Executive Bios 

Mr. Hackett was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company in December 2003, and Chairman of the Board of the Company in January 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hackett was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Devon Energy Corporation from April 2003 to December 2003, following Devon's merger with Ocean Energy, Inc. Mr. Hackett was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Energy, Inc. from March 1999 to April 2003 and was Chairman of the Board from January 2000 to April 2003. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Seagull Energy Corporation from September 1998 until March 1999 and as Chairman of the Board from January 1999 to March 1999 prior to its merger with Ocean Energy. He is a director of Fluor Corporation and Halliburton Company and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is the former Chairman of Houston Grand Opera, Campaign Chairman and a member of the Board, and serves as Vice Chairman of the Board (and as Finance Chairman) of the Baylor College of Medicine, and on the Boards of the Business Roundtable, and the Trilateral Commission. He is an Adjunct Professor at Rice University.

Mr. Daniels joined Anadarko in 1985 and assumed his current position in August 2006. He was named Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production in May 2004 and Vice President of Canada in 2001. He has also held key positions within the exploration group, including Geologic Supervisor for Algeria and Manager of Geology for Algeria Exploration. He also served as Project Manager of the Ourhoud Development Project in Algeria and Manager of U.S. Onshore Exploration. Mr. Daniels holds a master of science degree in petroleum geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a bachelor's degree in economics from The Colorado College. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. Mr. Daniels serves on the Board of Directors of the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation and Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas. He is a Trustee of the American Geological Institute Foundation.

Robert G. Gwin is Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world's largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. He is responsible for Accounting, Financial Reporting and Tax; Treasury, Corporate Finance and Risk Management; Investor Relations and Communications; Corporate Development; Corporate Planning; and Corporate Audit. Mr. Gwin also is President, CEO and a director of Western Gas Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Anadarko, which is the general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP, a publicly traded midstream master limited partnership.
He joined Anadarko in January 2006 as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer and has been Senior Vice President since March 2008. Mr. Gwin brings to his position more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and executive management. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gwin spent 10 years at Prudential Capital Group in merchant banking roles of increasing responsibility, at the time of his departure serving as Managing Director with responsibility for the firm's energy investments worldwide. He has a strong track record in structured finance and has worked on numerous debt and equity finance projects around the world.
Mr. Gwin holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern California and a master of business administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute.

Charles A. "Chuck" Meloy was named Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations in December 2006. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President, Deepwater and International Operations. Before joining the company, he served as Vice President of Exploration and Production at Kerr-McGee Corporation, prior to its acquisition by Anadarko. At Kerr-McGee, Meloy was Vice President of Gulf of Mexico exploration, production and development from 2004 to 2005, Vice President and Managing Director of North Sea operations from 2002 to 2004, and held several other deepwater Gulf of Mexico management positions beginning in 1999. Earlier in his career, Mr. Meloy held various planning, operations, deepwater and reservoir engineering positions with Oryx Energy Company and its predecessor, Sun Oil Company. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Texas Professional Engineers.

Robert K. Reeves was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer in January 2007. He joined Anadarko in March 2004 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Law and added the role of Chief Governance Officer in September 2004. Mr. Reeves has over 25 years of legal and management experience and is responsible for the company's legal, government relations, information technology and administration functions. As Chief Governance Officer, he is also responsible for the company's compliance with the corporate governance rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Prior to joining Anadarko, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Ocean Energy, Inc., from 1997 - 2003. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Flores & Rucks, Inc., a predecessor to Ocean Energy, from 1993 - 1997. Prior to that, he was a Partner in the Energy Section of Onebane Law Firm of Lafayette, Louisiana from 1982 - 1993. Mr. Reeves holds a J.D. and bachelor's in business administration from Louisiana State University. He is a member of the Texas and Louisiana State Bar Associations, the American Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsel Association. Mr. Reeves serves on the Board of Directors of Key Energy Services., Inc, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System and Family Services of Greater Houston.

Al Walker is President and Chief Operating Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, having joined the company in 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining Anadarko, he was a Managing Director for the Global Energy Group of UBS Investment Bank from 2003 to 2005.
He is a director of Temple-Inland, Inc. (NYSE: TIN) and Western Gas Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Anadarko and general partner to Western Gas Partners, LP. (NYSE: WES), having previously served as the Chairman of the Board of this company until 2009. Mr. Walker also serves on the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Greater Houston and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.