BYSD - Bayside Corporation

$BYSD Company Overview and Description
Bayside Corporation is an energy exploration, development and production company building oil & gas reserves and production in some of the most prolific hydrocarbon bearing regions of the United States. The Company specializes in the business of reworking & re-completing 'marginal' oil & gas wells located in the thousands of mature oil & gas producing fields across much of the United States.

$BYSD Key Company Management
Bayside’s management team is comprised of senior executives having an enviable record of success in the Oil & Gas industry. Particular strengths in Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Oilfield Operations & Rework technologies, Finance and Corporate Governance augur well for the Company’s intentions to rapidly build assets and production revenues by capitalizing on extraordinary opportunities in the business of reworking mature oil and gas wells. As required, the management team will be strongly supported by leading consultants in such fields as reservoir engineering and other Oil & Gas industry specialties.

Gordon H. Johnson – Chairman & President - Mr. Johnson has decades of experience in oil and gas development and is a third generation oilman. He has worked for Conoco, Pennzoil, Mitchell Energy and additional companies where he received experience in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Montana, North Dakota and Louisiana. In 1972 he became an independent oil operator. During his career he has been responsible for generating geological prospects, acquiring oil and gas leases and producing properties, generating drilling funds, supervising the drilling and completion of numerous oil and gas wells and coordinating several mergers. From 2004 to present, Mr. Johnson has been Chairman of Omni Oil and Gas, Inc. and President of Venture Oil & Gas, Inc. Mr. Johnson attended the University of Texas in Austin, Texas majoring in geology and petroleum land management. He is a member of Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners (TIPRO), the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), Louisiana Oil & Gas Association (LOGA), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

John L. Griffiths, Jr. – Manager, Engineering - Mr. Griffiths is a graduate from Southern Methodist University (SMU) with a B. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also attended Louisiana State University (LSU), majoring in Petroleum Engineering. John has had 40+ years experience in the oil and gas industry primarily in the areas of acquisitions and operations of oil and gas properties mainly in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. He has also owned and operated a drilling company with five drilling rigs.


James T. Ling – Director – Mr. Ling attended Southern Methodist University (SMU-Dallas, Texas) and North Texas University (Denton, Texas). He also received his certificate from the New York Institute of Finance. Subsequently, Mr. Ling entered the stock brokerage business becoming an Allied Member of the New York Stock Exchange. For the past 20+ years he has owned and operated a business in the construction and landscaping industry with major clients such as Texas Instruments. He currently is Chairman and President of Empiric Energy, Inc., an independent oil company that is traded under the symbol of “EPRC” on the OTC: BB, a company founded by his father, James J. Ling of LTV fame. He also serves as President and Director of American Gold Resources Corp., a placer mining company with holdings in Oregon and Alaska.