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Corral Oil & Gas
At Corral Oil & Gas, we specialize in strategic collaborations with select operators and trusted industry partners, leveraging decades of geological expertise, operational know-how, and deal-making acumen to pinpoint the most lucrative subsurface opportunities. We buy non-operated working interest, mineral, and royalty positions directly, and hold majority operating interests of our own in conventional fields in Montana and South Louisiana.
We focus on a small number of basins we know well rather than spreading ourselves thin across the map. That focus lets us move quickly, underwrite carefully, and be a straightforward counterparty from first call to closing.
Guided by unwavering commitments to ethics, honesty, integrity, and relentless hard work, our proven track record ensures every transaction is a calculated win/win.
Our Team
Corral Oil & Gas is led by a multidisciplinary team with decades of experience across petroleum land management, engineering, finance, accounting, operations, acquisitions, and asset development. Our team combines the entrepreneurial perspective of independent oil and gas ownership with the technical and financial expertise required to evaluate opportunities, manage risk, optimize production, and create long-term value.
We believe the best decisions come from combining detailed land and title work, sound engineering, rigorous financial analysis, and practical field experience. With backgrounds spanning conventional and unconventional assets throughout the United States, our team approaches every opportunity with an owner’s mindset, a commitment to integrity, and a shared focus on building lasting relationships with investors, mineral owners, operators, and industry partners.
JR MABRY
CEO
Mr. Mabry is the founder of Corral Oil & Gas, bringing over 10 years of independent experience in evaluating, sourcing, acquiring, managing, and divesting oil & gas interests across the United States, and over 20 years’ experience as a Landman.
Prior to establishing Corral, Mr. Mabry founded Bull Run Acquisitions, LLC in 2014, a mineral &
royalty acquisition & management company primarily operating in the Haynesville Shale of Louisiana, Colorado & Wyoming. Bull Run Acquisitions began with an initial equity commitment and royalty acquisition of $14,000.
Before founding Bull Run Acquisitions, Mr. Mabry worked as an Independent Petroleum Landman across various prospects in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota and Alabama,
gaining valuable experience in the field. Mr. Mabry holds a BBA in Marketing with an emphasis
in Biology from Mississippi State University. He is a proud member of the AAPL and the MAPL, and is actively involved in his church.
STEVE SMITH
CFO
Mr. Smith has over two decades of finance and accounting experience in the upstream oil and
gas industry, with strong expertise in capital raises, acquisition evaluation, and financial modeling. Prior to Corral, he served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Providence
Energy Ltd., where he played a key role in the formation of Sierra Minerals and POCO Operating Company. In that role, he directed corporate financial strategy, managed acquisition evaluations and financial models, and secured reserve-based lending facilities to support growth.
Previously, Mr. Smith was Controller at Elephant Resources and Financial Controller at RSP Permian (NYSE: RSPP), where he was an original member of the partnership and prepared filings for multiple public market capital raises, including those supporting the $2.4 billion merger with Silver Hill Energy Partners in 2016. He began his career at Dale Resources as a Senior Accountant.
A proud alumnus of Louisiana State University (BS in Accounting) and Southern Methodist University (MBA), John is a CPA, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and active member of the AICPA, Financial Executives International, and the Dallas Petroleum Club
DUSTY ROUSE:
COO
Dusty Rouse is a seasoned Senior Petroleum Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in drilling, completions, and production optimization. Dusty has experience in drilling, developing, working over, asset and investment evaluation in both conventional and unconventional assets in Texas, Mississippi, Colorado and Kansas. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering from Mississippi State University, Dusty began his career at Schlumberger, providing drilling and logging support in the Gulf of Mexico and Piceance Basin. He has since held key roles with independent operators, including Fleur de Lis Energy, where he managed Permian Basin assets, leading a team of 100 and optimizing production across 134,000 acres. Currently, as an independent consultant at High Peak Energy, Dusty focuses on Permian unconventional lateral production, wellsite supervision, and workover operations. Known for reducing operational costs and enhancing production through innovative artificial lift and recompletion strategies, he continues to drive efficiency in complex energy projects.
ANDREW UELTSCHEY, CPL:
Vice President of Land
Since 2020, as Land and Business Development Manager at Corral Oil & Gas, LLC, Andrew has driven asset acquisitions and property management across Louisiana, Wyoming and Montana. Prior to Corral, he was Land Manager at Hughes Eastern Corporation, managing over 100 properties across multiple states.
Since 2012, Andrew has been an active member of the AAPL and MAPL, serving as MAPL President, Board member, and on the AAPL Board of Directors.
A Jackson MS native, Andrew began his career in high school, running title and creating drilling prospect abstracts, under the tutelage of his father, an oil and gas attorney. Andrew holds a BBA in Economics and a BA in Spanish at Mississippi State University. After an internship with the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., he transitioned to a full-time petroleum landman, managing title crews and prospects across Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arizona, New York, and Pennsylvania.