Saratoga Resources Announces New Staffing
April 16 2014 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Saratoga Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SARA; the “Company” or
“Saratoga”) today announced new staffing in its Covington,
Louisiana office.
Joining Saratoga are Richard Miller, Gary Pierce, Brenda Reilly
and Bobby Sanford.
Richard Miller has joined Saratoga as a Senior Petroleum
Engineer. Richard holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from
Louisiana State University. Richard has broad petroleum engineering
experience, including managing field production, well work and
optimization projects, preparing drilling program AFEs and managing
new drill completions. Richard’s prior experience has been with
Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
Gary Pierce is joining Saratoga as Operations Manager. Gary has
more than 36 years’ experience in all phases of field operations
ranging from production foreman to operations manager with the
majority of that experience being in the Gulf of Mexico. Gary’s
experience includes both major company experience, at Amoco, and
independent E&P company experience with Hilcorp Energy, Pioneer
Natural Resources, Spinnaker Exploration and others.
Brenda Reilly has joined Saratoga as a Senior Development
Geologist. Brenda holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of
New Orleans. Brenda has more than 30 years’ experience onshore and
offshore, including extensive experience in prospect generation,
evaluation and mapping in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana state
waters with Murphy Exploration and Production Company, EPL and
other operators.
Bobby Sanford has joined Saratoga as a Senior
Drilling/Completions Engineer. Bobby holds a B.S., with Honors, in
Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State University. Bobby has
over 40 years broad industry experience, including extensive
experience in workover and completion project design, wellsite work
supervision, remediation and cost control in both onshore and
offshore settings, including the Gulf of Mexico. Bobby’s experience
includes both major company experience, with more than 20 years at
Chevron, and independent E&P company experience.
Leaving the Company is Brian Daigle who has submitted his
resignation as Vice President – Operations, effective April 30,
2014.
Andy Clifford, President of Saratoga, stated, “We are pleased
that Richard, Gary, Brenda and Bobby have joined our team. They are
each talented and experienced professionals and will add to the
depth and skill set of our team.”
About Saratoga Resources
Saratoga Resources is an independent exploration and production
company with offices in Houston, Texas and Covington, Louisiana.
Principal holdings cover 52,103 gross/net acres, mostly held by
production, located in the transitional coastline and protected
in-bay environment on parish and state leases of south Louisiana
and in the shallow Gulf of Mexico Shelf. Most of the company's
large drilling inventory has multiple pay objectives that range
from as shallow as 1,000 feet to the ultra-deep prospects below
20,000 feet in water depths ranging from less than 10 feet to a
maximum of approximately 80 feet. For more information, go to
Saratoga's website at www.saratogaresources.com and sign up for
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Saratoga Resources, Inc.Brad Holmes, (713) 654-4009Investor
RelationsorAndrew Clifford, (713)
458-1560Presidentwww.saratogaresources.com