Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 1, 2004
STEPHEN H. HOLLIS has served as the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Double Eagle Petroleum Co. since January 1994 and previously
served as a Vice President of the company from December 1989 through
January 1994. Mr. Hollis has served as a Director of the company since
December 1989 and is currently Chairman. Mr. Hollis has been the Vice
President of Hollis Oil & Gas Co., a small oil and gas company, since
January 1994 and had been the President of Hollis Oil & Gas Co. from
June 1986 through January 1994. Mr. Hollis was a geologist for an
affiliate of United Nuclear Corporation from 1974 to 1977 and a
consulting geologist from 1977 to 1979. In 1979, Mr. Hollis joined
Marathon Oil Company and held various positions until 1986, when he
founded Hollis Oil & Gas Co. Mr. Hollis is a past President of the
Wyoming Geological Association and 1999 President of the Rocky Mountain
Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Mr. Hollis
received a BA degree in Geology from the University of Pennsylvania in
1972 and a Master's degree in Geology from Bryn Mawr College in 1974. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief history of Double Eagle and an overview of youroperations.
Mr. Hollis: The company was started in 1972 with a small initial public
offering and grew slowly but surely