Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation (“SOG”) is a private company engaged in the management of oil and natural gas properties on behalf of its related companies. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, SOG’s major areas of activity have historically been in the onshore Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions. Since 1972, SOG and various related companies have participated in and managed the drilling of over 1,000 wells, investing a substantial amount of capital in well costs, seismic and acreage. SOG, had its beginnings when A. R. Sanchez, Sr., A. R. Sanchez, Jr. and a group of partners from Houston and Laredo, Texas, drilled their first well on the Hereford Ranch in Webb County, Texas. A. R. Sanchez Jr. has over 40 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry and was involved in the discovery of several major oil and natural gas fields in Texas, including the Bob West, Hereford, George West, Escobas, Highlands, La Sal Vieja, and Palmetto fields in South Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale.