Mr. James E. Sigmon
Mr. Sigmon was elected TXCO's Chairman of the Board of Directors in December 2006 and has served as a Director of the company since 1984. He also served as President of TXCO from 1984 until June 2008.

As an engineer, Mr. Sigmon has been active for more than 35 years in the exploration and development of oil and gas properties. Prior to joining the Company, he was an engineer with Halliburton Co. and served in the management of Retamco Properties, a private oil and gas exploration company, based in San Antonio that was active in drilling wells in South Texas. He served as a Director of ExproFuels, Inc., a former subsidiary of the Company, from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Sigmon received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Mr. Alan L. Edgar
Mr. Edgar has been involved in energy-related investment banking and equity analysis for over 35 years. Since 1998, he has served as Chairman of Cochise Capital, a privately held investment bank based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in energy-related mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt financing.

Mr. Edgar’s previous energy investment banking experience includes serving as Corporate and Research Director of Schneider, Bernet & Hickman, Inc. (Thompson, McKinnon) from 1972 through 1986, Managing Director of the Energy Group of Prudential-Bache Capital Funding from 1987 to 1990, and Managing Director and Co-Head of the Energy Group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, Inc. from 1990 to 1997. He also serves as a Director of Marion Energy Ltd., based in Hawthorn, Australia. Mr. Edgar earned an economics degree from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Michael J. Pint
Mr. Pint is a business investor with nearly 40 years of banking experience, including a four-year term as Commissioner of Banks of Minnesota and Chairman of the Minnesota Commerce Commission. From 1966 to 1983, Mr. Pint was with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and at the time of his departure was serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Since 1983, Mr. Pint has served in the capacity of Chairman, President or Director of 40 different banks and bank holding companies throughout the United States. Recently, he was the owner of Valley Bank of Arizona, located in Phoenix, Arizona, until it was sold in 2003. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Intrastate, Inc.; Vice President and Director of Airport & Town Taxis; and Director of Penchant Software, all private companies. Mr. Pint has a BA in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa and studied at Rutgers University Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Mr. Dennis B. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Fitzpatrick is the Chairman, CEO and Director of D.B. Fitzpatrick & Co., Inc., an asset management firm based in Boise, Idaho, and has served in that role since 1984. Prior to organizing that firm, Mr. Fitzpatrick taught corporate finance courses as a faculty member at the University of Idaho, Boise State University and the University of Colorado.

He is a chartered financial analyst and has been a financial consultant to several companies. Mr. Fitzpatrick holds a doctorate in finance and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Santa Clara.

Mr. Jon Michael Muckleroy
Mr. Muckleroy has more than 50 years of business experience, including extensive experience in energy-related industries. He held management positions with Florida Gas Co., Saxon Oil Co. and Houston Liquid Fuels, and has been an advisor to several exploration and production companies. He served as Chairman and CEO of Enron Liquid Fuels from 1985 to 1993.

Mr. Muckleroy was a Director of EXCO Resources, a public company involved in the acquisition, development and exploitation of oil and natural gas properties from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, he took the position of CEO of M & M Energy, which is involved in creating an energy research park. He remains involved in management of a substantial family portfolio of oil and gas investments through M.P. Phoenix Holding, Ltd. and D.S. Family Partnership.

Mr. Jacob Roorda
Mr. Roorda is an independent businessman involved in Canada’s energy industry for more than 25 years. He is a founding shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of North Peace Energy Corp. of Calgary, an exploration and production company focused on Alberta’s Peace River Arch oil sands. From 2002 to 2008, he was a founder and executive of Harvest Energy Trust, an integrated oil and gas royalty trust, serving as its President from 2002-2206. Mr. Roorda co-founded PrimeWest Energy Trust in 1996 and served on its Board of Directors and as Vice President, Corporate, until 1999.

Earlier, he was Manager, Business Development, at Fletcher Challenge Petroleum Inc. and Vice President in the equity research group at BZW Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Barclays Bank. Prior to joining BZW, he held senior engineering posts with Dome Petroleum Ltd. Mr. Roorda is a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) degree from Queen’s University and an MBA from the University of Calgary.

Mr. Anthony Tripodo
Mr. Tripodo is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., of Houston, an oil field services company. He assumed the positions in June 2008 after serving on the Helix Board of Directors from 2003 to 2008. Previously, Mr. Tripodo was Executive Vice President and CFO of Tesco Corp. from January 2007 to June 2008 and also founded in 2003 Arch Creek Advisors LLC, an investment banking firm specializing in capital formation and M&A advisory services for the oil and gas industry. From 1997 to 2003, he served as Executive Vice President of Veritas DGC, a geophysical services provider to the energy industry.

Mr. Tripodo previously served on the Board and the audit committee of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, a publicly traded oilfield services firm, and on the board of directors of Vetco International Ltd., a privately owned oilfield services company based in London, where he also served as chairman of the audit and compliance committees.

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