Charles E. (Chuck) Fox is chief executive officer and founder of Windy Cove Energy II. Previously, he was vice president of operations and engineering for Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, where he managed operations of the McElmo Dome CO2 source field and 1,000 miles of CO2 pipeline. In addition, he also was responsible for the company’s oil and gas CO2 enhanced oil recovery operations, including the five billion barrel original-oil-in-place (OOIP) Yates field, the three billion barrel OOIP SACROC field, and the Snyder Gasoline Plant. Chuck is a co-author of the SPE monograph, Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding and is an SPE distinguished lecturer. He holds a M.S. degree in petroleum engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and New Mexico.

Andy Casazza, chief financial officer, is a co-founder of Windy Cove Energy II. Andy is the former vice president of Paxton U.S., heading up business development activities in enhanced oil recovery. Previously, he was chief operating officer of Rancher Energy, where he oversaw the land, business development, and finance departments. Andy holds a B.A. degree from Claremont McKenna College.

Jim Skurner, chief operating officer, is a co-founder of Windy Cove Energy II. Jim brings to Windy Cove 20 years of industry experience, most recently as co-founder and vice president of Tabula Rasa Energy, where he led the development and design of two new San Andres CO2 floods in the Permian Basin. His previous engineering experience includes positions at Texaco, Kinder Morgan CO2 and Enhanced Oil Resources. Jim holds a B.S. degree in geology from Purdue University and a M.S. degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.

Paul Nunley, vice president of land, brings more than 36 years of mineral and real estate experience to Windy Cove. He previously served as director of land, marketing and business development at Kinder Morgan CO2 Company and earlier, as district land manager at Shell Oil Company. Paul holds a B.B.A. degree from West Texas A&M University.

Christopher (Carson) Andrews is operations manager for Windy Cove Energy II. He has more than 15 years of direct operational experience with drilling, completion and production of horizontal and vertical wells across multiple production horizons in the Permian Basin. While working for Kinder Morgan, Carson was the team lead for the first installation of smart well technology in onshore North America at the SACROC field located in Snyder, Texas. Carson has a B.BA. in finance and a B.Sc. in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech University.