HOUSTON, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- EV Energy
Partners, L.P. (Nasdaq: EVEP) and EnerVest today announced the
following organization changes: Terry
Wagstaff will assume the position of Vice President of
Acquisitions and Engineering at EVEP. He will report to
Mark Houser, EVEP President and
CEO. Ron Gajdica is resigning
as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions of EVEP, effective April
30.
Wagstaff joined EnerVest, Ltd., as Senior Technical Advisor –
Acquisitions and Engineering, in October 2008. In this
capacity he has been involved in evaluations and analyses that
resulted in approximately $7 billion
in acquisitions. Prior to joining EnerVest Wagstaff worked
for El Paso in a variety of
engineering roles, including establishing practices and procedures
in the internal reserves group, operational activities and
acquisition opportunities. Wagstaff began his career at
Marathon Oil Company in 1980, and later worked for Keplinger &
Associates, Prime Operating Company, Torch Energy Advisors and
Nuevo Energy Company. He earned a BS in Petroleum Engineering
from Texas A&M University, where he
was a member of Pi Epsilon Tau (Petroleum Engineering Honor
Society) and a MBA, Finance Concentration, from Rice
University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in
Texas and a member of the Society
of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Richard Parrish is promoted to
Vice President of Acquisitions and Engineering, EnerVest,
Ltd. He will report to Jim
Vanderhider, EnerVest Executive Vice President and
CFO. Prior to this promotion, Parrish served EnerVest as
Senior Technical Advisor - Acquisitions and Engineering since 2011.
During this time he has been involved in the acquisition of
$3.8 billion in assets. Before
joining EnerVest, he served as Vice President - Engineering for
Imperial Capital and Petrobridge Investment Management, LLC.
Imperial and Petrobridge were capital providers specializing in
upstream financing focusing primarily on asset-backed investments
in small to midsize companies with capital needs ranging from
$5 million to $100+ million.
During his career Parrish has been involved in selling and
acquiring oil and gas properties in almost every basin of the
continental United States. He began his career at Texaco,
Inc., in Louisiana where he held
increasing levels of responsibility from reservoir/production
engineering to Assistant District Engineer for Texaco's Harvey
District. He joined Transco Exploration Company where he
managed the company's reserves, acquisitions and divestitures,
drilling and development plans. Parrish was Vice President of
Engineering for Transco Exploration Partners, an oil and gas master
limited partnership (MLP) created in 1983. He graduated from
the University of Houston with a B.S.
degree in Chemical Engineering with a Petroleum Option, and is a
member of SPE.
Tony Lopez is promoted to Vice
President of Acquisitions and Engineering, EnerVest Operating
Company (EVOC). He will report to Steve McDaniel, EVOC President and CEO. In
his new role Lopez will provide operations support to the
evaluation of A&D transactions for both EnerVest, Ltd, and
EVEP. He will retain his current planning and analysis
responsibilities along with reserves analysis and reporting.
Prior to this promotion, Lopez served as Director Planning and
Analysis for EVOC. He also served as Director of Engineering
for EnerVest's Eastern Division in Charleston, W.V. He joined the company
in 2004 after earning his Degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas
Engineering from West Virginia University. He is an active
member of SPE.
EV Energy Partners, L.P. is a Houston based master limited partnership
engaged in acquiring, producing and developing oil and gas
properties. More information about EVEP is available on the
Internet at www.evenergypartners.com.
Houston-based EnerVest, founded
in 1992, acquires, develops and operates almost 22,000 oil and gas
wells in 15 states on behalf of its institutional investors.
EnerVest also is the general partner of the general partner of EV
Energy Partners, L.P., traded as EVEP on NASDAQ. More
information about the company is available at www.enervest.net.
(code #: EVEP/G)
EV Energy Partners,
L.P., Houston
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EnerVest,
Ltd.
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Michael E. Mercer,
713-651-1144
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Ron Whitmire,
713-659-3500
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http://www.evenergypartners.com
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http://www.enervest.net
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SOURCE EV Energy Partners, L.P.; EnerVest, Ltd.