Tri-Valley Board of Directors and staff around the bit that set the US Record for

most continuous feet on a single bit

  Refurbished Smith 12 1/4" PDC bit

  10,045 feet in 116 hours

  2,078.3 feet/day

Back row L to R:

Dr. Earl Beistline (Dir.), Lynn Blystone (CEO), Greg Soukup (TVOG Consultant),

Clive Stockdale (Dir.), Loren Miller (CPA, Dir.), Dennis Lockhart (Dir.),

Tom Cunningham (CFO), Felicia Rogers (Admin Asst)

Front Row:

Paul Hacker (TVOG Geologist - the Singing Cowboy), Joe Kandle (Pres.),

Milton Carlson (Dir.), Ted Pompa (Office Mgr)