Zavanna Resources, LLC
Responsibly Exploring for Oil and Gas
About Our Company
Zavanna Resources was formed in 2018 in an effort to take advantage of the 100+ years of combined exploration experience that the founding members of Zavanna, LLC hold. A team of internal employees and external consultants with a combined experience level of over 300+ years of exploration experience was formed to explore for oil and gas throughout the United States. This team is referred to as the Z Team with key members listed here:
Michael Dolan
DOLAN INTEGRATION GROUP
While at Mobil and ExxonMobil, assisted during exploration phases for Thunder Horse (BP Operated) billion barrel field discovery in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Among many other exploration projects, responsible for the original model to confirm a petroleum system in the Kara Sea (Russian Actic Sea). This resulted in the drilling of University #1 well and the discovery of the Pobeda (Victory) Field. Reserves are estimated at 9 billion barrels of oil. Work in North America onshore involves supporting EOG Resources during expansion into Bakken, Niobrara, Mowry, EagleFord, Wolfcamp and many other liquids-rich unconventional plays.
Timothy Lane
RAINBOW CONSULTING LLC
Experience in Powder River, Williston, DJ, Pennsylvanian and Mississippian of Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas, Appalachian, Gulf Coast (onshore and offshore), Panninian/Carpathian Basins of Romania, and Chesire Basin, UK. Extensive experience in integrated 2D/3D seismic and geologic interpretation, project management, onshore drilling operations, and seismic data processing. Broad based knowledge of seismic acquisition and permitting, production and development engineering principals, land management, contract/lease negotiations, and state and federal regulatory issues. Excellent presentation, organization, and planning skills.
Michael Hofmann
AIM GEOANALYTICS
Dr. Hofmann has worked in the energy sector for the past 15 years. His technical expertise lies in sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrography, and integrated basin analysis. He has worked in diverse basins in North America and around the world. After earning his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Montana, he worked as a senior geologist for ConocoPhillips’ Subsurface Technology, Sedimentary Systems, and Shale Stratigraphy groups in Houston, TX. Before forming AIM GeoAnalytics in 2012, he worked as an independent consultant, providing geological expertise to energy industry. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Montana. Michael supervises and manages AIM GeoAnalytics’ technical and business operations.
Bill Pearson
PEARSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Bill Pearson graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 1970 with a B.S. degree in geophysical engineering. He began his career in exploration as a field geologist and mining engineer in the coal-mining industry in Alaska and New Mexico. After one year in the field, Bill decided to go to graduate school at the University of Washington to study the fast-evolving field of plate tectonics. He was instrumental in building seismic-reflection and seismic-refraction equipment and heat-flow probes for deep-water exploration where he developed code for processing, modeling, and interpreting seismic, gravity, magnetic, and heat-flow data. After earning a Ph.D. in oceanography, he joined Amoco as a geophysicist and divided his time between research and exploration. After a short career at Amoco, Bill left to become a consultant and has combined his efforts in coding, performing research, teaching industry courses, consulting, and exploring for oil and gas.
Steve Hoye
BLUE RIVER
Performed geophysical evaluation of plays & prospects in Permian. Developed analytical applications including AI since mid-1980’s. Adept at data discovery and visualization, advanced analytical mathematics, and machine learning applications to Energy Industry with 40 years experience therein. Expert in financial analysis and valuation.
Brian Bussie
BLUE RIVER
Bryan has a strong willingness to perform under pressure, meet deadlines, solve complex problems, and work long hours to resolve issues. Specialize in systems and network solutions. Strong familiarity with Cisco\Fortinet\Azure\AWS\VMWare infrastructure, Microsoft platforms, OSX, Linux (Kali), SQL Server, Spotfire Server, O365 suite, etc… solitary or team oriented.
Amanda Wynn-Bidgood
Elevation Resources
Amanda co-founded Elevation Resources, LLC in 2016. Over 10 years ago she started her career in the Oil and Gas Industry. The skillsets acquired in her former accounting, banking and asset management roles have complimented her more recent Petroleum Land Education and experience. She has led/managed several (land) teams in a variety of engagements including but not limited to; conducting title and leasehold research, leasing campaigns, software data integrations and due diligence evaluations. She has represented several operators, mineral owners and law firms with assets primarily located in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Con Regions.
Denver Business Journal award for 2014 Top 40 Under 40
Denver Business Journal award for 2016 Top Women in Energy
Zavanna has always forged strong strategic alliances, joint ventures, and joint exploration agreements with partners throughout the industry. Zavanna Resources is dedicated to building and maintaining relationships with contractors and consultants whose values align with our own to increase the scope of what we can accomplish in North Dakota and beyond.
If you are interested in partnering on exploration projects, or have prospects you would like to show please contact us.
Our Purpose
Plain and simple, energy runs this world. With the advent of the shale revolution in the mid 2000’s, oil and gas companies began moving out of the exploration space. With this loss of focus, a very large void has been created from an energy supply standpoint. Zavanna Resources looks to explore for hydrocarbons in an ethical and environmentally thoughtful way to help provide energy solutions for the future.
We are not averse to other forms of “green energy”, but feel that any transition is going to take a significant amount of time. We are supportive of working collectively on an energy transition that works for all humans globally. This can be achieved by working together, as opposed to glorifying one form of energy while demonizing another.
Zavanna Resources exists to develop and maintain partnerships with carefully-selected and vetted third parties in the energy sector. With the help of these partners, we are confident that we can replicate Zavanna’s success within North Dakota across the Rocky Mountain and Northern Mid-Continent regions, along with other potent environments for oil and gas production.
Let's Connect
Frequently Asked Questions
How Does Zavanna Resources Choose Partners?
Zavanna Resources looks for partners with similar values and levels of experience. We seek to work with organizations who will help us uphold our commitments to Environmental, Social, & Governance best practices, and whose knowledge of the industry complements our own.
Our knowledge of the upstream oil and gas industry motivates us to seek partners with significant midstream experience. Our ideal partners have skills and resources related to processing, storing, transporting, and marketing our oil and gas products.
Why Work with Zavanna Resources?
With a history of being one of North Dakota’s largest privately-owned oil and gas production and exploration companies, we have what it takes to successfully open and operate wells in new regions throughout the United States, and to attract investments that will help us grow even further.