About Us
Axis Exploration, LLC and First Production, LLC have an experienced team that can serve as an outsourcing option for the management of a company or individuals' oil and gas assets. For more than two decades we've provided exceptional support and services to oil and natural gas companies, primarily in Oklahoma and Texas.
Everyone in the company shares in working to provide individual solutions and attention to each party we represent. We have established relationships for decades with all facets of the oil and gas industry and we can easily scale into any project as well as into any long term asset management and/or development.
Our Team
Kerby Hunt
Owner/Manager
Axis Exploration LLC
Kerby grew up in Tulsa and graduated from OU in 1981. He worked for Reading & Bates as Landman in Houston, Denver, Calgary and Tulsa until 1988. Then, he worked for Samson as a Landman until 1991 and then Plymouth Resources until 1996 when we created Axis and First Production. During this same time, Kerby served as the Vice-president of Land for Plymouth Exploration which we sold to SK Innovations in 2014 and Triumph Energy Partners which was sold in 2020.
John G. Arthur
Owner/Manager
Axis Exploration LLC
Prior to forming Axis Exploration, LLC in 1996 John worked at Plymouth Resources, LLC as Exploration Manager and has over 40 years of exploration experience. Serving as District Geologist for Reading & Bates Petroleum, and Senior Exploration Geologist for the following companies; Santa Fe Minerals, Ward Petroleum, Plymouth Resources, in vertical wells before working with Petra software and drilling horizontal wells for Equal Energy, Samson Resources, Apache Corp, and most recently Tecolote Energy.
Jack Kueser
VP of Operations & Engineering
Axis Oil and Gas Management, LLC
Mr. Kueser oversees all engineering functions at Axis. He was co-founder of Triumph Energy Partners and served as COO of Plymouth Exploration, LLC. Prior to joining Plymouth, he managed the Stiles Ranch field in Texas for Newfield Exploration and helped develop their Woodford program in southeast Oklahoma. Mr. Kueser received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa and is a registered Professional Engineer. He is on the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at the University of Tulsa.
Dave Culbertson
Chief Financial Officer
Axis Oil and Gas Management, LLC
Dave has performed/managed all accounting/financial and back office functions related to the upstream oil and gas industry including financial, operational including joint interest billing and revenue, production taxes, division orders, A&D, due diligence, gas control, payroll and insurance. He had a high level role in taking an E&P company public including the write up of the S-1 registration, 10K’s and 10Q’s. His roles have included Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He has worked for several companies in the Tulsa area including Samson, Vintage, Williams, Mid-Con, Corterra and Triumph Energy.