible for acquisition evaluations. After moving to Houston in 1993, Mr. Taurins spent several years performing reserves evaluation work for Tenneco Energy. He then joined Agip Petroleum where he gained expertise in reservoir engineering through the management of Agip’s Gulf of Mexico assets and complete preparation of annual reserve reports. Mr. Taurins rounded out his career by joining Waterous & Company in 2000. There he focused his efforts on all facets of the divestment process, from business development, asset evaluation through the completion of transactions. |
MELINDA FAUSTManaging Director Business Development |
Ms. Faust began her career in the oil and gas industry when she moved to Houston from her hometown of New Orleans in 1998 to work for a small offshore independent. In 2000 she became Marketing Director for then start-up, DrillingInfo as one of their first hires. After aiding in the growth of DrillingInfo to over 5,000 clients and 60+ employees, Melinda resigned from DI in 2004 to pursue an opportunity in the racing/motorsport industry with Tracy W. Krohn, CEO of W&T Offshore, and his racing team. In early 2007, Melinda returned to the oil and gas industry as Director, Acquisitions & Divestitures for Noble Royalties under the direction of Bill Albrecht, now President of OXY USA. Two years later she re-joined DrillingInfo as Director of Business Development with a focus on A&D for E&P's. Then in July 2011, Melinda returned to the A&D market, joining Lantana Oil & Gas Partners as Managing Director of Business Development. Ms. Faust is Founder and President of ADAM-Houston, the Acquisition, Divestitures and Mergers energy networking organization, which is 220 members strong. Melinda also serves on the Advisory Committee for a sister organization, ADAM-Tulsa. Other committee involvement includes IPAA Business Development committee, TIPRO Business Development committee, IPAA Golf committee, and SPE-GCS Golf Committee. Melinda is a member of IPAA, TIPRO, and Houston Producers Forum, among others. |
GREG WHITMIREMultimedia Director/IT |
Mr. Whitmire joined the firm
of Lantana Oil and Gas Partners in 2005. He received his multimedia
design degree from the Art Institute of Houston with honors and has
over 20 years of design experience. His primary focus is creating
innovative marketing material using cutting-edge technology. In 2002 Mr. Whitmire accepted a position as a Geoscience Technologist with Rock Solid Images and did extensive work in the Gulf of Mexico region and International areas. His Primary duties included developing Interactive Compact Discs that highlighted the firms Services, Products and Company Technology as well as Market branding for Rock Solid Images Most Popular Product "MOSS". He worked closely with clients such as Burlington Resources, Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc., and Marathon Oil Corporation on Content Development and Data Management Projects. Prior to joining Rock Solid Images, Mr. Whitmire managed a Design Team for Waterous & Co., as a Multimedia Developer and Graphic Artist responsible for Authoring Multimedia Oil and Gas Divestiture Presentation data books to CD-R and DVD-R. He worked with Petroleum Engineers, Geologists and Production Crews on short movies highlighting Waterous & Co.'s current Oil and Gas offerings. |
STEPHANIE WOODSInformation Services Director |
Ms. Woods joined Lantana Oil
and Gas Partners in 2010 to evaluate clients' production and reserve
data, perform decline curve analysis and forecast economics. She also
generates regional studies on emerging plays and manages Lantana's
internal information structure. Prior to entering the energy sector, Ms. Woods provided a variety of information and technology services in academic libraries and the title insurance industry. She received her Master's Degree in Information Science from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2008, where she studied user-centered design, information architecture, research methodology and the latest trends in digital search and retrieval. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Centenary College of Louisiana in 2001, and graduated with honors from both programs. |
LAUREN LaFLEURAssociate- Engineer |
Mrs. LaFleur joined Lantana Oil & Gas Partners in October 2011. Prior to her work at Lantana, Mrs. LaFleur worked for ExxonMobil as a Reservoir Engineer since 2007. She worked assets in Mobile Bay, East Texas, and the Friendswood area. Responsibilities included reservoir surveillance/simulation, drillwell evaluations, preferential purchase right assessments, and business planning. In 2006, she worked with Citgo Petroleum as an Operations Engineering Intern in the Fluid Catalytic Cracking group. Mrs. LaFleur grew up in Shreveport, LA. She graduated with honors from Louisiana Tech University with degrees in Biology and Chemical Engineering. |
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