Patrick J. Noyes, President and Chief Executive Officer

Patrick J. Noyes is the founder, President and CEO of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. From February, 2003 until June, 2006 he was Chairman, President, and CEO of Stroud Energy, Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas. At Stroud, Mr. Noyes led a turnaround of that company from a severely financially distressed company to one which sold in June, 2006 with an enterprise value of $455 million. He accomplished this with a simple two point business plan of restructuring the capital and diversifying the asset base. This diversification was achieved through acquisitions and growth through the drill bit in the Barnett Shale and East Texas. During his tenure, production increased from 12.5 mmcfd to just over 30 mmcfd in June, 2006. Also, proved reserves increased from 72.9 BCF to 159.4 BCF during that time. From February, 2002 to February, 2003, he was a co-founder of American EnergyQuest, L.P., a private company involved in efforts to form and finance the acquisition of certain producing oil and gas properties. Previously, he was employed by Mitchell Energy Company, L.P. in The Woodlands, Texas for over 22 years. From 1999 until he left in 2002, he was Mitchell Energy’s Vice President – Drilling and Services. During Mr. Noyes’ tenure as Vice President – Drilling and Services, Mitchell Energy’s Barnett Shale activity increased from a two rig program to 18 rigs running in January, 2002. The growth in net Barnett production in this period was threefold (80-240 MMCFD). Mr. Noyes had complete control over all drilling operations for the entire company, as well as stewardship over the reserve bookings. Additionally, he routinely interfaced with the production engineers and geologists in developing prospects and planning rig activity. In 2001, Mitchell drilled a total of 360 wells with a capital budget of $345 million. Of this total, 310 wells were in the Barnett. These wells accounted for approximately 388 BCF of PDP reserves added to Mitchell Energy’s books. Mr. Noyes holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (With Honors) from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Mr. Noyes’ professional associations include memberships in the SPE and IPAA.


Lawrence J. Finn, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Lawrence J. Finn is the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. From November, 2005 to April, 2007 he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Terax Energy, Inc., a public natural gas company in Dallas, Texas. From May, 2005 to November, 2005, Mr. Finn was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Petrol Oil and Gas, Inc., a public natural gas company in Kansas City, Kansas. From November, 2001 until March, 2005, Mr. Finn served as Vice President of Finance, then as Project Coordinator for Shale Projects for CDX Gas, LLC, a private natural gas company in Dallas, Texas. From September, 1993 to July, 2000, Mr. Finn was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Wiser Oil Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed exploration and production company located in Dallas, Texas. From 1973 to 1993, Mr. Finn served as a financial officer in both public and private companies in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Finn is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston. From 1978 to 1993, Mr. Finn held security licenses as a registered representative and a financial principle with the National Association of Securities Dealers.


E. Byron Hailey III, Vice President of Operations and Engineering

E. Byron Hailey III is the Vice President of Operations and Engineering of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. From May, 2004 until October, 2007, Mr. Hailey served as Operations Engineer for several divisions of XTO Energy. His most recent assignment focused on the prolific “core” area of the Barnett Shale. In a two year span, he engineered completions and provided surveillance for approximately 275 horizontal wells resulting in a production increase from 15 to over 200 MMCFPD. Prior to the Barnett Shale, he worked the CBM and sand plays of the San Juan Basin. Before joining XTO Energy in 2004, Mr. Hailey was a Senior Drilling Engineer with Shell Western E&P. He spent over seven years drilling wells for major projects ranging from the rapidly developing fields of the Rocky Mountains to the technologically challenged wells of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. During his tenure with Shell, Mr. Hailey executed subsea pre-drill wells for the billion dollar Brutus TLP development, served as one of the key members of the team which established Shell’s foothold in the Pinedale Anticline, and aided in the implementation of the technical limit drilling process in the US operations. Mr. Hailey holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (With Honors) from Texas A&M University. His professional associations include memberships in the SPE and AADE. In 2004, Mr. Hailey co-authored a SPE paper on the integration of completion fracture data into drilling well design.


George Moretti, Jr., Vice President of Geology and Geophysics

George Moretti Jr. is the Vice-President of Geology for Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. He was with Mitchell Energy for 20 years, the first ten years in Denver, Colorado as Geologic Advisor and Exploration Manager. He supervised several geologists and was responsible for the development and drilling of 13 of the first wells in Hell’s Hole Field in the Piceance Basin. From June, 1992 to March, 2002 he was in The Woodlands, Texas office for Mitchell where he supervised the development group that generated prospects and helped coordinate with engineering for a six rig drilling program which included Mitchell’s Barnett Shale play. He also worked several plays in the East Texas Basin including portions of North Personville Field. He was responsible for Mitchell’s entry into the Bossier play, recommending acreage acquisition and the drilling of 12 wells resulting in a reserve addition of over 20 Bcf. Prior to working for Mitchell Mr. Moretti was with Texaco in Midland, Texas from January, 1972 to June, 1974 working with a team that developed a depositional model for the Morrow Sandstone in southeast New Mexico. From June 1974 to September 1978 he was in Chicago, Illinois with Amoco International working primarily offshore Trinidad where he was responsible for the development of Poui Gas Field and the drilling of the first 12 wells in the field. He was with Amoco Production in Denver, Colorado from September 1978 to February 1982 where he supervised several geologists generating locations for a six rig drilling program in the Williston Basin. Since March 2002 he has been involved in the purchase of mineral/royalty interests primarily in the Barnett shale play and also in East Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Oklahoma. He is a partner in a group that completed a geological evaluation of the Fayetteville Shale in the Arkoma Basin and another group exploring for shallow oil in southern Ohio. Mr. Moretti received a B.A. in Geology from Hunter College of the City University of New York and a M.S. in Geology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a licensed geologist in the states of Texas and Wyoming and has been a member of AAPG for 35 years.


Roger B. Smith, Vice President Land

Roger B. Smith is the Vice President of Land of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC. Following a twenty-five year career as a key member of the E & P division with Mitchell Energy Company, L.P., Mr. Smith co-founded American EnergyQuest, L.P. in 2002 in an effort to source and finance acquisition opportunities in the onshore Texas area but primarily within the Barnett Shale play of North Texas. Through year end 2006 American EnergyQuest, L.P. closed transactions with multiple operators involving over 20,000 acres across a seven county area in North Texas. These transactions have lead to the drilling of 33 horizontal Barnett Shale wells with additional wells planned for 2007. From 1999 until he left in 2002 Mr. Smith was Mitchell Energy’s Vice President of Land. During this time Mr. Smith negotiated all major property acquisitions and divestitures, established and managed capital budgets in excess of 22 million and developed and implemented the strategies for the expansion of Mitchell’s Barnett Shale lease position into Johnson County, Texas that directly lead to the acquisition of an additional 100,000 acres. Prior to 1999 Mr. Smith held various managerial land positions within Mitchell where he had direct supervision of 28 landmen and support staff and managed over 1.2 million acres across seven states. He was directly responsible for the acquisition of over 70,000 acres in Mitchell’s prolific East Texas core area of North Personville Field that resulted in the drilling of over 250 wells. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business (With Honors) from the University of Arkansas. His professional associations include memberships in AAPL and HAPL.



Blythe Thomas, Office Manager


Blythe Thomas is the Office Manager of Grenadier Energy Partners, LLP. She joined Grenadier in January 2008 and brings with her over 20 years of oil and gas experience. Her experience covers many administrative aspects of the industry; including, drilling and production, marketing and trading and financial related responsibilities. Ms. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University.