Rich is a founding partner of PennEnergy Resources, LLC and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennEnergy Resources, LLC, a private equity backed independent oil & gas operator focused on the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.
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Gregory D. Muse, President & COO
Greg is a founding partner of PennEnergy Resources and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to co-founding PennEnergy, Mr. Muse was the Senior Vice President for Marcellus Operations at Atlas Energy Resources, LLC from 2010 to 2011. During this time, he built, led and managed a team of over 300 technical and operations personnel in the development of over 100 Marcellus horizontal wells.
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John M. Johnston, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer
John joined PennEnergy Resources in September 2011 as Executive Vice President and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the company in October 2012. His responsibilities include all exploration & development of the Company’s upstream assets, guiding the Company’s Business Development, and is actively engaged in all corporate strategic, financial and operational decisions. He is also on the Board of Directors of Pine Run Midstream, and was also on the Board of Directors of Cardinal PA Midstream, since sold to Energy Transfer Partners.
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Zach Dixon, Executive Vice President - Land & Business Development
Mr. Dixon is Executive Vice President - Land and Business Development for PennEnergy Resources. Since joining PennEnergy at its inception in 2011, Mr. Dixon has continuously increased responsibility at the company across various roles including Director and Land Manager.
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Mark C. Lang, Chief Financial Officer
Mark joined PennEnergy Resources in October 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior, he was Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Tollgrade Communications Inc. responsible for all domestic and international finance, accounting, SEC reporting and internal controls as well as an integral part of the finance effort for the sale of Tollgrade Communications, Inc. to Golden Gate Capital in May 2011.
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S. Casey Bowers, Senior VP & General Counsel
Casey joined PennEnergy Resources in November 2011 as Vice President Land and General Counsel. Prior to joining PennEnergy, Mr. Bowers served as Vice President of Open Flow Gas Supply Corporation from 2007 through 2011. While at Open Flow, Mr. Bowers was personally responsible for all land, legal and business development matters including guiding Open Flow through a significant and successful Marcellus Shale exploration and production joint venture project. Mr. Bowers also lead the development and implementation of Open Flow’s Health, Safety and Environmental compliance programs.
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Timothy A. Williams, Executive Vice President - Operations
Tim is a highly experienced natural gas professional with 35 years’ experience in the regulated and unregulated areas of the gas industry. Tim has worked in engineering, construction and operations positions for numerous companies over his career including Columbia Gas, TW Phillips Gas & Oil, Equitable Gas, Atlas Energy, Williams Midstream, and Vista Midstream. Tim’s other roles have included Vice President, Operations with UTI Corporation, and Category Manager for Strategic Sourcing of Pipeline Construction Services with IBM Corporation’s management consulting group.
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Brian W. Boyer, Senior Vice President – Production Operations
Brian joined PennEnergy Resources in October 2018 as a Production Manager. During his tenure at PennEnergy, his knowledge of the business and high-level performance resulted in promotions to Production Operations Director, VP of HES and Regulatory Compliance, and now to SVP of Production Operations. His current role oversees production, technical services, and facility construction and maintenance.
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Ben Bates, Senior Vice President - Corporate Development
Mr. Bates joined PennEnergy Resources in November 2018 as a Corporate Development Analyst, focused primarily on corporate strategy and financial modeling. Since joining PennEnergy, he has been promoted to Corporate Development Manager and subsequently to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
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Richard D. Weber, Chairman & CEO
Rich is a founding partner of PennEnergy Resources, LLC and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennEnergy Resources, LLC, a private equity backed independent oil & gas operator focused on the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Weber was President of Atlas Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATLS), from 2006 until Atlas’s sale to Chevron Corporation in 2011. Atlas operated more than 10,000 oil & gas wells in four different basins, including the Appalachian Basin, where Atlas was a pioneer in the development of the prolific Marcellus Shale. In addition, Atlas owned and controlled the general partner of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL), a mid-stream MLP having pipeline and natural gas processing assets in the Appalachian Basin and Mid-Continent region. He oversaw all operations of the company as well as the IPO of Atlas Energy Resources, LLC in 2006, the $1.2 billion acquisition of DTE Energy’s Antrim Shale assets in 2007, the formation of Laurel Mountain Mid-Stream Partners, L.P., a 50/50 mid-stream joint venture in the Marcellus Shale with The Williams Company, a $1.7 billion joint venture in the Marcellus Shale with Reliance Industries, Ltd, and the $4.4 billion merger of Atlas Energy into Chevron in 2011. During his tenure at Atlas, the company accumulated nearly 300,000 acres, drilled over 300 wells and built one of the premier operating teams in the Marcellus Shale. In 2008, Mr. Weber co-founded the Marcellus Shale Coalition, which continues today as the leading trade organization serving producers and service companies involved in the Marcellus Shale industry.
