Who We Are

Buffalo XXII Operating, LLC was formed in the year 2022, to operate existing wells purchased from prior operators, such as ETX Energy, LLC; BURK Royalty Co., Ltd., and others. Buffalo represents an alliance to yield beneficial results for the mineral & royalty owners, for Buffalo, and our funding partners.

Buffalo XXII will increase productivity by recompleting existing wells, and by drilling new vertical and horizontal wells to access by-passed hydrocarbons. Our experienced advisors have a combined 200 years of experience with a large portion of that focused on developing Cretaceous hydrocarbon saturated reservoirs.

About Us

John B. Westmoreland

Founder/CEO/CTO Buffalo Natural Resources, LLC

Drilled first well in 1978, horizontal experience began in 1990, with the earliest tools. Shield Petroleum/Reata O&G/Exploration Manager; drilled horizontal in the Austin Chalk, B.W.O.C./V.P. Exploration just after we drilled the very first horizontal Woodbine Sand well ever, later we also pioneered the first horizontal Sub-Clarksville Sand well, additional horizontal experience in Buda Limestone, Georgetown Limestone and Eagleford Shale, Generated vertical and horizontal projects on multi-discipline data - drilled by Patterson Petroleum, Sage Energy, Union Pacific Resources Corporation, Chesapeake Operating, Anadarko, Shield/Reata, Falcon Mid-Continent, GSI Oil & Gas, Ogden Resources, Matador, Hugoton, B.W.O.C. Operating, Centex Energy, Burlington Resources, Encana, Conoco-Phillips, Petromax Operating, Marlin Energy Resources, GeoSouthern Energy, HalCon, and others. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Geology, Abilene Christian University/Hardin Simmons University, May 81. Post Graduate studies in sandstone morphology, petrophysical analysis, carbonate reservoir development, geophysical basin reconnaissance modeling, applied artificial intelligence systems, horizontal geosteering software development, 43 years experience. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Association of Petroleum Geologists #0482909, Society of Petroleum Engineers #099783-3, Featured Guest Speaker: Texas A&M University Symposium on the Austin Chalk, MENTORS: Dr. Robert R. Berg, & Dr. Peter Vail.

Zachary K. Hon

Founder/COO & Business Development Manager Buffalo Natural Resources, LLC

Noble Drilling International: Roustabout, then Fasttrack Engineer Program. Assisted drilling first 24 ultra deepwater pilot wells for Shell Oil in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, Ranger Land Systems, SAIC, (Kuwait): QA/QC Analyst (Weapons Specialist III GS-14) providing oversight - Department of Defense Joint Logistics Integrator/Operator program based in Kuwait - Middle East; Innodrill, LLC: Asset Coordinator in the Supply Chain Global Sourcing and Contracts Team, strategic procurement; Hon and Clark Energy, LLC: Owner /Manager provided contract service to Stat Oil and Linn Energy. JV Oil and Gas Development in Zavala County, Athens Group, LLC: International Consultant to maximize drilling efficiency. Company’s clients included BG, BP, Shell Oil, Henry Resources, Apache Oil, Sand Ridge, PEMEX, MexDrill, Petrobras, Transocean, and Diamond Offshore; Winright Oil and Gas, LLC: Director of Business Development/Managing Partner - Acquisition from Hilcorp Energy, Rischco, LLC: Operations Manager, Blazing Star Resources LLC: Managing Partner, 18 years experience; EDUCATION: Texarkana College/Texas A&M Texarkana.

William W. Jackson

P.E./Chief Reservoir Engineer for Buffalo Natural Resources, LLC

First graduate Petroleum Engineer to serve as Loan Officer, Midland National Bank; Assistant VP & Petroleum Engineer First City Bank, Dallas; evaluated, appraised, managed lending – Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, California, Colorado, Kansas, Alaska, Michigan, Ohio, Offshore & onshore. REO Industries/Transpan Gathering, Inc./VP, COO; built pipeline and drilled 140 wells in 14 months. Jackson Petroleum Consulting, Inc./President: Achieved 4 fold expansion of Breedlove Field. MJM Oil & Gas, Inc. I:/President/CEO: formed for $300,000. Sold to Coda for $20.mm MJM Oil & Gas, Inc. II: CEO: Acquired acreage and drilled 200 wells in Texas & Oklahoma, merged with H & M Oil & Gas, LLC. H & M Resources, LLC/Operations Manager: Continued acquisitions and development, 46 years experience. EDUCATION: Graduate Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 76, Registered Professional Engineer, Texas-1982 #53139. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas Petroleum Club, Dallas Producers Club.

Jim Neuner

P.E. Horizontal Development Engineer for Buffalo Natural Resources, LLC

Allison Drilling: Roughneck. Kerr McGee Corp/Transworld Drilling: Engineer Drilled 72 Inch diameter ventilation shafts, Gulf Oil Corp: Engineer, drilled dewatering and disposal wells – Mount Taylor Project, Union Pacific Corp: Wellfield Engineer – Nine Mile Lake Project. Champlin Petroleum Inc: Production & Reservoir Engineer – DJ, Powder River & Williston Basins; then Production & Reservoir Engineer – Green River, DJ, & Las Animas Basins, West Coast & Canadian Operations; then Non-Operated Production Manager for US Onshore, Pacific Onshore & Offshore and US Gulf Coast, then Overthrust Belt Manager – Yellow Creek & Cave Creek Deep Pineview & Horizontal Development of Elkhorn Lodgepole fields; then Project Manager for Wahsatch Gathering System, WI Manager for non-op development of Anschutz Ranch East, Whitney Canyon & Painter reservoirs; then Engineering Manager for horizontal development of Giddings Austin Chalk 1,400 operated wells (Net 175 MMcfd & 40 Mbodpde) with peak drilling activity of 39 operated rigs; then Union Pacific Resources Corp: Engineering Acquisition Lead for US & International, then Anadarko Petroleum Corp: Engineering Acquisition & Divestiture Lead for US & International, completed $23.3 B acquisition of Kerr McGee Corp & Western Gas Resources. Completed over $9B in asset sales & minor acquisitions of $2B., then LP Operating LLC/Serpentine Plug E&P/Infinity Texas Energy Partners LLC: Consulting Engineer; 46 years of experience. EDUCATION: BS Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines.

Kevin M. Smith

Geophysicist for Buffalo Natural Resources, LLC

Amoco Production Company: Exploration Geophysicist, Project Manager, Technical Trainer. R. Brewer & Associates: Geophysical Consulting. Kevin M. Smith, Inc. Geophysical Consulting, Petroleum Exploration. Extensive domestic experiences in: Offshore Gulf Coast, East Texas Cretaceous and Jurassic Trends, South Texas Cretaceous and Jurassic Trends, Fort Worth Basin, Matador Arch, Abo Reef Trend, Permian Basin, Austin Chalk Trend, Bossier Shale Trend, Paradox Basin, Uinta Basin, San Juan Basin, San Joaquin Basin, Sacramento Valley, Michigan Reef Trend. And extensive international experience in: Iraq, Yemen, UAE, Turkey Gulf of Izmir, Kalmykia, Belize Offshore & Onshore, Columbia, Middle Magdalena Valley & Llanos Basin, Argentina, Gabon Offshore, Equatorial Guinea Offshore, Sudan, Tanzania, Egypt Nile Delta & Gulf of Suez, Spain Gulf of Cadiz, North Sea, Hungary, South Australia, Queensland, NW Territory , Philippines, NW Palawan, New Guinea, Offshore, Indonesia Sulu Sea; 56 years experience. EDUCATION: BS (Physics) University of Texas, MS (Geology/Geophysics) University of Houston.