Management

J.Thomas Wilson, President / CEO

Mr. Wilson is an entrepreneur and an investor in various oil and gas entities. He is also a veteran in the energy sector with a strong geology and international business development background. While Mr. Wilson does not currently maintain a formal business relationship outside the Company with either Young Energy Prize S.A. (“YEP”), the Company’s strategic investor, or its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nikolay Bogachev, another Company Director, Mr. Wilson served as First Vice President of YEP from July 2009 to January 15, 2011. He also served on YEP’s Board from 2007 to November 2008. During the late 1990s, Mr. Wilson, in an advisory capacity, also assisted Mr. Bogachev in building value for the Khantiy Mantsisk Oil Company in partnership with Enterprise Oil (now Shell) and Marathon Oil. During the period 2003 to 2006, Mr. Wilson was also involved with developing Tambeyneftegas, possibly the first Russian LNG liquefaction project, ultimately sold to Gazprom. Earlier, he was President of Andeman International in Denver where he led development of all international projects, led new international strategy and development for Apache Corporation, and was a Project Manager for Shell Oil.

Antoine Lafargue, CFO / Treasurer

Mr. Lafargue has served in a number of senior financial management positions during a career in the United States and Europe. From July 2009 to July 2010, Mr. Lafargue served as the Chief Financial Officer of Falcon Gas Storage, a natural gas storage company based in Houston, TX. Prior to serving in that role, Mr. Lafargue served from 2006 to 2009 as a principal of Arcapita, a financial services firm based in London, focusing on investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Lafargue served in various financial and strategic advisory roles in the energy sector based in London working for Bank of America, Societe Generale, and Credit Suisse/Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Lafargue holds master’s degrees in Finance from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce De Paris and in Social and Political Sciences from the Institut d’Études Politiques, both located in France.