LEADERSHIP

David Peña

Managing Director​

  • Founder, Petralis Energy Resources & Petralis Integrated Studies, 2014 – Present

  • Director of subsurface engineering, Aurora Oil & Gas, 2012 – 2014

  • Senior reservoir engineer, Hess Corporation, 2011 – 2012

  • Upstream technology, senior reservoir engineer, ConocoPhillips, 2005 – 2011

  • B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University

Luis Serrano

Operations Director​

  • Drilling and Completions engineer, Petralis Energy Resources , March 2018 – Present

  • Staff exploration drilling engineer, Conocophillips, 2016 – 2017

  • Drilling engineering supervisor, Conocophillips, 2013 – 2016

  • Staff drilling engineer, Conocophillips – Barnett and Delaware Basin, 2007 – 2013

  • Lead drilling engineer, Petrozuata – Venezuela, 2006 – 2007

Ronald Sprague

Geoscience Director​

  • Geologist, Petralis Energy Resources , 2017 – Present

  • Regional geologist, unconventional resources, Saudi Aramco, 2014 – 2017

  • Senior geological consultant, Saudi Aramco, 2002 – 2014

  • Geological consultant, Shell New Orleans, 2002

  • Geological specialist, Louisiana Deepwater, Enterprise Oil, 2001 – 2002