Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 2, 2002
KENNETH R. PEAK is Chairman, Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
of Contango Oil & Gas Company. Mr. Peak is the Founder of and has been
Chairman and CEO of Contango since its formation in September 1999.
Prior to September 1999, Mr. Peak was President of Peak Enernomics,
Incorporated, a company engaged in consulting activities to the natural
gas and oil industry. Mr. Peak's energy career began in 1973 as a
commercial banker in First Chicago's energy group. In 1980, Mr. Peak
became Treasurer of Tosco Corporation and in 1982 Chief Financial
Officer of Texas International Company (T.I.). Mr. Peak's tenure
included serving as President of TIPCO, the domestic operating
subsidiary of T.I.'s oil and gas operations. Mr. Peak has also served as
Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil and as an investment banker with
Howard Weil. Mr. Peak served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to
1971. Mr. Peak received a BS in Physics from Ohio University and an MBA
from Columbia University. He currently serves as a Director of
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a provider of onshore contract drilling
services to exploration and production companies in North America. Profile
Gas and then give us a picture of things at the company as they are now?
Mr. Peak: We've been in business now for two
