DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Breitling Energy (OTCBB: BECC) announced today it received the award for Excellence in Social Responsibility at the Southwest Region Oil and Gas Awards held last week in Dallas.
The awards presentation, which recognizes top-performing companies in the industry, stretches across 7 regions including Canada. Top contenders in other categories in the Southwest Region included companies like Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), winner of three categories.
“When Baker Hughes and Halliburton won some of the early categories, I knew the caliber of competition we were up against,” said Chris Faulkner, Breitling Energy CEO. “It goes without saying, this is a tremendous honor to even be nominated, much less win among these distinguished colleagues.”
Judges particularly noted Breitling Energy’s highly visible public profile, which includes its CEO’s frequent appearances in the media and press. “Oil and gas companies typically are not as out front, and I took a different tact,” Faulkner said. “I’ve always been an advocate of putting myself and our company’s brand out there so people can get to know who we are and what we’re doing.”
In addition to Faulkner’s regular appearances on prominent cable news channels and national publications, Breitling Energy also sponsors “Powering America,” a daily 1-hour talk radio show dedicated to discussing the shale oil revolution. The show is syndicated in 11 large markets around the country. Faulkner released his first book, “The Fracking Truth,” in 2014 to brisk sales. The company also produced a pro-fracking documentary, “Breaking Free,” which has been viewed in private showings following a New York City debut in June.
ABOUT BREITLING ENERGY
Breitling Energy Corporation is a growing U.S. energy company based in Dallas engaged in the exploration and development of high-probability, lower risk onshore oil and gas properties. The company’s dual-focused growth strategy primarily relies on leveraging management’s technical and operations expertise to grow through the drill-bit, while also growing its base of non-operating royalty interests. Breitling’s oil and gas operations are focused primarily in the Permian Basin of Texas and the Mississippi oil window of southern Kansas, with non-operating investments in Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Breitling Energy Corporation is traded over the counter under the ticker symbol: BECC. Additional information is available at www.breitlingenergy.com.