public nyse bbg industry oil exploration founded 2002 founder william j. bill barrett headquarters denver colorado key people bill barrett founder fredrick j. barrett ceo and chairman revenue us 698m fy 2010 1 operating income us 183m fy 2010 1 net income us 80.5 m fy 2010 1 total assets us 2.04 b fy 2010 2 total equity us 1.14 b fy 2010 2 number of employees 280 3 website www.billbarrettcorp.com bill barrett corporation is an energy company based in denver colorado . its core business is natural gas and oil exploration and development in the rocky mountains region of the united states . history edit william j. bill barrett founded the company in january 2002 after his previous company barrett resources was acquired by the williams companies in august 2001 . 4 bill barrett corporation went public in december 2004 . barrett stepped down as chairman and ceo in 2006 and was succeeded by his son fredrick j. barrett . one company project that has drawn press coverage and public debate is the development of natural gas reserves in the west tavaputs plateau in and around nine mile canyon in utah s uinta basin . this find won the trade publication oil and gas investor s 2005 excellence award for best discovery . 5 references edit a b c bill barrett bbg annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest . a b bill barrett bbg annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest . bill barrett corp. at businessweek.com retrieved may 4 2011 . chakrabarty gargi april 2 2005 . oil runs in his blood bill barrett builds his 4th exploration company . rocky mountain news . retrieved march 30 2010 . williams peggy march 4 2006 . deep utah potential pdf . oil and gas investor . hart energy publishing . issn 0744 5881 . this article about a natural gas or petroleum related company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bill barrett corporation & oldid 743429529 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 2002natural gas companies of the united statesoil companies of the united statescompanies based in denverprivate equity portfolio companies2002 establishments in coloradopetroleum company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 16 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view