Our Leadership

Mike Blake brings 48 years of hands-on oilfield experience and company-building force to Kenosis. From roughnecking on barge drilling rigs while working through college to founding more than 15 oilfield service companies, his career spans inland drilling, offshore operations, specialized services, oil-spill response, and manufacturing-backed field execution.

• 48 years in the oilfield business, with hands-on roots roughnecking on barge drilling rigs while earning his degree.
• Founder of more than 15 oilfield service companies across drilling, offshore services, environmental response, and related support businesses.
• Former President of major Gulf Coast drilling and offshore operations, including Blake Drilling, Blake Offshore, Falcon Drilling, and R&B Falconʼs shallow-water division, a NYSE company.
• Industry leadership through IADC and LOGA, including former IADC board member and past chairman of the New Orleans chapter.
• Connects Kenosis to the full weight of the Blake organization, including decades of operating, service, offshore, environmental and support-company experience.
• Brings the kind of Gulf Coast credibility that comes from actually building and running oilfield companies, not just advising them.
• Understands the field from every angle: rigs, crews, equipment, service work, response needs and the businesses required to keep operations moving.
• Gives Kenosis chairman-level leadership backed by real operating history and practical oilfield judgment.
• Serves as Chairman of Kenosis Operating Company and anchors the company within the Blake organization.
• Represents the Blake family operating legacy, including deep experience across offshore, inland, service, environmental and industrial oilfield work.
• Helps position Kenosis as a serious Gulf Coast operator backed by established relationships, field knowledge and operating discipline.

Beau Blake brings active CEO leadership to Kenosis Operating Company, an oil and gas operator with more than 400 wells across South Louisiana. He also serves as President and CEO of Blake International Rigs and helps lead the broader Blake Management Group family of energy, maritime, environmental, industrial, and support businesses. His role connects Kenosis to Blake operating infrastructure, service-company depth, Gulf Coast field experience, and support for complex field operations.

• Active CEO leadership at Kenosis Operating Company, with responsibility for a serious South Louisiana oil and gas operating business.
• President and CEO of Blake International Rigs, bringing offshore drilling, workover, and Gulf Coast field-execution experience.
• Leadership across the broader Blake organization, spanning energy, maritime, environmental, industrial, and support-company operations.
• More than 20 years in the energy industry, with practical experience coordinating people, equipment, service companies, and field execution.
• Connects Kenosis to the full weight of the Blake organization, including operating, service, offshore, maritime, environmental and support-company experience.
• Brings Gulf Coast credibility from actually helping lead and run oilfield companies, not just advising them. • Understands the field from every angle: rigs, crews, equipment, service work, response needs and the businesses required to keep operations moving.
• Gives Kenosis CEO-level operating leadership backed by Blake infrastructure, regional relationships and practical oilfield judgment.
• Serves as Founder and CEO of Kenosis Operating Company, bringing active executive leadership to South Louisiana operations.
• Connects Kenosis to the broader Blake organization, including offshore drilling, field services, maritime, environmental and industrial resources.
• Helps position Kenosis as a serious Gulf Coast operator backed by Blake infrastructure, regional relationships and practical field experience.

Matt Moncla serves as President of Kenosis Operating Company. A third-generation South Louisiana oilfield professional, he brings field-earned credibility, commercial leadership, acquisition experience, and large-scale service-company growth built from the rigs up across the Gulf Coast and beyond.

• More than two decades in oil and gas, beginning hands- on in the field on rigs before moving into sales, operations, acquisitions and executive leadership.
• Helped grow the Moncla family business into the largest privately held workover rig company in the United States, with 53 rigs and more than 1,000 employees.
• Led business development for Key Energy’s Southeast Division, supporting 58 rigs from Galveston, Texas to Fort Myers, Florida and annual revenues above $100MM.
• As Chief Commercial Officer of U.S. Well Services, helped generate more than $1B in revenue in less than four years.
• Serves on the LOGA board and was appointed by Governor Jeff Landry to Louisiana's Energy and Mineral Board
• Brings true South Louisiana oilfield credibility, with the local relationships and field knowledge needed to operate effectively in the region.
• Built experience across rig operations, workover services, swabbing, tubing testing, hot oil, anchor trucks, electric line services and marine fabrication.
• Directly involved in 12 major industry transactions, including eight acquisitions as a buyer and four transactions as a seller.
• Serves as President and Board Member of Kenosis Operating Company, bringing daily operating perspective, Louisiana industry history, and executive execution strength.
• Adds the Moncla field legacy to the Kenosis leadership story through local trust, vendor familiarity, crew understanding, and regional operating depth.
• Helps establish Kenosis as more than a new public-facing name: a Gulf Coast operator backed by people known and trusted in the Louisiana oilfield.