Prior to joining Atlas, Mr. Weber spent 14 years at McDonald & Company Securities, Inc. (subsequently acquired by KeyBanc Capital Markets) where he founded the Energy Group, serving independent oil & gas producers, pipeline companies and utilities. He personally led over two hundred transactions involving mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs, secondary offerings, note offerings and strategic advisory assignments. Early in his career, Mr. Weber served as an associate at First Chicago Venture Capital, the predecessor of Madison Dearborn Partners. Between 2011 and 2017, Mr. Weber served as a director, and Chairman of the Board for the last two years of his tenure, of Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. (NYSE :NOG), an independent oil and gas producer in the Bakken Shale. From 2011 until 2015, he served on the advisory board of White Deer Energy, L.P., a private equity firm serving the upstream and service sectors of the oil and gas industry.
Mr. Weber graduated in 1985 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a B.S. in Finance. Between 2006 and 2013, he served on Miami’s Board of Advisors. In 1989, he graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana with a M.B.A. where he was also a Freeman Scholar.
Gregory D. Muse, President & COO
Greg is a founding partner of PennEnergy Resources and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to co-founding PennEnergy, Mr. Muse was the Senior Vice President for Marcellus Operations at Atlas Energy Resources, LLC from 2010 to 2011. During this time, he built, led and managed a team of over 300 technical and operations personnel in the development of over 100 Marcellus horizontal wells.
Before joining Atlas in 2010, Mr. Muse had a 28 year career with Marathon Oil Company in numerous technical and leadership roles including business management roles for Marathon’s Marcellus Shale, Power River Basin CBM, Gulf of Mexico offshore, East Texas and North Louisiana assets. In these positions, Mr. Muse managed the technical and operational aspects of these assets including engineering, geology, land, regulatory, drilling, completion, production, safety and environmental activities. In addition to asset management roles, Mr. Muse held corporate positions at Marathon including Worldwide Shale Development Manager, Worldwide Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Manager.
Mr. Muse is a past Executive Committee Member of the Marcellus Shale Committee and Board Member of IOGAPA. Mr. Muse graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, in Terre Haute, Indiana with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1982.
John M. Johnston, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer
John joined PennEnergy Resources in September 2011 as Executive Vice President and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the company in October 2012. His responsibilities include all exploration & development of the Company’s upstream assets, guiding the Company’s Business Development, and is actively engaged in all corporate strategic, financial and operational decisions. He is also on the Board of Directors of Pine Run Midstream, and was also on the Board of Directors of Cardinal PA Midstream, since sold to Energy Transfer Partners.
Prior, he was Vice President-Unconventional Resources for EXCO Resources, responsible for all engineering, geology, geophysics, and all other technical aspects of the Marcellus Shale, along with their substantial business development efforts.
Mr. Johnston was previously Division Exploitation/Operations Manager for EOG Resources in Pittsburgh, responsible for the exploration, operations, and business development for EOG’s shale, CBM and development drilling efforts in the northeast and central U.S., primarily focused on the drilling and completion of horizontal Marcellus wells beginning in 2005.
Mr. Johnston was Chief Operating Officer for Energy Search, Inc., a start-up independent in the Appalachian Basin which he and the management team took public on NASDAQ in 1997, grew rapidly, and was subsequently acquired by EOG in 2001. He started as a geologist with Gulf Oil in the Permian Basin, became Geological Manager, and then worked the Gulf of Mexico with Chevron USA.
He received his undergraduate degree in Geology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and continued his geologic studies in the Master’s program at the University of Cincinnati, and is a Certified Petroleum Geologist.
Mr. Johnston is Past President and Board member of the Southeastern Ohio Oil & Gas Association, Past President of the Ohio Geological Society, Past Board Member of the North American Coalbed Methane Forum, and was a Past Board Member of the Marietta College Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board.
Zach Dixon, Executive Vice President - Land & Business Development
Mr. Dixon is Executive Vice President - Land and Business Development for PennEnergy Resources. Since joining PennEnergy at its inception in 2011, Mr. Dixon has continuously increased responsibility at the company across various roles including Director and Land Manager.
In his current role, Mr. Dixon oversees a team of fourteen who focus on PennEnergy’s land acquisition and land administration efforts in accordance with corporate strategy.
Prior to joining PennEnergy, Mr. Dixon worked as an independent Landman managing large title, leasing, and surface acquisition programs to support Marcellus Shale development across Pennsylvania and West Virginia for multiple operators.
Mr. Dixon holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Certified Professional Landman and member of the American Association of Professional Landmen.
Mark C. Lang, Chief Financial Officer
Mark joined PennEnergy Resources in October 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior, he was Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Tollgrade Communications Inc. responsible for all domestic and international finance, accounting, SEC reporting and internal controls as well as an integral part of the finance effort for the sale of Tollgrade Communications, Inc. to Golden Gate Capital in May 2011.
