John V. Lovoi was appointed Chairman of the Board in October 2011 and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since May 2005. He is also chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. He is the Managing Partner of JVL Advisors LLC, a private energy investment company established in 2002. From January 2000 to August 2002, Mr. Lovoi was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Incorporated, and during this period served as head of the firm’s Global Oil and Gas Research practice and then as head of the firm’s Global Oil and Gas Investment Banking practice. From 1995 to 2000, he was a leading oilfield services and equipment research analyst for Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he spent two years as a senior financial executive at Baker Hughes and four years as an energy investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Lovoi also serves as a director of Helix Energy Solutions Group, an energy services company, and as chairman of the board of directors of Epsilon Energy LTD. an oil and gas company based in Canada. Mr. Lovoi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA degree from the University of Texas.

Mr. Lovoi was selected to serve as a director due to his financial expertise and energy industry insight, as well as his experience as a director of other public companies.

Jeffrey J. Bird was appointed as a director in January 2022. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Since joining the Company in March 2017 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Bird has held several executive management positions of increasing responsibility, including as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bird was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Frank’s International, a provider of engineered tubular services to the oil and gas industry, and prior to that, he was the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Ascend Performance Materials, a provider of chemicals, fibers and plastics in Houston, Texas. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bird served in a variety of finance and operating roles primarily in the industrial manufacturing sector including serving as a division Chief Financial Officer at Danaher Corporation. Mr. Bird holds a BA in Accounting from Cedarville University.

Mr. Bird was selected to serve as a director because he is our Chief Executive Officer with extensive knowledge of the Company, its operations and people, and he has demonstrated operational and financial knowledge in different industries during his career.

Mr. Fink has been a director of the company since July 2024. He is a member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Fink was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, from November 2018 until its acquisition by Occidental Petroleum Corporation in August 2019. He served as Chairman of NYSE-listed Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners L.P. from 2018-2019, as the President & CEO of both entities from 2017-2018, and as their Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009-2017. Mr. Fink served as an independent director and Audit Committee Chairman of Zimmer Energy Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed blank check company formed to seek investment opportunities in the energy transition space, from June 2021 to June 2023. Mr. Fink also currently serves on the board of directors of the parent companies of Salt Creek Midstream, LLC, a leading gatherer and processor of natural gas and crude oil in the Permian Basin. Mr. Fink received a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute.

Mr. Fink was selected to serve as a director due to his financial expertise and executive experience with public companies in the energy sector.

Mr. Jupp has been a director of the company since November 2012. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee and chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Jupp serves as Managing Director of EIG Global Energy Partners, a global energy investment firm, a position he has held since April 2015. From April 2015 until March 2021, he was also the Chief Operating Officer of Harbour Energy Ltd., a company that was owned by EIG and that held and operated upstream and midstream energy assets globally. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jupp was employed by Anadarko Petroleum as Vice President International Operations – Americas/Far East following its acquisition of Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas. While with Kerr-McGee, he served in various management positions domestically and internationally, including as Vice President – International Exploration and Production. Mr. Jupp serves as a director of Maverick Natural Resources, LLC, a private oil and gas company focused on long-lived reserves in the U.S., and previously served as a director of Chrysaor Holdings Limited, a private oil and gas company that was the largest oil and gas producer in the UK North Sea. Mr. Jupp holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mr. Jupp was selected to serve as a director due to his executive experience with oil and gas exploration companies, including his international experience in the energy industry.

Ms. Lockhart has been a director of the company since March 2022. She is a member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. From November 2020 until March 2022, Ms. Lockhart served on the Corporate Executive Committee and as Executive Vice President of Technology, Digital and Innovation at Equinor ASA. From August 2018 until November 2020, she was Senior Vice President – Development & Production International Portfolio and Partner Operations at Equinor and from May 2016 until August 2018, she was Senior Vice President – Development Production Offshore US (which also included Mexico offshore operations). Prior to joining Equinor in 2016, Ms. Lockhart was employed by Marathon Oil Company for over 20 years in various management, operational and technical positions both domestically and internationally, including as Regional Vice President – Eagle Ford, Regional Vice President – Bakken and Regional Vice President – United Kingdom. Ms. Lockhart also serves as a director of Ascent Resources, LLC, an exploration and production company focused on natural gas and oil properties in the Utica Shale. Ms. Lockhart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Technological University.

Ms. Lockhart was selected to serve as a director due to her executive experience in energy transition matters, her executive experience within the oil and gas industry and her international experience.

Darryl K. Willis has been a director of the Company since June 2021. He is member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Willis is Corporate Vice President, Energy of Microsoft Corporation, a position he has held since 2019. From 2018 to 2019, he was Vice President – Oil, Gas and Energy, Google Cloud at Google, Inc. From 1993-2017, he served in various technical, operational and management positions at BP plc internationally and in the United States, including as Senior Vice President of Reservoir Development and Vice President – L48 Onshore Gas at BP America, General Manager of BP Angola, and Vice President – Technology Operations at BP-TNK in Moscow. Mr. Willis also serves as a director of Nine Energy Service, Inc., an NYSE-listed company that provides completion and production services primarily for North American unconventional oil and gas resource development, and the American Bureau of Shipping, a non-profit corporation that provides global classification and assessment services to the marine and offshore industries for vessel design and integrity. Mr. Willis holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern State University, a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of New Orleans, and a Master of Science degree in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Willis was selected to serve as a director due to his executive experience with a Fortune 100 technology company, his executive background within the oil and gas industry and his international experience.