Knowledge
Core5G team of seasoned explorationists with tried and true exploration methodology.

Execution

Leadership
Executive team with 125+ years experience in oil industry corporate and operations management including Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, restructures.

Our team is a diversified group with deep and extensive energy industry experience. Our Star Management Team includes:

Hezi Kugler, CEO and Director

• Hezi Kugler is the former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy & Water, and is President of his wholly-owned company Kugler Development & Investments Ltd., based in Tel Aviv.
• Since leaving government service, Mr. Kugler has or is currently serving as CEO of Kesem Energy Ltd. which has been designated by the Israeli Government to establish a 780 MW CCGT in the center of the country, 60 MW solar power (PV) projects in the Negev desert initiated by him in partnership with a major international investment fund, as well as several additional PV projects interconnected with the national grid in Israel; and as CEO of an O&G exploration company in Israel as well as an offshore venture in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa; and served as Chairman of a desalination technology company based in Israel.
• Hezi Kugler has extensive experience in the energy and water sectors. Prior to his position as Director General of Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy & Water from 2006 – 2009, he was a leading project finance lawyer on major projects in the energy and water sectors in Israel. During his tenure as Director General, Mr. Kugler was responsible for overseeing Israel’s power sector and oil and gas exploration and development on behalf of the government. Mr. Kugler designated the initial infrastructure for facilitating delivery of natural gas from the “Tamar” field to the Israeli system; he led Israel’s negotiations with BG on development of the Gaza Marine natural gas reservoir offshore from Israel / the Palestinian Authority; he initiated Israel’s first LNG project and served as co-chairman of the government tender committee; he supervised closely development and expansion of Israel’s natural gas transmission system and electricity generation network; led enactment by the government of the major overhaul and expansion of desalination in Israel; and was instrumental in opening up the local electricity market to competition and expanding supply of power by Independent Power Producers. Mr. Kugler is also the architect of Israel’s policies for renewable energies, which have led to creation of a new clean energy industry in Israel.
• Mr. Kugler serves as lecturer in the University of Haifa School of Natural Resources and the Environment, in the Energy Policy and Management MA program, where he lectures on Israeli Energy Policy. He serves in a voluntary capacity as a board member of not-for-profit institutions in Israel, and is a frequent guest and commentator in professional conferences and the media on subjects within his expertise.

Norman J. Singer, acting CEO & Chairman of the Board

• 40 years experience as a successful entrepreneur, attorney and senior business executive in oil and gas, and other industries.
• Combined law degree from London School of Economics, Colgate University and Colombia University School of Law, and a Master’s Degree in International Economics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
• Served as International, and then General Counsel and Director of Oceanic Exploration Company, where he negotiated almost thirty international oil and gas exploration licenses, arranged over $250 MM in bank and supplier finance an eastern Med oil field development, and led the company’s NASDAQ public listing.
• He also served as CEO of Oceanic Exploration Israel which drilled four exploration wells in Israel. After almost ten years at Oceanic, he was recruited by Pexco, the natural resources division of the Usaha Tegas Group (Malaysia), a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, to be Chairman of Pexco U.S. As Chairman, he established two E & P companies in Texas and Oklahoma, raised $130 MM from equity investors for drilling and development, and then merged the combined entity with a larger pipeline and gas marketing company.
• In addition to other non-E&P ventures, Singer is a founding partner of Israel Technology Partners, a private limited partnership which raised more than $15 MM from individual American investors and Israeli corporate partners for investments in 11 Israeli high-tech and bio medical companies.
• He currently is an Executive Vice President of Sage Canyon Advisors (http://sagecanyonllc.com/), serves as a legal advisor to International Development Enterprises (NGO with offices in 14 countries)
• Is a member of the Colorado, New York and American Bar Associations.

Lawrence A. Stanley, V. P. Finance, Secretary/Treasurer & Managing Director

• Founder of 27 start-up companies, several of which are Israeli.
• Bendix Corp. Divisional Controller/Manager Acquisitions
• Controller, Environmental and Process Instruments Division
• Chief Accountant, Sprague Electric Co.
• Supervisor of Cost Accounting, Huyck Corporation.
• Experienced investor, fund raiser and deal-maker with extensive international experience.
• Analytical problem-solver with keen ability to assess the requirements of start-up firms and partner with management teams to develop and accomplish growth goals. Deep understanding of diverse cultural and business relationships.
• President of LK Energy

Dr. Thomas Shaw, Vice President Geosciences

• 35 years experience
• President of LK Energy
• V.P. Geosciences Compania Petrolera Perseus (Mexico) and RX-Drill (Cyprus – Levant Basin offshore, 2nd Bid Round)
• Founder and Vice President, Voyager Midstream
• Corporate strategy advisor, Decision Strategies
• Latin America Exploration and Development Manager, Unocal (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru; M&A)
• Leader of Latin America and Central Asia strategy teams, Unocal
• Geologist, southeast and central Asia (Pakistan, Kazakhstan, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan)
• Technical manager of Jalabad farm-in (1 Tcf), Bangladesh
• North America exploration geologist (Illinois and Michigan Basins, Texas Gulf Coast)
• Ph.D., Earth & Environmental Sciences; M.S., Geology, Emory University; B.S., Geology, Eastern Illinois

