Join us for a casino-themed evening to celebrate the 36th Wildcatter of the Year! This award is presented to an independent oil and gas exploration company, organization, or individual in recognition of its contribution to the industry and its service to the community and, in so doing, bringing credit to the independent petroleum producers in the Rocky Mountain States. Our 2021 winner has been selected and will be revealed in early August.

Evening Agenda


6:00 PM	Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM	Dinner Service
7:30 PM	Wildcatter Program & Award
8:30 PM	Casino Night
10:30 PM	Event Concludes

Click here to download the sponsor benefit information. If you have any questions about the packages or this event, please contact Sally Hallingstad at 303-501-0163. Download the list of previous Wildcatter Recipients.

About the 36th Wildcatter

William (Bill) D. Armstrong founded Armstrong Oil & Gas, Inc., (AOG) a privately held oil and gas exploration company headquartered in Denver, in 1985 from the attic of his 100-year-old garage/barn. He graduated in 1982 from Southern Methodist University. He left SMU with a B.S. degree in geology, a Phi Beta Kappa key, and a wife that he met in Geology 101. After spending time doing what one-man companies are ‘supposed to do’ - chasing deals in Kansas, the DJ, the Permian, and other independent friendly regions - Bill shifted his efforts to internally generating, assembling, and drilling large company impact exploration opportunities. By seeking out top geologic, geophysical, land, and engineering talent, and also by pursuing big potential “wildcats”, Bill created a unique business model in the energy sector that proved successful for AOG and the companies with whom they worked and partnered.

Over the last thirty-six years, AOG has been involved in the discovery of over twenty oil and gas fields in a variety of geologic provinces that include the Williston Basin, Powder River Basin, Wyoming/Utah Overthrust Belt, Green River Basin, Michigan Basin, Cook Inlet, Gulf of Mexico, and San Joaquin Valley. Most recently Bill and his team have been active on the North Slope of Alaska finding numerous 100+ million-barrel oil fields including one of the largest oil fields in U.S. history, the 3+ billion-barrel Pikka Field.

Bill is a member and past chairman of the All-American Wildcatters. He also sits of the National Petroleum Council. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists chose Bill as its Michel T. Halbouty lecturer in 2018, then in 2020, Bill and his geologist, Jesse Sommer, received Norman F. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award. In 2019 Bill and Jesse received the Michael S. Johnson Explorer of the Year Award from the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. In 2019 Bill was profiled in The Wall Street Journal as “One of the Last Wildcatters”.

He and his wife, Liz, are active in numerous business ventures, investments, and philanthropies. In 2004, they founded Epoch Estate Wines, an ultra-premium vineyard/winery operation located in Paso Robles, California. Bill currently serves on the boards of Tourmaline Oil Corp. (Calgary) and Southern Methodist University (Dallas) where in 2021, both he and his wife received SMU’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Bill is a former board member of the Denver Art Museum and is trustee emeritus at Colorado Ballet. Liz and Bill manage The Armstrong Foundation which primarily focuses on education and arts philanthropy.

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