Mr. Lang was previously the Corporate Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer for CNX Gas Corporation, a spinoff of CONSOL Energy (CNX) and one of the largest oil and gas producers in Appalachia. Responsibilities included creation and oversight of finance, accounting, SEC reporting, internal controls, Oracle/P2ES software implementation as well as the financial portion of the initial private placement and eventual IPO of CXG in 2006. As Manager of Gas/Land Accounting for CONSOL Energy, he was responsible for accounting, finance, SEC reporting, SOX implementation and SAP implementation. Mr. Lang also served as a financial analyst for Equitable Production Company, a subsidiary of Equitable (EQT), one of the largest oil and gas producers in Appalachia.
Mr. Lang also worked at KPMG for four years as a senior audit supervisor.
Mr. Lang is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, a CPA in the state of Pennsylvania, a member of the AICPA, PICPA, COPAS and FEI.
S. Casey Bowers, Senior VP & General Counsel
Casey joined PennEnergy Resources in November 2011 as Vice President Land and General Counsel. Prior to joining PennEnergy, Mr. Bowers served as Vice President of Open Flow Gas Supply Corporation from 2007 through 2011. While at Open Flow, Mr. Bowers was personally responsible for all land, legal and business development matters including guiding Open Flow through a significant and successful Marcellus Shale exploration and production joint venture project. Mr. Bowers also lead the development and implementation of Open Flow’s Health, Safety and Environmental compliance programs.
Prior to joining Open Flow, Mr. Bowers served as an attorney for the law firm of Hanak, Guido & Taladay where he represented clients in complex commercial transactions and litigation with special emphasis on oil and gas exploration, timber and real estate matters.
Mr. Bowers graduated cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. in the Administration of Justice and earned his Juris Doctorate cum laude from the Case Western University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Bowers serves on the Marcellus Shale Coalition Legal and Advocacy committees. Mr. Bowers is licensed to practice Law in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation.
Timothy A. Williams, Executive Vice President - Operations
Tim is a highly experienced natural gas professional with 35 years’ experience in the regulated and unregulated areas of the gas industry. Tim has worked in engineering, construction and operations positions for numerous companies over his career including Columbia Gas, TW Phillips Gas & Oil, Equitable Gas, Atlas Energy, Williams Midstream, and Vista Midstream. Tim’s other roles have included Vice President, Operations with UTI Corporation, and Category Manager for Strategic Sourcing of Pipeline Construction Services with IBM Corporation’s management consulting group.
Before assuming his current role, Tim served as Vice President of Operations for PennEnergy’s Pine Run Midstream subsidiary prior to its sale and as Vice-President of Production for PennEnergy.
In his capacity as Executive Vice-President of Operations, Tim oversees all of the company’s civil construction, water management, drilling, completions, production and HES efforts.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.
Brian W. Boyer, Senior Vice President – Production Operations
Brian joined PennEnergy Resources in October 2018 as a Production Manager. During his tenure at PennEnergy, his knowledge of the business and high-level performance resulted in promotions to Production Operations Director, VP of HES and Regulatory Compliance, and now to SVP of Production Operations. His current role oversees production, technical services, and facility construction and maintenance.
Mr. Boyer’s 25+ years in the industry started in Western Pennsylvania working summers for his family’s business building well facilities and pipelines. After graduation from Miami University of Ohio, he began his professional career with Marathon Petroleum in 1998 working in Ohio as an Operations Analyst before moving to midstream field operations. During the next several years he spent time overseeing midstream operations, a truck terminal, and then moving into an HES role for engineering. Mr. Boyer then moved upstream to Marathon Oil where he spent 6.5 years in Wyoming, with a small stint in Alaska. His roles included Project Management in the CBM fields in Wyoming, Compliance and HES in Alaska, oil and gas Field Operations and Regulatory Compliance in the Wind River, Greater Green River, and Powder River Basins in Wyoming, as well as the Uinta Basin in Utah. Prior to coming to PennEnergy, he also held Operations Manager and Regulatory Operations Manager positions in Wyoming and Oklahoma for Chesapeake Energy from 2015 to 2018, before returning to his home state of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Boyer graduated in 1993 from Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania with a BA in Geology. In 1995, he graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH with a MS in Geology, followed by a MBA in 1997, also from Miami University.
Ben Bates, Senior Vice President - Corporate Development
Mr. Bates joined PennEnergy Resources in November 2018 as a Corporate Development Analyst, focused primarily on corporate strategy and financial modeling. Since joining PennEnergy, he has been promoted to Corporate Development Manager and subsequently to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
His current role encompasses corporate strategy, financial decision making, M&A/A&D work, and the exploration and development of PennEnergy’s asset base. He also is responsible for the management of the Asset Development, Corporate Development, and Reservoir/Geoscience teams. Since joining, he has worked on numerous transactions, including the sale of a midstream gathering system, acquisitions of joint venture partner interests, and divestitures of non-core assets.
Mr. Bates’s career started as an investment banking analyst at FMI Capital Advisors in Houston, TX. His role was directed at creating sell-side M&A materials and valuation backup for the Energy Equipment and Services industry.
Mr. Bates holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and a Master of Science in Business, both from Texas A&M University.
