Thomas D. De Brock, who joined us in June 1998 as a Senior Geologist, was previously promoted to Exploration Manager, New Orleans in September 2004 and Vice President of Exploration in August 2006 and has most recently been named Senior Vice President of Exploration. He has more than 23 years of energy industry experience in both the exploration and development efforts. Mr. De Brock began his career with GTS Seismic Corporation, and then joined Odeco Oil and Gas working the Gulf of Mexico Shelf followed by a move to The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company (LL&E) to work the Onshore area of South Louisiana. After the merger of LL&E with Burlington Resources, he joined W&T Offshore before joining EPL. Mr. De Brock holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of New Orleans.