Brett Kroh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kroh Exploration, a Fort Worth-based oil and gas company focused on acquiring, developing, and improving underdeveloped energy assets across Texas and the Gulf Coast. He helped form Kenosis alongside Tony Gossett, Matt Moncla, Beau Blake, and Mike Blake, bringing acquisition strategy, capital alignment, and investor-facing execution into the company’s leadership structure.

• Founded Kroh Exploration in 2019 after building strong energy-sector relationships with operators, engineers, land professionals, and oilfield service leaders.
• Built Kroh around overlooked oil and gas assets, acquisition and development opportunities, and investor- aligned energy projects.
• Expanded Kroh from a North Texas-focused E&P company into a broader energy company with operated and non-operated assets, upstream development, rework opportunities, and strategic operating partnerships.
• Advancing major Texas acquisitions and long-term vertical integration plans, including affiliated service- company development.
• Brings acquisition discipline, capital strategy, investor communication, and deal-structuring experience to Kenosis.
• Helps connect field-level opportunity with investor confidence, transparent communication, and long-term alignment.
• Supports growth across mature assets where value can be created through responsible operations and disciplined management.
• Adds Kroh’s business, capital, and investor-facing infrastructure to the broader Kenosis leadership story.
• Serves as a Kenosis Board Member and strategic partner through Kroh Exploration.
• Supports acquisition development, capital strategy, investor alignment, and public-facing company positioning.
• Helps position Kenosis as more than an operator: a company built around disciplined asset selection, execution structure, and long- term stakeholder confidence.

Paul A. “Tony” Gossett is President of Kroh Exploration and a Board Member of Kenosis Operating Company. A petroleum engineer, energy executive, and asset manager, Tony brings more than 40 years of technical leadership across exploration, development, engineering, operations, and large-scale asset management.

• More than 40 years in energy, engineering, operations, and asset management, beginning with Getty Oil Company after graduation.
• Deep technical experience across drilling, completions, production, workovers, facility design, and construction.
• Multi-basin operating background across Texas, the Midcontinent, Gulf Coast, Rockies, Appalachian, and Illinois basins.
• Led company-wide operations and engineering for Forestar Oil & Gas, where asset value increased to more than $240MM.
• Served as Operations Manager for Forestar’s $1.38B Marchand Project development in Oklahoma.
• Supported Forestar’s $160MM acquisition of Credo Petroleum through senior operations and engineering leadership.
• Led the $606MM capital raise to acquire and develop Driftwood Energy assets, production, and acreage for Sage Hills Energy.
• Former COO and member of founding team of Clean Refineries, Inc., growth path estimated at a $2B to $5B valuation.
• Serves as a Kenosis Board Member and President of Kroh Exploration, bringing petroleum engineering depth and operating discipline to the board structure.
• Supports financial and operational analysis, asset level thinking, engineering review, developmental planning, and capital stewardship.
• Adds a technical executive voice as Kenosis evaluates assets, manages field work, and builds disciplined operating credibility.

Katie brings 25 years in finance and operations, including 15+ years in energy. Her work spans startups and global companies in E&P, non-operated assets, and oilfield services, with M&A exits above $100MM. She develops financial controls, leads productivity improvements and change management, and streamlines operations to drive growth and strengthen the bottom line. She builds teams and a culture that improve reporting, efficiency, and profit.

• CFO for 15 Moncla affiliates across drilling and workover; performed diligence on M&A projects valued above $50MM.
• E&P and non-op consulting for Planet Operating, Orbit Energy, and OEI Gulf Coast through KMB Consulting.
• Accounting lead on the $110MM sale of coiled tubing startup Go Coil to Pioneer Energy, completed ahead of schedule.
• CFO at AIG during AMT Mats’ 2026 sale to United Rentals, directing multi-entity finance.
• Additional energy company experience includes Modex, OEG Offshore, Newpark, and Gus Fabrication (coiled tubing).
• Built banking relationships to secure asset acquisition financing, including swaps, borrowing bases, and cash planning.
• Built finance teams, migrated accounting systems, and introduced purchasing cards with electronic approvals.
• First Pioneer divisional controller to develop SOX policies and pass a year-one post-acquisition audit with no exceptions.
• Leads E&P financial reporting, treasury, cash planning, and controls.
• Guides acquisitions and capital plans through diligence, forecasts, and lender and investor communication.
• Connects production performance and field costs to financial plans with operating leaders.

