Mr. Tennant obtained a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982. Since that time, he has been involved in at least one acquisition/drilling venture every year with successful total expenditures of over $800 million. Prior to joining Yuma in September of 1994, Mr. Tennant’s past employers include Pend Oreille Oil & Gas, American Exploration, Maersk Energy and TransTexas Gas Corp. His background includes reservoir engineering, exploitation geology, pipeline and economic analysis to third party reconciliations, joint venture evaluations and year-end reserve reports. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. (Experience: 27 years)