Dr. Mark Odegard, Vice President Technology

• 40 years experience
• President of GrizGEo, consultancy specializing in regional interpretation of geophysical data and prospect generation
• Principal in first delineation of the Santos Basin pre-salt play, Brazil (>50 billion barrels of oil)
• Regional study of eastern Mediterranean for RX-Drill, 2nd Cyprus Bid Round
• GETECH, Vice President and Technical Manager; principal for interpretation projects over the South Atlantic, Southeast Asia, Morocco, northeast North America and Greenland, Caribbean, Mexico, US GOM and Central America
• Unocal Research and advising Geophysicist (10-years
• Academic positions at the University of Hawai’i and New Mexico State University
• Director of the US Navy Geology, Geophysics and Arctic Research Programs.
• Over 200 scientific publications
• Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Hawai’I; M.S. Geophysics, Oregon State; B.A. Physics and Mathematics, Univ. Of Montana

John M. King IV, President & Managing Director

• 40 yrs. oil & gas and private equity.
• President of Insight Exploration LLC (E. Med & Israel), Global Aerial Imaging Solutions, LLC, American Resources Corp. (two new field wildcat Minnelusa discoveries (5 MMBO)
• 1988 early adopter of horizontal drilling in Austin Chalk, TX (10 commercial horizontal wells)
• Managing Director Private Equity firms CEO Equity & UniFi Capital Partners; $365 million Iron Carbide gas synthesis plant with iron ore & natural gas as feedstock with a 110 megawatt Cogen, King was President, Chief Project Developer & Financier of Iron Technologies, Inc. – financing gained from Solomon Smith Barney, Mellon Bank and MCINIC.
  

Paul Oberman, Chief Financial Officer

• 35 yrs. experience in public accounting, finance and senior executive management. C Squared Solutions Partner & Founder
• V.P. Accounting, M.D.C. Holdings
• V.P. Finance & Treasurer, Striker Petroleum
• Controller, Houston International Minerals Corp.
• In addition to mining and oil and gas, has served as CFO and, or V.P.-Finance/ Accounting for companies across s number of sectors; including, renewable energy, commercial real estate, construction and home building, manufacturing, retail and luxury jewelry, insurance, engineering services, defense contracting, and financial services.

Jay Hait, General Counsel (Israel)

• American Israeli attorney and principle of Hait & Co., which represents foreign and native English speaking individuals, companies, and other entities in in Israel, and has affiliated offices throughout Israel.
• As practicing attorney in Israel and the U.S., Jay has a unique ability to help clients to bridge the divide between the legal culture in Israel and other western countries.
• Has served as in-house counsel for a chemical manufacturer and served as a partner in commercial and securities law practice.
• Rutgers University School of Law

Landon Westbrook, General Counsel (U.S.)

• Contract negotiations and agreements drafting on international and U.S. projects
• Texaco, BP & Oxy, 38 yrs.

Our team Exploration has one mission: to create stakeholder wealth through oil exploration. We do this sequentially, with project play and prospect generation, due diligence, acreage acquisition, hi-tech work programs, prospect ranking & seriatim, drilling, assessing & appraising the discovery and subsequently monetizing it. The greatest rate of value creation occurs where an investment’s maximum valuation is attained for the least amount of capital. Once a discovery is made, we appraise it & capitalize on our investment by monetizing it. This disciplined turnover supports renewed exploration investment organically, providing new capital for the next cycle of wealth creation.

The following are aspects and attributes of our team and its Management:

• Portfolio of project activity focused on Mediterranean Offshore and Onshore
• Extensive oil project portfolio evaluations throughout the Mediterranean Region
• Over 250 years of experience in oil and gas and other industries
• Extensive experience in exploration both offshore and onshore
• Extensive experience in Indonesia offshore, Gulf Coast Region, Rocky Mountains Region and around the World
• Messinian Predecessor company Black Gold Energy (“BGE”) founded and operated by Decker, Orange and Teas n 2006 raised $96.3 million from Goldman Sachs 
• Messinian Predecessor company Black Gold Energy (“BGE”) founded and operated by Decker, Orange and Teas n 2006 raised $96.3 million from Goldman Sachs and another investor for offshore Indonesia and sold to Niko in 2009
• BGE was the largest holder of Concession Rights for Offshore Indonesia in 2009.
• Group has raised and returned billions of dollars of debt and investment capital (Kelly Hickel alone is over $1.1B)
• Decades of technology experience dedicated to positioning us and one of the most advanced technology based exploration companies
• Extensive geology and geophysical knowledge based portfolio
• Global experience
• Deep experience in management from downstream, to exploration to oilfield services to production
• Relationships in all phases of the industry
• Deep and wide relationships in the financial community of lenders and investors
• Sterling reputations individually and collectively
• Family with over sixty years in the exploration business with (John McCandish King, Father of Our team’s John M. King IV is the first Oil Legend of the Rockies, Founder/Chairman/CEO of King Resources Company of the 1950s-1970s, 1969 Wildcatter of the Year); John M. King IV grew up learning the oil business from his father, and has had specific projects to pursue many gained from his Father.
  
• Relationships with almost all successful energy business individuals in Denver and elsewhere