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Management Team


DONALD H. HOSMER
Co-President/Co-CEO
Donald Hosmer is CEO and President of Royale Energy, Inc. Royale Energy is developing oil and natural gas fields throughout the major geologic basins in the US. Under his leadership, Royale became the largest independent natural gas producer that explores, develops, produces, and markets natural gas in California, Texas and Utah. In September 2004, Royale Energy was ranked 8th, by Oil & Gas Journal, for highest return on stockholders' equality for all publicly traded oil and gas companies and in 2006, Fortune Small Business ranked Royale among the 100 fastest growing companies in America. He is a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) and is registered as the oil and gas industry expert on Business Wire’s ExpertSource service.


STEPHEN M. HOSMER
Co-President/Co-CEO/CFO
Mr. Hosmer joined Royale Energy, Inc. in May 1988. He brought the company into the Sacramento Basin through a joint venture with Pacific Gas & Electric Resources resulting in the drilling of Victor Ranch wells. Mr. Hosmer has also been responsible for heading up the acquisition team. He is responsible for successfully completing the acquisition of Arkoma Production Company from Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones and the acquisition of Vernon E. Faulconer Inc. in 1997. In June of 1995, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Hosmer as Chief Financial Officer. Once again, in March 2003 the Board appointed Mr. Hosmer as Executive Vice President. Mr. Hosmer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as earning his MBA degree via the prestigious President/Key Executive program at Pepperdine University.


DR. MOHAMED ABDEL-RAHMAN
Vice President-Exploration and Production
Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Rahman has over 30 years of petroleum exploration experience. He was credited with several high impact oil and gas discoveries during his career. His Geoscience education includes a B.Sc. and an M.S. from Cairo, Egypt and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, England. He gained his oil and gas experience while working for: Shell Oil, Exxon, Sohio (Standard of Ohio), BP America, BP Plc., and Pennzoil. He held the positions of Senior Geologist; District Geologist; New Ventures Manager; Manager of Geological Technology; Chief Geologist; Exploration Manager, General Manager and Consultant. Mo’s area of technical specialty is the generation and evaluation of oil and gas prospects and the application of geological technologies to the exploration process. He gained his experience while working on numerous and diverse geological settings including: Alaska, Onshore and Offshore the U.S. lower 48, Eurasia, N. Africa and the Middle East.


RONALD LIPNICK
Vice President Finance
Mr. Lipnick has been with The Company since May 1993 and has been the Controller since February 1994. He is responsible for the Company's accounting operations from daily accounting activities and general ledger reconciliation to the preparation of financial statements for the Company's SEC quarterly 1OQ and year-end 10K filings. He also works closely with Royale's certified public accountants during their yearly audits. Ron has more than 13 years of experience in the accounting field. He has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.


JIM FRIMODIG
Engineer
Mr. Frimodig has been associated with the Company as an employee or consultant since 1991. He is responsible for drilling, production, reserves, and project economic evaluations. He has 35 years of industry experience in virtually all aspects of exploration and production, obtained while working for Occidental Petroleum, Chevron Corporation, and smaller independent oil and gas companies. He has BS Chemical Engineering degree from California State University and a MS Petroleum Engineering degree from University of Southern California.