---
title: "BENTON OIL & GAS CO — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd
identifier: sec:0000845289
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BENTON OIL & GAS CO

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000845289`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **EDMISTON JAMES A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4196c0d7-30e6-5c2e-89bc-da07b163fb39
- **NESSELRODE KARL L** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9729b0c7-7c68-5f97-9732-06b28f109abd
- **BRITTAIN KERRY R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/73bcefad-decd-5790-8cd0-7a527adb8e51
- **NELSON KURT A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e790e24f-ee02-5cf3-b49e-ee84575b6fbb
- **THOLEN STEVEN W** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63c657f0-f41e-51fe-9143-d7c51e432b4d
- **HARDEE H H** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bab5074d-0e58-5b20-b9cb-62df09f573bb
- **DUNN BYRON A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bf31fd1-a3d6-5399-9314-631af2613584
- **HEAD KEITH L** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5eb47e46-23e9-5078-b4ac-3f713ab252c3
- **EDMISTON JAMES A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4196c0d7-30e6-5c2e-89bc-da07b163fb39
- **SPEIRS ROBERT** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c9e8c6fc-f330-564c-b39c-2a5ccb0f4291
- **HAYNES STEPHEN C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21905aff-1cda-59c0-8f83-4ed2ccd48d72
- **MURRAY PATRICK M** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c7424cb-bcb9-57bb-a29f-1dc46ccddc02
- **CISNEROS FAJARDO OSWALDO J** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9da92b84-69ea-51f1-9915-97bc4a4f95f8
- **CISNEROS FAJARDO OSWALDO J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9da92b84-69ea-51f1-9915-97bc4a4f95f8
- **CHESEBRO STEPHEN D** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a52e63c3-6697-5145-9acf-4b19f8edf387
- **IRELAN ROBERT E** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c68957c0-0e03-51ec-82e7-1a8ec1746f33
- **LEAL EDGARD** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/07980d22-3b2d-5178-b266-1177a8334357
- **CT ENERGY HOLDING SRL** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5552451f-8469-5146-a09e-07b9c8ae13d4
- **BAZZONI ALESSANDRO** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/441cb0ae-53d9-5bfa-a549-c241cc67005a
- **D'AGOSTINO FRANCISCO** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3755d131-e87d-5d06-8b3d-cf6137fdb7e9
- **D'AGOSTINO FRANCISCO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3755d131-e87d-5d06-8b3d-cf6137fdb7e9
- **BAZZONI ALESSANDRO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/441cb0ae-53d9-5bfa-a549-c241cc67005a
- **CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3d13cd1-fb0c-5d22-8f45-e343157cb322
- **EFFIMOFF IGOR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b65e8e69-ba87-5f7f-8571-a0ed22d9e451
- **STINSON JOHN MICHAEL** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8c8f0120-ebe4-5c93-b8e1-0fcdaf7218bf
- **OENBRING PATRICK R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7109d9b4-2532-5d42-b1ec-c9ed5fd2bfd9
- **MORGAN G MICHAEL** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b777cda-5414-5d48-84be-c0e106438915
- **PABRAI MOHNISH** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7602a31b-975f-5728-abe9-9c3365b84241
- **CLARKE JOHN U** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92f194c3-687a-5d41-b7da-f5d14674a65f
- **HILL PETER J** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6469fdd7-7fe0-5ba7-95a5-7c2188f07078

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **EDMISTON JAMES A** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **NESSELRODE KARL L** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **BRITTAIN KERRY R** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **NELSON KURT A** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **THOLEN STEVEN W** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **HARDEE H H** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **DUNN BYRON A** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **HEAD KEITH L** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **EDMISTON JAMES A** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **SPEIRS ROBERT** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **HAYNES STEPHEN C** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **MURRAY PATRICK M** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CISNEROS FAJARDO OSWALDO J** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CISNEROS FAJARDO OSWALDO J** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CHESEBRO STEPHEN D** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **IRELAN ROBERT E** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **LEAL EDGARD** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CT ENERGY HOLDING SRL** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **BAZZONI ALESSANDRO** — other → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **D'AGOSTINO FRANCISCO** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **D'AGOSTINO FRANCISCO** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **BAZZONI ALESSANDRO** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **EFFIMOFF IGOR** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **STINSON JOHN MICHAEL** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **OENBRING PATRICK R** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **MORGAN G MICHAEL** — officer → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **PABRAI MOHNISH** — tenpercentowner → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **CLARKE JOHN U** — director → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*
1. **HILL PETER J** — other → *BENTON OIL & GAS CO*

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BENTON OIL & GAS CO**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d7b114f6-e771-5dc3-8c2d-6d4e983cb2fd._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._