Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 30, 2001
DELOY MILLER, Chairman and CEO of Miller Petroleum, Inc., is a seasoned
gas and oil professional with 31 years of experience in the drilling and
production business in the Appalachian Basin. During his years as a
drilling contractor, he acquired extensive geological knowledge of
Tennessee and Kentucky and received training in the reading of well
logs. A native Tennessean, Mr. Miller is credited with being the leader
in converting the Appalachian Basin from cable tool drilling to air
drilling, using the Ingersoll-Rand T3 Drillmaster rigs. The introduction
of air drilling sparked the 1969 drilling boom and Mr. Miller soon
became a successful drilling contractor in the southern Appalachian
Basin. He served two terms as President of the Tennessee Oil and Gas
Association and in 1978 the organization named Mr. Miller the Tennessee
Oil Man of the Year. He continues to serve on the Board of that
organization. Mr. Miller was appointed by the Governor of Tennessee to
be the petroleum industry's representative on the Tennessee Oil and Gas
Board, the state agency that regulates gas and oil operations in the
state. Profile
Petroleum?
Mr. Miller: We went public in 1997. Prior to that, I've been in the oil
business for 30, 31 years. Primarily as