Brian C. Osborn, P.E. serves as Chief Operating Officer of Kenosis Operating Company. With 30+ years of engineering and operations experience, he brings full-cycle technical leadership across permitting, drilling, completions, recompletions, facilities, daily operations, and plugging and abandonment.

• More than 30 years of petroleum engineering experience across permitting, drilling, completions, recompletions, facilities, operations, and plugging and abandonment.
• Former Operations Manager at Gulfport Energy for more than 13 years, where he was part of the management team as market cap grew from approximately $150MM to more than $6B.
• Responsible for drilling more than 375 wells, overseeing more than 850 completions and recompletions, and managing more than 550 plugging and abandonment projects.
• Managed daily operations and personnel across South Louisiana, Colorado, Ohio, and Belize, with additional technical support for operations in Thailand.
• Can carry a project from the geologist’s “X” on the map through permitting, drilling, completion, facilities, tank hookup, operations, and eventual abandonment.
• Brings direct experience with state, parish, and coastal-use permitting, LDNR reporting, regulatory requirements, safety, environmental policies, and AFE management.
• Understands the full operating chain, including drilling programs, directional and horizontal wells, SWD facility design, artificial lift optimization, workovers, coiled tubing, and production monitoring.
• Adds capital discipline through budget preparation, capital projects, maintenance planning, operating expense control, and acquisition-level engineering review.
• Serves as Chief Operating Officer, bringing full-cycle petroleum engineering and operating discipline to Kenosis field execution.
• Supports permitting, engineering review, development planning, daily operations, facilities, regulatory coordination, and capital stewardship.
• Adds a technical operator’s perspective as Kenosis manages existing assets, evaluates future development, and turns well-level opportunities into executable field plans.

David J. Vanicor, CPL serves as Land Manager for Kenosis Operating Company. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, he brings 20+ years of oil and gas E&P land experience across leasehold acquisition, title, division of interest, right-of- way, landowner negotiations, contract management, regulatory relationships, A&D, and multi-well asset administration across Louisiana and Texas.

• Currently manages Kenosis land and inland-water assets covering 418 wellbores across approximately 14,000 acres.
• Led due diligence and closed a $170MM transaction between Midstates Petroleum and Tana Exploration.
• Supported Midstates Petroleum’s $325MM Eagle Energy acquisition, $620MM Panther Energy acquisition, and NYSE IPO transition.
• Built and managed land departments, supervised land teams, and supported complex A&D, bankruptcy, hurricane recovery, and regulatory matters.
• Protects asset value through leasehold control, title curative, ownership records, regulatory coordination, and landowner management.
• Navigates Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, State Mineral & Energy Board, NRTA, CPRA, and Oilfield Site Restoration Program relationships.
• Brings direct continuity from Extex into Kenosis across leases, state agency history, division of interest, royalty obligations, and asset records.
• Supports acquisitions, royalty and severance tax relief applications, due diligence, and long-term operating rights.
• Serves as Land Manager, supporting leasehold, title, ownership, right-of-way, regulatory, and land administration needs.
• Helps connect field operations, state agencies, ownership records, landowners, and asset history into one operating framework.
• Adds land discipline and asset continuity as Kenosis manages existing wells and evaluates future opportunities.

Tom F. Wimberly serves as Operations Manager for Kenosis Operating Company. He brings 46 years of experience across operations, facility installation, facility abandonment, well recompletion, well abandonment, budget management, and personnel management, with a career built from workover rigs through long-term Gulf Coast field operations leadership.

• Began in 1980 as a floor hand on workover rigs with Service Equipment and Engineering.
• Spent 25 years with Chevron USA, advancing from roustabout and production roles into field support and operations leadership.
• Former Chevron Operations Supervisor over production operations, facility projects, 30+ direct reports, contractors, and the West Bay Field rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
• Former Operations Manager for Harvest Oil and Gas / Saratoga, S2 Energy / Krewe, Extex, and Kenosis across multiple Gulf Coast field locations.
• Brings hands-on field leadership across production operations, facility upgrade projects, abandonment projects, line removals, site clearance, cased-hole projects, and field rebuilds.
• Has managed direct reports and contractors across active producing fields, with extensive time spent in the field working directly with personnel and service providers.
• Led or supported major hurricane recovery and rebuild work, including Chevron’s West Bay Field after Hurricane Katrina and the Timbalier Bay rebuild after Hurricane Zeta.
• Provides continuity across the same asset base from S2 Energy / Krewe Energy to Extex Operating and now Kenosis Operating.
• Serves as Operations Manager for Kenosis Operating Company, overseeing production operations, facility projects, and cased-hole projects across the company’s field assets.
• Acts as an in-field operations leader, working directly with field personnel, contractors, and operating teams to support daily execution.
• Adds deep asset continuity, practical field judgment, and hands-on operating experience as Kenosis manages and improves inherited Gulf Coast assets.

