Mr. Harrell has served as a Director of the Company since the consummation of the merger of Beckman Production Services, Inc. with and into the Company on February 28, 2017. Mr. Harrell currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Citation Oil & Gas Corp., one of the largest privately-held independent oil & gas acquisition, development and production companies in the United States.
Mr. Harrell joined Citation in 2002 where he took on the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 2004, Mr. Harrell was promoted to President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer and in 2008, Mr. Harrell was named President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brigham Exploration Company from 1998 to 2002. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Harrell served as Executive Vice President and Partner at R. Chaney & Company, Inc., where he managed R. Chaney & Company, Inc.’s investment origination efforts in the U.S., focusing on investments in corporate equity securities of energy companies in the exploration and production and oilfield service industry segments.
From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Harrell served as Director of Domestic Corporate Finance for Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Inc., where he was responsible for initiating and executing a variety of debt and equity financing transactions for independent exploration and production companies. Before Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Mr. Harrell spent eight years working in corporate finance and reservoir engineering positions for two public independent exploration and production companies, Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation and Pacific Enterprises Oil Company, Inc. He previously served as a Director of Carlile Bancshares, Inc. from 2010 to 2017, as a Director of Brigham Exploration Co. from 1999 to 2003, and as a member of Yellowstone Academy Board of Directors, the premier school in Houston’s Historic Third Ward Community.
Mr. Harrell has over twenty-eight years of experience in corporate finance and management. Mr. Harrell holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.