James Edmiston Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Mexico City, Mexico

Independent member of the Board of Directors for a privately-held oil and gas exploration company in Mexico. Jaguar is the largest holder of onshore licenses, ex-Pemex, in Mexico.

Mexico, City Mexico

Houston Area

Houston, Texas Area

With a tenure that began in 2004, James was elected in 2005 as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of Harvest Natural Resources (HNR). Headquartered in Houston, Texas, HNR was an independent oil and gas company with primary focus on international markets. Beginning in in 2016, HNR liquidated its remaining assets in Venezuela and Gabon. He continues his Board service. Assumed the role of President and CEO in 2005. Immediately began strategic shift and turnaround toward 1) geopolitical diversification and 2) organic growth. Over this period and due to the status of the Venezuelan operations, Harvest could not access the capital markets, seriously impeding near-term growth. Resolved the Venezuelan contract with Harvest being the only company out of 18 to have received additional assets as compensation. Harvest had a significant unconventional oil discovery in 2010 in the Uinta Basin which we monetized for $215 million 14 months after discovery.

Houston, Texas Area

Joined Harvest as EVP & COO to succeed CEO following a transition. Responsible for operations worldwide. Production increased 60% in first 6 months, largely due to aggressive intervention in the Venezuela development program. Further increases were impossible due to Venezuela government policy changes effected in January of 2005. Additionally, assumed the role of lead negotiator with the Venezuelan government to achieve migration to a jointly-owned production company.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

James enjoyed a 22-year career of increasingly significant management responsibilities with Conoco and ConocoPhillips including President, Dubai Petroleum Company, a ConocoPhillips affiliate company in the United Arab Emirates. In late 2001 and early 2002, led the US Lower 48 Conoco transition and integration team in preparation for the closing of the ConocoPhillips merger. From 1999 through 2001, was the General Manager, Petrozuata, C.A. in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Petrozuata is a $3.4-billion joint venture project, which produces and upgrades extra-heavy oil from the Orinoco Basin. Prior to 1999, completed assignments as Vice President and General Manager of Conoco Russia and then Asset Manager of Conoco's South Texas Lobo Trend gas operations. Prior to 1996, had various domestic and international assignments for Conoco.As President, Dubai Petroleum Company, responsible for a large operating subsidiary and reporting to the President, Middle East, Russia and Caspian, ConocoPhillips. Scope includes production volumes of 120,000 barrels of oil per day, 700+ employees and a capital and operating budget exceeding $200 million annually. DPC operates the business on behalf of ConocoPhillips and four leading international oil and gas companies. The President of DPC is the Chairman of the Operating Committee that is comprised of members from each of the shareholder companies and the Government of Dubai.

Houston, Texas

Led U.S. Lower 48 Conoco delegation on the transition and integration team preparing for the closing of the ConocoPhillips merger. This involved leading a team from both companies in formulating operating strategies, optimizing the resulting portfolio, and design of the new Upstream organization for the combined Lower 48 asset base of approximately $8 billion. The team delivered the operational and organizational templates required for implementation at closing in order to benefit from the synergy and scale of the combination of the asset bases.

Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela

Directed and managed all aspects of the construction, start-up and commissioning of the first Extra Heavy Oil Strategic Association in Venezuela through a Joint Venture company named Petrozuata. Petrozuata is an integrated operation that has developed sustainable production capacity in excess of 120,000 barrels per day of 9 degree API bitumen that is transported via pipeline 200 miles to a new Upgrading Refinery. The bitumen is then upgraded into 100,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil and other byproducts. All products are loaded out on Petrozuata-owned marine facilities to be marketed and sold. Project and early-operations costs totaled approximately $3.4 billion. The project was of one of the largest and most successful project financings in Latin America and exceeded all performance testing requirements of the Financing Agreement in December of 2001.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed all aspects of active unconventional natural gas development (Lobo Trend) in South Texas including capital and operating budgets in excess of $250 million annually and production in excess of 800 million cubic feet per day. Scope of job included full profit and loss responsibility for approximately $1.5 Billion in assets, managing all activities including Land, Acquisitions, Geoscience, Engineering, Operations and Finance. Manpower exceeded 200 full-time employees and up to 700 contractor employees.

Houston, Texas Area

Advisor to Archie Dunham, then EVP charged with all Upstream activities. Responsibilities included analysis of and consultation on all Upstream business activities, coordination of Upstream Vice Presidents' reporting and performance monitoring, and coordination of annual Upstream Business Plan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Managed all aspects of a Conoco-affiliated production operation, which represented Conoco's second largest upstream operating unit worldwide. Scope included production volumes of 150,000 barrels of oil per day, 250+ employees and a capital and operating budget exceeding $100 million annually.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Seconded from Conoco Inc. to the Government of Dubai to assist in the negotiation and contracting of natural gas supplies and the development of associated transmission and distribution infrastructure. Scope included managing the receipt and distribution of 600 million cubic feet per day and construction projects exceeding $100 million including pipelines and automated central control station.

Louisiana, New Mexico And Texas

Responsible for the sales of Conoco Inc. equity and third party natural gas production from the Rocky Mountain Region. Annual sales of approximately $55 million, with volumes averaging 100 million cubic feet per day, were marketed on both term and spot basis. Responsible for contracting and coordinating natural gas supplies for a Conoco Inc. NGL extraction and fractionation operation and industrial distribution subsidiary located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Annual purchases of approximately $150 million included wellhead and interstate supplies on both term and spot basis.Worked in a variety of functional engineering and supervisory assignments in three exploration and production divisions in the Lower 48 and Gulf of Mexico, including experiences in production, drilling, and reservoir engineering as well as acquisitions and mergers evaluation.

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