Reynald A. Baribault

Mr. Baribault was elected to the Board in 2014 and is chair of the Board’s Operations and Engineering Committee and Prospect Committee.

He served as the lead independent director of the Board from 2016 to 2019. He is Executive Vice President / Engineering of NP Resources, LLC, a Denver-based exploration and production operator with a sole focus on the North Dakota Williston Basin. He co-founded NP Resources’ predecessor company, North Plains Energy, LLC, which developed and sold its North Dakota Bakken production and assets in 2012. In addition, he co-founded and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of IPR Energy Partners, LLC, a Plano, Texas-based oil and natural gas production operator with current operations in the Fort Worth Basin.

Prior to co-founding North Plains Energy, NP Resources, and IPR Energy Partners, Mr. Baribault served as Vice President, Supervisor, and Petroleum Engineering Consultant with Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. in their Dallas office from 1990 to 2002.

Mr. Baribault began his professional career as a reservoir engineer with Exxon Company in 1985 in the New Orleans Eastern Division Office. Mr. Baribault received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1985 and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.