Glenn Trahan is a petroleum engineer with 45+ years of experience across operations, reserves, acquisitions, divestitures, and field development. His career spans Amoco, Devon Energy, Marathon Oil, BreitBurn Energy, and Tiger Energy, where he served as Co-Founder and CEO.

• 45+ years in petroleum engineering, with experience across drilling, completions, production, reservoir engineering, operations, reserves, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Co-Founder and CEO of Tiger Energy, where he helped form the company, build partner relationships, develop operating and financial models, and pursue U.S. oil and gas property acquisitions.
• Former VP of Acquisition Evaluation at BreitBurn Energy, managing technical and business review of acquisition opportunities across the United States, including executive and board-level presentations.
• Former Chief Production Engineer at Marathon Oil, leading technical development for 90 reservoir engineers, 60 production engineers, and 15 completion engineers.
• Combines technical petroleum engineering depth with executive-level acquisition evaluation, field operating leadership, corporate strategy, and team development.
• Has operating experience across major U.S. basins and the offshore Gulf.
• Understands drilling, completions, production, reservoir performance, waterflooding, gas injection, gas plants, compression, facilities, gathering systems, and artificial lift.
• Adds senior judgment across acquisition screening, economic evaluation, development planning, production optimization, reserves, regulatory communication, landowner coordination, and partner relations.
• Supports Kenosis through petroleum engineering, acquisition evaluation, field development review, and operating analysis.
• Helps evaluate asset opportunities through both technical and commercial lenses, connecting production performance, reserves, operating costs, and transaction economics.
• Adds senior engineering judgment and A&D discipline as Kenosis reviews existing assets, evaluates new opportunities, and builds long-term operating credibility.

Rod Baker is a petroleum engineer and operations leader with 35+ years of experience across production operations, reservoir engineering, construction project management, well operations, financial planning, and asset management. His background spans onshore Louisiana, Gulf of America inland and offshore assets, and leadership roles with Chevron, Flores & Rucks/Ocean Energy, Extex Operating, Shoreline Energy/Marquis Resources, and Chalmers, Collins & Alwell.

• 35+ years of experience across production operations, construction, well operations, reservoir engineering, asset management, and financial planning.
• Former Production Manager and executive management team member at Shoreline Energy and Marquis Resources, supervising engineers, superintendents, analysts, construction project managers, and field personnel.
• Managed operating budgets up to $25MM annually and led major construction and facilities projects, including projects up to $5MM.
• Supported acquisition due diligence, divestiture work, reservoir engineering, asset management, well and construction project management, and development planning as a consultant.
• Bridges reservoir engineering, production operations, construction execution, budgeting, and field-level project management.
• Brings hands-on experience managing daily operations, field personnel, construction projects, regulatory and environmental compliance, vendor coordination, and insurance-related facility repair work.
• Understands how technical, operational, financial, and field teams need to work together for asset performance and project execution.
• Adds practical operating discipline across budgeting, forecasting, cost control, production management, development planning, and asset transition work.
• Supports Kenosis through reservoir engineering, production operations review, project management, and asset development planning.
• Helps evaluate operational and financial aspects of assets, including development options, field activity, project costs, and production performance.
• Adds senior engineering and operations support as Kenosis transitions, manages, and improves multi-property oil and gas assets.

Lori Oramous is a Production and Regulatory Manager with 45+ years of oil and gas experience across production, engineering, geological operations, asset forecasting, data interpretation, database management, technical support, and employee training.

