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The Banks Group, founded in 1982 by JB Bleckley, is a diversified corporation serving the oil & gas, environmental, real estate, legal, industrial, and renewable energy sectors. Originally established as Banks Information Solutions, the company has evolved to provide comprehensive data gathering, mapping, document research, regulatory consulting, and due diligence services nationwide.

Through its two independent divisions — Banks Environmental Data, Inc. and Banks Oil & Gas Consulting, Inc. — The Banks Group delivers accurate environmental risk management information, regulatory research, permitting support, and compliance consulting. The team’s expertise spans GIS, environmental planning, resource management, regulatory analysis, and technical data solutions.

From Fortune 500 companies to small independents, clients rely on Banks for user-friendly reporting, efficient permitting support, and online drilling and production data management solutions that improve operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance.

  • The Texas Railroad Commission’s Inner Workings and Procedures

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Environmental Planning

  • Environmental Resource management

  • Regulatory Analysis

  • Due Diligence Research at State and Federal Agencies

Management Team

JB Bleckley

President/Ceo

JB Bleckley, President of The Banks Group, was born in Texas and couldn’t get back soon enough. After growing up in North Carolina, Bleckley graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism. After college, he worked on the presidential campaign for Jimmy Carter and later was appointed to the Appalachian Regional Commission by the Carter Administration.

In the late 1970s, Bleckley moved back to Texas and began learning about the oil and gas business working for his father-in-law, Bud Mandell, owner of Sabio Oil and Gas. He served a stint in oil field equipment sales for Sovereign Supply before forming his own company, Banks Petroleum Reporting Services, in 1982. For the past 28 years, Bleckley has grown Banks into a full-service consulting, research and data dissemination firm, serving the needs of both the oil and gas and environmental industries.

Joe Gonzalez

Vice President

In June of 2006 Joe Gonzalez began service as Vice President of Banks Information Solutions. Prior to 2006 he served as Director of Services for Banks Information Solutions since 1997. Gonzalez oversees the management of the oil and gas division. He is also responsible for the administration of all research projects for Banks oil and gas clients. He specializes in compliance reviews and audits, due diligence, investigative file research, toxic-tort litigation research and support, multi-state file research, federal agency file research and professional liaison services.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Gonzalez moved to the New York and New Jersey area where he obtained his degree in government from Richard Stockton College just outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey. After moving back to Texas in 1991, Gonzalez worked for the Texas House of Representatives and then the Texas Railroad Commission, where he obtained the base of his oil and gas knowledge.