Rio Petroleum, Inc

Rio Petroleum, Inc. began doing business in 1979, as the operating company of Barrett W. Pierce.  RIO, a Texas Corporation, is a regional oil and gas operator based in Amarillo.RIO currently serves as operator of producing oil and gas leases in Texas and Oklahoma.  The company has a full-time staff and several part-time employees and consultants.  RIO's staff devotes its time to the physical and administrative operation of the leases and to the evaluation and completion of new oil and gas related projects. RIO is currently exploring for oil and gas in the Anadarko Basin (Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma); the Hardeman Basin (North Texas); the Wilcox Trend (South Texas); Central Basin Platform (West Texas); and the Dalhart Basin (Texas Panhandle).