• Began her career with The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, working across the South Louisiana, Eastern, and International Divisions.
• Assisted with operational data transition for Jay Field in Florida after LL&E’s acquisition by Burlington Resources.
• Played a key role in the startup of Energy Partners, Ltd. and continued with EPL Oil & Gas after restructuring.
• Held production, engineering, analyst, and technical roles with Energy XXI, Whitney Oil & Gas, S2 Energy Operating, and Extex Operating Company.
• Brings deep production, engineering, geological operations, and regulatory support experience across multiple oil and gas companies.
• Supports asset forecasting, data interpretation, database management, technical reporting, and process management.
• Adds strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, problem-solving, and software knowledge to operating and technical teams.
• Helps internal teams and customers through clear communication, technical support, and dependable data management.
• Supports Kenosis through production and regulatory management, asset data analysis, forecasting support, and technical operations coordination.
• Helps maintain accurate production, engineering, and regulatory information across active assets.
• Adds experienced technical and administrative support as Kenosis manages existing operations and strengthens reporting, compliance, and internal processes.

Bruce Bahlinger is a petroleum geologist with decades of experience across South Louisiana oil and gas fields. His background includes subsurface evaluation, prospect generation, drilling site selection, log correlation, geologic mapping, 3-D seismic interpretation, production analysis, and reserve-growth planning.

• Lead geologist for Bayou Choctaw Field lease holdings, responsible for subsurface evaluation, prospect generation, and drilling site selection.
• Successfully drilled ten wells in shallow Miocene oil sands, proving more than 2,000 MBO.
• Former Senior Geologist for Krewe Energy, where company reserves increased from 2,500 MBOE to more than 17,500 MBOE and daily net production grew from under 500 BOE/D to more than 4,000 BOE/D.
• Prior geology leadership with Saratoga Resources, Cox Operating, Watson Energy, Sterling Energy, and Getty Oil / Texaco.
• Brings field-level geological judgment to prospect generation, development planning, and well location selection.
• Uses well control, historical production, log correlation, geologic mapping, and 3-D seismic interpretation to identify oil and gas opportunities.
• Works closely with reservoir engineers to identify workovers, recompletions, reserve growth, and new drilling potential.
• Adds South Louisiana geological experience across onshore, State waters, shallow-water fields, and mature producing properties.
• Supports Kenosis through geological evaluation, prospect development, subsurface mapping, and drilling-location review.
• Helps identify reserves, production upside, recompletion candidates, and future development opportunities.
• Adds senior geological experience as Kenosis evaluates existing assets, prioritizes field work, and reviews future growth opportunities.

Collin Moore serves as Gulf Coast Asset & Development Geologist for Kenosis Operating Company. He brings experience evaluating conventional and unconventional oil and gas opportunities across the Permian Basin, Eastern Shelf, North Texas, and Gulf Coast, with a background in prospect generation, acquisition evaluation, subsurface mapping, petrophysical analysis, reserve estimation, and field development.

• Experience evaluating conventional and unconventional oil and gas opportunities across the Permian Basin, Eastern Shelf, North Texas, and Gulf Coast.
• Background in prospect generation, acquisition evaluation, subsurface mapping, petrophysical analysis, reserve estimation, well reviews, behind-pipe potential, and field development.
• Texas and Gulf Coast geology experience through Kroh Exploration, TS Oil, independent consulting work, field geology assignments, and QEP Resources.
• President of the Oil Information Library of Fort Worth from 2021 through December 2025.
• Brings subsurface evaluation support to asset review, development planning, acquisitions, and well-level opportunity identification.
• Helps evaluate behind-pipe potential, field development options, prospect quality, and geological upside.
• Works across mapping, petrophysical review, well data, reserve estimates, and geology software including GeoGraphix, PHDwin, and Kingdom.
• Adds development geology capacity as Kenosis reviews existing assets and evaluates future Gulf Coast opportunities.
• Supports Kenosis through Gulf Coast asset evaluation, development geology, prospect review, and subsurface analysis.
• Helps identify geological opportunities that can support drilling, recompletion, rework, acquisition, and field development decisions.
• Adds technical geology support to the Kenosis team as the company evaluates current wells and future asset growth.

Bryan Stringer serves as Senior Petroleum Engineer for Kenosis Operating Company. He brings more than 16 years of petroleum engineering experience from Stokes & Spiehler, with a background in drilling, engineering, casing, and oil and gas field support.

• Petroleum Engineer at Kenosis Operating Company.
• More than 16 years as Petroleum Engineer at Stokes & Spiehler.
• Petroleum Engineering and Business Management background from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
• Experience across drilling, casing, engineering analysis, and oil and gas field support.
• Brings petroleum engineering support to drilling, casing, field execution, and technical review.
• Helps translate engineering analysis into practical field decisions for well planning and operations.
• Supports coordination between technical teams, field personnel, and operating leadership.
• Adds engineering depth as Kenosis evaluates wells, reviews development opportunities, and manages field activity.
• Supports Kenosis through petroleum engineering, drilling support, casing review, and field-level technical work.
• Assists with well reviews, operational planning, and engineering support across Kenosis assets.
• Adds practical engineering capacity to the technical team as Kenosis manages existing wells and evaluates future opportunities.

