Rogers Edward Beall:
CLASS OF 1965
Strong Vincent High SchoolClass of 1965
Erie, PA
Rogers Edward's Story
I'm based in Houston, Texas but in West Africa & Europe >75% of my time where our company is the only commercial producer of Natural Gas & hydrocarbons for a 2000 km radius of the city of Dakar. We are headquartered in Senegal but also working in Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon & Morocco. I'm married to Beth Fitzpatrick Beall, I have four children (Texas, Alabama, Delaware & South Carolina) & eight GrandChildren. We enjoy travel, the world, reading, history & cultures, have totally lost faith in the lack of values in American professional sports, but still have some faith college sports until they mess that up too over money. We strive daily to advance our associates, other people and for opportunity for all around us that want to succeed and to be able to contribute. I graduated of course from Strong Vincent High School in the Class of '65, then from Ohio's BaldwinâÃÂÃÂWallace College (Degreed in 3.5 years with a BA in Business Administration, Concentration in Accounting with Minors in both Speech / Theatre Arts and in Economics).
I am employed with the 'Africa Fortesa Corporation' / & considering it's predecessors I celebrated my 40th year anniversary here in February 2014. After BWC, I had worked <4 years in tax & audit at the Arthur Andersen & Co firm in Cleveland when I got my Ohio CPA certificate, and then 3 years as the Comptroller of NASA's very large Slidell Louisiana computer center during our Apollo & Skylab programs when I was certified also in Louisiana. In West Africa, we are working onshore in O&G...Expand for more
exploration & production, drilling and pipelines. We are performing under a unique business plan whereby we own all of our own equipment, we employ local associates & resources for most all functions almost never using subcontracting. We bring the funding, oil industry American best practices & technology, the executive management and business values with West African managers / associates employed full-time. Our work here is 'close to the population', challenging, complex under the French administrative processes (ever experienced Louisiana law & the Napoleonic code??) but very fulfilling and successful for us and for our government partners in our exploration & producing permits. We have specialized for some years now in 'Gas to Power' solutions & providing cost-effective, clean electricity from domestic / non-imported fuels using American engines and equipment bought in Texas. We strongly value the mixing pot of ERIE's multi-cultural population & history, the values of our parents taught us, our Lake Erie work-ethic, our friends and organizations and industry. I still sing what most of us Gridley folks or future Strong Vincent Colonels were signing in 1958 or so: "Where there's a Williamson, There's a WAY". Believe in your self and move forward using your beliefs!
Back Drilling in Cameroun West Africa (spring 2015) again; two wells this time! really interesting project & important to all concerned. Using 50% local content employees with my CORE full time Drilling employees from Senegal and our SCR Rig 2. Life is Good!
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