PetroProperties & Finance announced the addition of Jim Ferullo as the new Gulf Coast Region Vice President.

Ferullo, a 20-year petroleum industry veteran, was formally the chief operating officer of Global Energy USA, a multi-branded Florida fuels and lubricants marketer.

In addition to handling regional marketer financing responsibilities, he will join the company's expanded Mergers & Acquisition team. Jim's experienced firsthand operational capabilities will offer valued support to an increased level of confidential marketer divestiture assignments that the company is handling across the country.

PetroProperties & Finance, LLC is a Coral Gables, Fla.-based strategic services company that exclusively serves the wholesale petroleum sector offering confidential finance and mergers and acquisition support.