Staff

Wade Choate	President and Certified Professional Landman Wade has lived in Big Spring all his life. Wade's work experience includes: --District Clerk and County Auditor of Howard County, Texas for 8 years --President of Citizens Federal Credit Union for 16 years -- City Councilman and Mayor of Big Spring for 10 years -- Managing partner of Turner Petroleum Company for 2 years --Independent Landman for 30 years He graduated from Howard College, and attended Southern Methodist University. choateco@choateco.net
Chris Ragan	Vice-President: Senior Landman Chris attended Oklahoma State University, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, and graduated from Parker College in Dallas with a Doctorate Degree. Chris works with wind turbine power projects, oil and gas research, and leasing. He supervises field landmen. Member of AAPL and PBLA. choateco@choateco.net
Kathryn Hughes	Office Manager/Title Analyst She has 15 years experience in the oil and gas industry performing various jobs relating to Petroleum Land Services. Her expertise is in Division Orders, Farm-out Agreements, Title Opinions, Title Curity, Lease Analysts, Railroad Commission filings and Joint Operation Billings. She attended Texas Tech University and Odessa College. She is experienced in many oil and gas software programs pertaining to leasing. choateco@choateco.net
Kyle Choate	Vice-President/Accountant Kyle has been an officer of Choate Company since 1980. Kyle has been active in accounting over the past twenty-six years covering a wide range of corporate accounting. He has been active in the oil and gas business for the past five years. He is a member of AAPL. choateco@choateco.net
Taylor Sell	Senior Landman/Negotiator choateco@choateco.net