C. H. Scott Rees

C.H. SCOTT REES III is the President and Chief Operating Officer of
Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI). Prior to joining the firm
in 1988, he was a Supervising Reservoir Engineer with Exxon Company,
USA, where he worked primarily in the onshore and offshore Texas Gulf
Coast region. Since joining NSAI he has been involved in hundreds of
projects both domestically and around the world, including Russia, Latin
America, Mexico, North Sea, Australia and West Africa. His extensive
experience has given him an invaluable understanding of the important
relationship that exists between the reserve evaluation consultant and
the petroleum and financial industries. His areas of specific expertise
include coalbed methane property evaluations, probabilistic analysis of
exploration prospects and new discoveries, and gas deliverability
analysis. He was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of NSAI
in January 2002. Mr. Rees received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. He is a member of
the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the ADAM Energy Forum and the Dallas
Energy Finance Group.