Established in 1921 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The Beard Company formerly engaged in a diverse range of business activities across the United States. Its operations included a Carbon Dioxide segment, responsible for producing and distributing carbon dioxide gas in Colorado and New Mexico. The Oil and Gas division focused on the exploration, development, production, and sale of oil and natural gas, possessing non-operated working interests or overriding royalty interests in active wells across Colorado and Wyoming, as well as undeveloped oil and gas leases in those states and Mississippi.