Leadership

Leadership grounded in technical depth and operator experience.

Petralis brings together reservoir, drilling, commercial, and cross-border project experience to support a repeatable East Texas development model.

Managing Director

David F. Pena

Petroleum engineer with global experience in reservoir engineering, well testing, and international project exposure. Before Petralis, David contributed to Aurora Oil and Gas' acquisition by Baytex Energy and served in ConocoPhillips' Applied Technology group, where he became Worldwide Well Testing Manager. His background helps ground the Petralis operating story in subsurface, execution, and commercial credibility.

Focus

Reservoir development, well testing, East Texas operating strategy

Experience Signal

China, Norway, Australia, and corporate transaction context

Managing Member

Kaiser Song

Energy executive who bridges traditional oil and gas with power and digital applications. Kaiser has served as President of NewFuture Energy Services, formerly led Top Speed Energy as CEO, and previously held ConocoPhillips drilling leadership roles. His background brings scalable drilling, project-development, and corporate-growth perspective to Petralis.

Focus

Drilling, development programs, scalable growth

Experience Signal

Operating and service leadership, Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering

Director of Business Development, Latin America

Jairo Yanez

Jairo expands Petralis' Latin America commercial reach and owner/partner interface with a project-engineering background spanning Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. His role supports regional opportunity sourcing, cross-border relationship building, and clearer market access for the company.

Credentials

Ingeniero Civil (Venezuela) - Ingeniero Tecnico de Obras Publicas (Espana)

Additional Qualification

Project Engineer (USA)

Leadership grounded in technical depth and operator experience.

David F. Pena

Kaiser Song

Jairo Yanez

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