Ceja Corporation

Ceja Corporation is a privately owned oil and gas exploration and production company founded in 1966 by the late Charles W. Oliphant. Prior to 1966, the Oliphant-Mayo family members operated in the oil and gas business under the Oliphant name beginning in the late 1920s. The company is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with production field offices in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Kinmundy, Illinois and a seismic field office in Hominy, Oklahoma. Ceja has 50 employees, having the primary responsibility to manage and monitor various producing properties and new prospects in Illinois, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ohio.

Mission Statement

Ceja Corporations mission is to find and extract hydrocarbons in projects and regions in North America that permit 'accomplishment superior to the competition.' (Charles W. Oliphant, 1979) We accomplish this by applying proven and appropriate technology to explore and increase our reserves in both new and existing properties. We accomplish this by assembling a team of highly trained and motivated petroleum industry professionals supported by an effective and efficient organization.

Vision

• Accumulate and manage wealth for our stakeholders by pooling expertise, effort and financial resources.
• Maintain a diversity of oil and gas production and exploration projects both in subject and in time of completion. (CWO 79)

Values

• Act with integrity, the highest ethical standards, trust and conscience.
• Create and maintain a reputation of excellence, permanence and stability.
• Support the well-being of its shareholders, employees and family members.
• Foster an atmosphere of respect, loyalty, fairness, vigor and self-worth. Encourage competitive initiative and self-direction.
• Be an active good citizen in the communities in which we live and work by encouraging employees and clients to support these communities with their leadership and efforts.
• Act on opportunities that match Cejas expertise and resources while managing the risks inherent in the petroleum industry.

Purposes

• Manage, replace and grow the petroleum investments of clients.
• Manage risk inherent to Oil and Gas investing and attempt to provide stable cash flow to stakeholders and operations.
• Consolidate expenses for itself and its clients in those areas where economies of scale or combined 'strength in numbers' equate to efficiency and reduced cost.
• Allocate and prorate the expense of operations and services in a fair and transparent manner to itself and its investor clients.
• Catalogue and preserve the institutional and individual knowledge, including the data base acquired through its efforts, as a resource for the future.