Mr. Single received his B.S. and M.S. in Geology from the University of Cincinnati and has over 52 years of experience in all aspects of geological exploration.  He was employed 15 years with Shell Oil Company, advancing in technical and management capacities to the level of Division Geologist where he was responsible for all geological activities in the Rocky Mountain Region with a staff of 50 people.  Since leaving Shell, Mr. Single has been a founder, director and Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production for  two independent oil companies.  During his career, Mr. Single was responsible for all phases of operational activity related to exploration and production.  This included the management, planning, and coordination of geology, geophysics, engineering, lease acquisition, exploration and development drilling, well evaluation and completion, and production operations.  He coordinated drilling operations for over 400 wells, supervised some 35 production personnel, including production engineers, drilling superintendents, field supervisors and pumpers.  These personnel were responsible for operating over 800 wells, which produced over 8000 barrels of oil per day. 

As an explorationist, Mr. Single has been responsible for the development of many successful exploration programs and the drilling of over 550 wells with a greater than 55% success ratio.  He has been directly involved in the discovery and development of oil and natural gas in some 50 fields located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.  Successful exploration and subsequent development led to the discovery of over 30 million barrels of oil in the Powder River Basin, over 10 million barrels of oil in  the Denver Basin, over 5 million barrels of oil in Montana and approximately 10 million barrels of oil in California.  He has also had natural gas discoveries in Colorado, Ohio, Texas and Wyoming, and been involved in the drilling of some 100 gas wells with reserves of over 200 billion cubic feet of gas.