A Message From Executive Leadership
United Energy is committed to operating its business with the highest standards of ethics and conduct. These standards are woven into our corporate values and culture, and they must always remain at the forefront of our business practices.
Our values describe the personal characteristics expected at every level of the company, and we strive to maintain a culture of personal and corporate accountability. This is how we create sustainable value for our shareholders, and continue to be a preferred employer, an honest and trustworthy business partner and a respected corporate citizen.
Brian Guinn - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Guinn oversees, and directs the investment strategy for the company’s acquisition and development activities throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Mr. Guinn has worked in the oil and gas industry since 2003. He has served as President and Chief Financial Officer for several oil and gas operators. During his tenure, Mr. Guinn has planned and executed the acquisition and development strategy for over 50,000 acres of oil and gas leasehold throughout Texas. In addition, Mr. Guinn has over 14 years in the securities industry and has held positions as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer for two FINRA Brokerage Firms. Mr. Guinn graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance.
Rick Coody–Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Coody has over 35 years of energy industry experience including asset acquisitions and divestitures, field operations, project development and field management. He spent his first 14 years in the oil & gas industry working at Schlumberger in the pressure pumping sector, primarily fracking services. He has owned and operated his own oil and gas leases since 2002 and has worked as a consultant for several oil & gas companies in Oklahoma and Kansas, as well as international clients in China, Canada, and Mexico. Mr. Coody has owned and operated his own well service and roustabout company as well as oil field equipment manufacturing, which he sold to Varco in 1998. Mr. Coody has been involved as a consultant or an operator in drilling over 150 oil wells and reworking over 300 wells. In 2004 he founded PEMCO, a petroleum energy management company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that specializes in oil & gas asset acquisitions, operating oil & gas properties, drilling programs, and project management. Mr. Coody is a lifetime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. (SPE 3219239)
Terry Carroll – Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Carroll has over 40 years of experience in the oil & gas industry focusing on the evaluation, acquisition, development and operation of oil and natural gas assets located in Kansas and Oklahoma. He has supervised and provided daily management for oil field operations for numerous public and private energy companies, partnerships, and individual investors. He has been directly involved in drilling and completing thousands of oil & gas wells; constructing, operating, and maintaining hundreds of miles of natural gas gathering pipeline, compression and dehydration facilities; cumulatively producing more than 15 Billion Cubic Feet of gas and over 750,000 Barrels of oil. Mr. Carroll served as President, CEO and CFO of United States Exploration, Inc., a public company engaged in oil & gas exploration, development and operations. During his tenure as president, the Company went from a listing on the "Over the Counter" exchange to a listing on the NASDAQ exchange. The Company was purchased by a private company in February of 2004. Mr. Carroll has a BS degree in Business Administration and Finance from California State University, Hayward.