Mr. Huffman began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1977 as a production
geologist for Texaco in New Orleans where he evaluated numerous fields, reviewed
farmouts, and handled unitization projects. In 1980 he took a job as exploration
geologist with the McMoRan Exploration Company. His duties included prospect generation
and screening of third party deals. He then joined McCormick Oil and Gas in 1982
as the district geologist in their Lafayette office, where he handled well activity
screening, and generating. McMoRan rehired Mr. Huffman in 1983 as their chief exploration
geologist. In 1986 they promoted him to Vice President of Exploration for the onshore
which required the oversight of the activity from in numerous programs from Louisiana
to California. Other responsibilities were budgets, seismic acquisition and the development
of the onshore properties. He served in this capacity until McMoRan outsourced him
to the CLK Company in 1992. At CLK, Mr. Huffman screened, generated prospects and
oversaw 3D acquisition, purchases, and bidding. He worked onshore, offshore, and
deep-
Mr. Huffman was born in Burlington, Iowa
in 1953 and raised in western Illinois. He graduated from Northern Illinois University
in 1975 with a BS in Geology and in 1977 received an MS in Geology from Northern
Illinois University.
Mr. Huffman is a member of the New Orleans Geological Society,
the Houston Geological Society, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
He is an active member of the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
and served as the President of the National Board in 2010-
PERSONNEL
LOCATION
4 Autumn Lane
Mandeville, LA 70448
CONTACT
Phone: 985-
Email: khuffman@labayexploration.com