The company was founded and is currently operated by one of the industry’s most experienced, oil and gas executives, Tom Griffin. Santa Fe’s President & CEO, Tom Griffin, has an established track record that proves he knows how to grow a company from an entrepreneurial start-up to a successful producer. With his most recent Jr. oil exploration company, Tom Griffin managed to attract $64 million in private capital which he turned into a $194 million company, rewarding investors with a 204% ROI.
Santa Fe has a technical report written by a top-notch engineer who is one of the experts on reservoir analysis in Texas shale plays. According to the report, Santa Fe could realize a recovery rate on its Barnett Shale options of thirty-seven percent (37%) or more.

As of September 2012, Santa Fe Petroleum has access to a number of leases in the Southern region of the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin in Texas. This is a newly-researched area in the Barnett Shale that has become a prime focus for Santa Fe Petroleum.
The company also has identified leases in the same area totaling approximately 1,704+/- acres (including a 76+/- acre test well
location) in the Marble Falls formation.