Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 1998
JAMES A. WATT is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Remington Oil
and Gas Corporation. He has over 32 years of exploration and production
experience. Mr. Watt spent three years with Amoco Production Company as
a Geophysicist followed by 17 years with Union Texas Petroleum
Corporation working the majority of the US basins. From 1991-1993, he
served as Vice President Exploration and Exploitation for Nerco Oil &
Gas Corporation and from 1993-1997 as Vice President Exploration for
Seagull Energy Exploration. He joined Remington Oil and Gas Corporation
in 1997 as President. In 1998, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of the company, and in 2003 was named Chairman of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Watt holds a BS degree in Physics from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief summary, background sketch on Remington. Thentell us what you see as the opportunities and challenges for your
company as you go over the next two-to-three-year time frame.