Paul Strickland serves as Chief Operating Officer of Kroh Exploration, supporting the operating strength behind Kenosis. He brings 50+ years of oil and gas experience across engineering leadership, production optimization, operational management, field execution, and production performance, with experience spanning organizations including Netherland Sewell & Associates, Vintage Petroleum, Newfield Exploration, Enduro Resource Partners, Wagner Oil Company, Wynn-Crosby, and Kentex Worland.

• 50+ years in oil and gas, with deep experience in engineering, production optimization, and operational management.
• Chief Operating Officer of Kroh Exploration, overseeing operational strategy, field execution, and production performance.
• Senior leadership experience across engineering and production operations, including COO, Vice President of Engineering, Production Engineering Manager, and VP Production Operations roles.
• Production optimization specialist, with experience in artificial lift, LOE reduction, workovers, facility installations, and property evaluation.
• Brings a level of experience and operational discipline that is hard to match.
• Works across engineering and operations to strengthen alignment, disciplined execution, and production performance. • Helps drive performance, optimize assets, and support field- level operating decisions.
• Adds senior operating judgment across production management, engineering leadership, and asset optimization.
• Serves as COO of Kroh Exploration, strengthening the operating infrastructure behind Kenosis.
• Oversees operational strategy, field execution, and production performance across the Kroh organization.
• Supports disciplined growth by aligning engineering, operations, production performance, and asset-level execution.

Kit Maddox serves as VP of Land for Kroh Exploration. He brings 20+ years of petroleum land and land title experience across title examination, lease acquisition, due diligence, right-of-way negotiation, litigation support, surface and mineral contracts, land data systems, and project leadership.

• Owner of Kit H. Maddox, LLC, with experience managing petroleum land projects across multiple regions.
• Former Title Examiner at US Title Company, specializing in surface title examination.
• Former Systems Real Estate Analyst for the Texas A&M University System, with experience in property acquisitions, dispositions, and lease management.
• Background includes expert testimony in boundary disputes and receivership cases, surface damage settlements, oil and gas title research, contract negotiation, and leadership of landman teams.
• Brings deep land and title expertise to acquisition support, leasehold review, ownership research, and right-of-way matters.
• Supports technical, legal, operational, and financial teams through land data, surface and mineral contract review, due diligence, and title analysis.
• Adds practical judgment in complex land matters, including litigation support, boundary disputes, receivership issues, and surface damage settlements.
• Combines petroleum land experience with strong problem- solving discipline from prior technical and U.S. Navy electronics work.
• Serves as VP of Land for Kroh Exploration, supporting land strategy, title review, lease acquisition, and due diligence.
• Helps protect asset value through land documentation, ownership analysis, contract review, and right-of-way coordination.
• Adds senior land leadership as Kroh supports Kenosis-related acquisitions, operating needs, and long-term asset development.

Edward “Ed” Hohos serves as Consulting Geologist for Kroh Exploration, bringing more than 35 years of oil and gas experience across petroleum geology, geological mapping, drilling operations, reservoir characterization, and asset evaluation. His background includes work with EOG Resources, Comstock Resources, ARCO Exploration, and independent geological consulting through EFH Exploration, LLC.

• More than 60+ years of oil and gas geology experience across exploration, development, drilling support, and reservoir evaluation.
• Background with major and independent energy companies, including EOG Resources, Comstock Resources, and ARCO Exploration.
• Owner of EFH Exploration, LLC, providing independent geological expertise and technical evaluation.
• Experienced in geological mapping, reservoir characterization, drilling operations, and subsurface asset review.
• Brings subsurface technical discipline to asset evaluation, development planning, and well-level opportunity review.
• Helps connect geological interpretation with drilling decisions, reservoir understanding, and operational planning . • Adds tremendous experience across both major-company and independent operator environments.
• Supports Kroh and Kenosis with geological insight needed to identify, evaluate, and responsibly develop oil and gas opportunities.
• Serves as Consulting Geologist for Kroh Exploration, supporting technical review, mapping, reservoir evaluation, and asset development.
• Helps evaluate subsurface opportunity before capital is committed to drilling, rework, or acquisition activity.
• Adds senior geological judgment to the broader technical team behind Kenosis.