Tom H. Delimitros, age 71, Director since September 2002.
He was also a director of Plains
Resources from 1988 to December 2002. He has been a General Partner of AMT Venture Funds, a
venture capital firm, since 1989. He is also a director of Tetra Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded
energy services company, and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as member of the
Management and Compensation Committee and the Reserves Committee. He currently serves as a
director for three privately owned companies. Previously, he has served as President and CEO for
Magna Corporation, (now Baker Petrolite, a unit of Baker Hughes). Mr. Delimitros currently serves on
two Development Committees for the College of Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle
and is a member of the University of Washington Foundation Board.
Thomas A. Fry, III, age 67, Director since November 2007.
He was also a director of Pogo from
2004 to November 2007. He was the President of National Ocean Industries Association, or NOIA,
from December 2000 until January 2010. Before joining NOIA, Mr. Fry served as the Director of the
Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and has also served as the Director of the
Minerals Management Service. He currently serves as a director of the National Energy Education and
Development Project as well as the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, where he is head of the
Audit Committee.
Charles G. Groat, age 71, Director since November 2007.
He was also a director of Pogo from
2005 to November 2007. Dr. Groat currently serves as the Director of both the Center for International
Energy and Environment Policy and the Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program at the
University of Texas at Austin. He is also a professor of Geological Sciences and Public Affairs at the
University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Groat served for
more than six years as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, having been appointed by President
Clinton and retained by President Bush. Dr. Groat currently serves as a director on the board of The
Water Institute of the Gulf.
John H. Lollar, age 73, Director since September 2002.
He was also a director of Plains
Resources from 1995 to December 2002. He has been the Managing Partner of Newgulf Exploration
L.P. since December 1996. He is also a director of Lufkin Industries, Inc., a manufacturing firm, where
he is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Lollar was
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation from
1992 to 1995, and President and Chief Operating Officer of Transco Exploration Company from 1982
to 1992.
Executive Officers
James C. Flores, age 52, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and a
Director since September 2002.
He has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
PXP since December 2002, and President since March 2004. He was also Chairman of the Board of
Plains Resources, Inc. (now owned by Vulcan Energy Corporation), from May 2001 to June 2004 and
is currently a director of Vulcan Energy and McMoRan Exploration Co. He was Chief Executive Officer
of Plains Resources from May 2001 to December 2002. He was Co-founder as well as Chairman, Vice
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at various times from 1992 until January 2001 of Ocean Energy,
Inc., an oil and gas company.
Doss R. Bourgeois, age 54, Executive Vice President—Exploration and Production since June
2006.
He was PXP’s Vice President of Development from April 2006 to June 2006. He was also
PXP’s Vice President Eastern Development Unit from May 2003 to April 2006. Prior to that time,
Mr. Bourgeois was Vice President from August 1993 to May 2003 at Ocean Energy, Inc.
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