Saratoga Resources Announces Appointment of John Ebert as Vice President – Finance and Business Development
19 November 2013 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
Saratoga Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SARA; the “Company” or
“Saratoga”) today announced the appointment of John Ebert as Vice
President – Finance and Business Development.
Mr. Ebert joined the Company in August 2013 in a business
development capacity to strengthen the Company’s asset evaluation
capabilities and to advise management on the valuation and
financing of accretive acquisition opportunities and, since joining
the Company, has played an integral role in each of those areas as
well as in the Company’s corporate finance functions.
Mr. Ebert has more than 22 years of industry experience in
finance, business development and reservoir engineering with a
focus in the Gulf Coast region. Included in his broad experience,
Mr. Ebert has served in production engineering and reservoir
engineering roles, among others, with Marathon Oil and Halliburton
Energy Services, and adding the role of Vice President of Finance
at Woodside Energy (USA). Mr. Ebert also has energy industry
lending experience, serving as a member of the Energy Lending
Group, and Vice President, of Hibernia National Bank. Mr. Ebert
holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of
Tulsa.
Thomas Cooke, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated,
“John has been a valuable addition to our team and we are pleased
to expand his role to lead our overall corporate finance function.
John’s background as a petroleum engineer with broad experience
both within our industry and in the banking industry make him well
suited to his new expanded role.”
About Saratoga Resources
Saratoga Resources is an independent exploration and production
company with offices in Houston, Texas and Covington, Louisiana.
Principal holdings cover 52,102 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
RelationsAndrew Clifford, 713-458-1560PresidentMichael Aldridge,
713-458-1560CFOwww.saratogaresources.com