South Plains Petroleum, Inc. is lead by a team of oil and gas professionals with a lifetime of experience and a track record in finding abandoned, orphaned, and neglected oil properties that still contain substantial possibilities and untapped reserves. With a proven history of profit through these kinds of oil and gas properties, our investors can be sure that the South Plains Petroleum team has the ability necessary to successfully complete complex and difficult projects.
Joe D’Amico has over 45 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry concentrated primarily in Louisiana and Texas. He has worked on numerous acquisitions, both large and small, operations including recompletions and workovers, reservoir engineering, and has had various management roles including the last two as Chief Operating Officer at Swift Energy Company and Chief Executive Officer at Southcoast Resources, LLC. While he was C.O.O. at Swift he assembled and directed a group of professionals whose work resulted in Swift being the largest oil producer in the state of Louisiana.
Joe has both a B.S. and a M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from LSU and a M.B.A. from the University of Houston.
Mr. Neukomm is a talented senior level executive with a background in finance, insurance, oil and gas and telecommunications. He is skilled at financial structuring and deal negotiation.
Since 1995, he has served as President of NeuHaus Advisors, Inc., a boutique merchant banking firm in Houston, Texas, which has helped develop businesses as diverse as energy technologies, telecommunications technologies and industrial services.
Mr. Neukomm currently serves as Chairman and CEO of American Security Resources Corporation and is a director of other small private and public entities.
Mr. Neukomm, an alumnus of Southern Methodist University, is an Eagle Scout. He is also a volunteer with the National Council Boy Scouts of America, the Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is Scoutmaster Emeritus and Eagle Coordinator of Troop 211 BSA at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas.
At the age of 20, Mr. Boatwright began working on offshore platforms throughout the Gulf of Mexico, working on drilling rigs and production platforms. Through “hands on experience” his vast knowledge and expertise include but are not limited to deep water drilling, work over and completions, wire line operations, coiled tubing operations and production of oil and gas. Mr. Boatwright has also developed and established his own multi-million corporation, Black Gold, Inc. He has introduced cutting edge technology with an artificial lift product and radial drilling perforations on land based wells; saving companies 50% of their overall expenditures as well as huge gains in well production. Within the last six years of developing and growing Black Gold, Inc., Mr. Boatwright has gained the confidence and business of well known associates and acquaintances worldwide. He has worked with several companies to develop multi-million projects by providing excellent service to maximize profits.
Mr. Revard is a 3rd Generation oil and gas operator in Oklahoma and Texas. He currently holds 1 of 8 elected positions on the Osage Indian Minerals Council which is empowered to administer and develop over 1.475 million acres of mineral rights covering all of Osage County, Oklahoma. The Mineral Estate is owned by the Osage Tribe of Indians held in trust by the US Federal Government for the benefit of the Osage Headright Owners. As a Member of the Council he interacts with oil and gas companies within the Mineral Estate. He and other Council members have regular communications with officials in Washington DC with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other Agencies under the US Department of Interior. Mr Revard has Degrees in Petroleum Geology and Petroleum Land Management.
Ricardo is a highly effective Senior Oil and Gas Executive with more than 18 years of progressive experience in management across various sectors of the energy industry, in the US and internationally. A detail-oriented and diligent leader with a track record of success setting strategic direction, executing to plan, and leading teams to achieve outstanding results in challenging, and fast-paced business environments.
Mr Rodil’s experience includes being Senior Regional Manager in Panama for Halliburton for Latin America, working at C-Level in several independent oil companies in Columbia and Mexico. He has numerous certifications and Degrees and is expected to take a leading management position in South Plains Petroleum, Inc as the company grows.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Kari Phillips started her oil and gas career with Halliburton as a fracturing engineer in Western Oklahoma. Now a completions engineer with over 10 years of industry experience, Kari has shown diligence in her work. Her experience includes roles in completions, drilling, and production, and has had the opportunity to work across several states including Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and Louisiana.
Kari values communication, taking ownership, mentoring, and sharing knowledge. Mentoring and sharing knowledge is one way to pay forward all of the excellent and patient mentors that she has had the pleasure to learn from along the way.
When not at the office, she is mothering two bright young children, working to complete a Master’s Degree in Natural Gas Engineering and Management from the University of Oklahoma, and occasionally enjoys painting and sketching.