Eric Moser

Founder & Managing Partner — Moser Oil

Tahlequah, Oklahoma | Cherokee Nation

Eric Moser is a lifelong entrepreneur and investor whose career spans over three decades in technology, energy, and venture finance. As founder of Moser Oil, he leads a family-built investment group specializing in onshore oil & gas development and disciplined capital ventures.

Eric began his business career in Austin, Texas during the height of the Tech Boom in the spring of 1992, joining Sunset Direct—the world’s first database marketing company dedicated to the microcomputer industry. There, he sold computer hardware and software solutions directly to Fortune 500 corporations, maintaining direct relationships with top-level corporate buyers for more than eight years. During this period, he was responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in technology sales, establishing a foundation of performance, precision, and client trust that would define his approach across every venture that followed.

In his early career, Eric earned hundreds of sales awards, was consistently ranked in the Austin, Texas business pages as a top “Shooting Star” in the technology sector, and served as a leading sales executive at Sunset Direct—recognized multiple times on the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies list in the 1990s. He cut his teeth learning directly from top executives and business minds of the Tech Boom while sharpening a results-first, numbers-driven discipline that still defines his work.

Following his success at Sunset Direct, Mr. Moser in 2000 spent a couple years in the Dell Peripherals Division, where he routinely generated over $100,000 in daily peripheral and accessory sales. His performance during Dell’s explosive growth period helped establish him as one of the company’s top-producing sales leaders—thriving under pressure while mastering enterprise and consumer sales cycles at scale.

Mr. Moser in 2002 joined ABM Software—then the world’s leading Security Event Management software company—which had been acquired by Ultrak, the global pioneer in security camera and surveillance systems. As National Sales Manager, he oversaw major account expansion into financial institutions, corporate offices, airports, and universities, deploying command-center solutions across the country. These installations—known then as Security HUBs or Heads-Up Display (HUD) Rooms—were the forerunners of today’s modern Global Security Operations Centers (GSOCs). When Ultrak was later acquired, the entire division was released with a comprehensive severance package.

During that transition, Mr. Moser pivoted into finance and commodities trading, joining Frankwell Investments,in 2004 a Chinese-based FOREX firm operating from the 51st floor of the Transco Tower (now Williams Tower) in Houston, Texas. There, he specialized in the Japanese Yen and learned the relentless pace of international currency markets—markets that never sleep and follow the sun around the globe. After experiencing the extreme volatility of FOREX firsthand, he shifted his focus toward more predictable, tangible sectors such as oil and gas.

As Mr. Moser began shifting his focus from global finance into the energy markets, he pursued and earned his Series 3 Commodities & Futures License, marking his formal transition into the regulated commodities and oil & gas sector. This credential placed him among an elite group of only about 1,500 licensed international commodities brokers in the United States at the time. The Series 3 is widely regarded as one of the most rigorous financial designations in the country, authorizing professionals to trade and advise in commodity futures, options, and international currencies under NFA and CFTC oversight. Although foreign currency trading was not yet formally regulated, Mr. Moser deliberately sought the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and professional ethics within the regulated commodities sector to establish long-term credibility and investor confidence.

Eric Moser

Founder & Managing Partner — Moser Oil

2007 Longhorn Hydrocarbons — Field Execution & Operations

As founder and operator of Longhorn Hydrocarbons, Mr. Moser directly managed redevelopment across 2,500+ acres over seven years of continuous field operations. His leadership covered every stage of the process — from capital formation and regulatory compliance to hands-on wellsite supervision and crew management.

Field programs included five major workovers, three new drills, and dozens of mechanical and chemical optimizations on producing wells. Each project was executed under strict environmental and safety guidelines aligned with state and federal regulatory standards governing emissions control, fluid management, tank containment, and reclamation procedures. Every workover required coordination between contracted field crews, rig operators, environmental inspectors, and county engineers to maintain compliance and operational integrity.

Office → Field Responsibilities

Each operation required careful balancing of environmental stewardship with production efficiency—ensuring compliance with WV DEP and EPA mandates while achieving profitable, long-term field sustainability.

Verify Under: Longhorn Hydrocarbons — listed under active permitting on the WV DEP site.
All 79 permit approved/completed records can be verified directly via the WV DEP Permit Search Portal .

Ultimately, Mr. Moser sold all leases and wells—totaling more than 2,500 acres of held production— to a larger regional operator. This decision came amid a period of heightened federal regulatory pressure that saw a significant reduction of independent producers and coal operations across the state. The move was not driven by performance, but by shifting policy and enforcement priorities that made small-scale operations economically unsustainable. Despite this, Mr. Moser’s tenure with Longhorn Hydrocarbons remains a model of operational excellence, financial discipline, and unwavering commitment to doing the job right.