Wolf E. Regener, President & CEO

Mr. Regener brings over 24 years of conventional and unconventional E&P experience to BNK Petroleum.  In his role as Executive Vice President of Bankers Petroleum, and President of it's wholly-owned subsidiary Bankers Petroleum (US), Mr. Regener was instrumental in the formation of BNK Petroleum, and it's subsequent spin-off.  His career also includes key senior executive positions with Tartan Energy, Alanmar Energy, and R&R Resources.  With an extensive operations and finance background, Mr. Regener has been at the forefront of BNK Petroleum's acquisition of unconventional gas projects on an international scale.  He holds a Business of Economics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has served on the Board of Directors of the California Independent Petroleum Association for over fifteen years.

Warren Nelson – Vice President & CFO

Mr. Nelson brings over 35 years of broad based public company experience to the Company. Among other positions, Mr. Nelson's career has included Chief Accounting Officer and Acting CFO of Smith International, Inc., the NYSE Listed Fortune 500 multi-national manufacturer of products and services to the oil service industry; CFO, and in his last year CEO, of Huntway Refining Company, a NYSE publicly traded refiner; Interim CFO of Venoco, Inc. a U.S. oil and gas producer; founder and Director of AmeriTies Holdings; and Audit Manager at Price Waterhouse & Co. Mr. Nelson is a CPA and has his MBA in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley, California.

Harold Neal, Operations Manager

Mr. Neal brings 29 years of broad based oil and gas industry experience major and large independent oil and gas companies through domestic and international assignments.  He has held varied engineering responsibilities in drilling, completions, stimulations and productions throughout the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain Regions.  Most recently he has been involved in the optimization of stimulation and production operations in tight gas and shale plays.  He holds a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering from Tulsa University.

Steven M. Warshauer, Ph.D. Director of Geology

Dr. Warshauer brings over 25 years of experience as a geologist and manager in international and domestic exploration, operations, research and training.  Most recently Dr. Warshauer was Senior Geological Advisor for Devon's European Unconventional Resource Team.  His career also includes working for Tenneco, British Gas and Dominion Exploration & Production Inc.  He is experienced in the evaluation of unconventional resources such as shale gas, tight gas sands and CBM.  In addition to his significant experience with unconventional resources, he brings vast experience in the generation of conventional oil and gas projects, as well as extensive basin analysis work.  Dr. Warshauer is also a former Tenured Associate Professor of Geology at West Virginia University, which he left to pursue hands on work in the E&P industry.

James M. Hill, VP of Exploration - New Ventures

Mr. Hill brings 29 years of oil industry experience in basin exploration and development in addition to beginning his career with the USGS. While at the USGS, a majority of his time was spent on research on the Monterey Shale ending with his Masters Thesis on the Monterey Shale.  His current focus is on conventional and unconventional reservoir exploration and development using the latest geochemical and geophysical techniques.

Steve Raunsbak, Controller

Mr. Raunsback brings over 15 years of experience in accounting with 10 years in oil and gas accounting.  Prior to joining the company, Mr. Raunsbak was the Assistant Controller for Venoco, Inc.  Mr. Raunsbak holds a Business of Economics degree, with an emphasis on accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jason Byl, Exploration Geologist

Mr. Byl brings 12 years of exploration and development experience working for independents and as a consultant.  His experience includes prospect, field and basin evaluations with an emphasis on risk management.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in geophysics.

Jeff Lawton, Senior Geophysicist

Mr. Lawton brings 27 years of broad range geological and geophysical experience in oil and gas exploration.  He has held various Geophysical and Management positions with independent as well as major oil and gas companies.  He has a Masters Degree in geology from the University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Debra Hambleton, Landman

Ms. Hambleton brings 25 years of broad range experience in the in oil and gas industry.  She has held various technical positions with Independent oil and gas as well as service companies.  She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Resource/Land Management from California State University, Bakersfield.