About

Chad Koury earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology from West Virginia University in 2010. He was employed by geologic service companies from 2011 until 2014 at which point he founded Koury Geosteering, LLC. While running his own company, he returned to WVU to earn a master’s degree. Chad has striven to become well versed in the many facets of the oil and gas industry. With specific expertise in horizontal development, Chad delivers success to clients’ projects from conception to realization. This is done through assisting clients in an unlimited number of ways that delve into limitlessly more complex and analytical methods. Through continued improvements in capabilities and services offered, in 2024 Chad rebranded his business as Koury Exploration & Development, LLC. Chad has the capability to tackle any project, big or small, vertical or horizontal, and deliver success.

Koury Exploration & Development, LLC and West Texas Wellsite, Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to offer mudlogging and geosteering in tandem in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Founded in 1985 by Mike Jerner, West Texas Wellsite, Inc. quickly gained a reputation for getting things done right the first time in the infamous Hardeman Basin in Texas, logging Chapel Dolomitic mud mounds (reefs) for Cimerex Energy, as well as many smaller independents. Often the difference between a producing or abandoned well was drilling a single foot. Mike went on to log more than 200 of these wells, many which were drilled horizontally in the Chapel formation.The lessons and skills learned in this demanding play permeate the company to this day and shaped its philosophy. Expanding on his early successes, West Texas Wellsite’s area of operations grew to include most major plays in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. You can learn more about West Texas Wellsite here: westtexaswellsite.com