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CBM-Focused Warren Taps New CEO
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Warren Resources, Inc. has reported that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Philip A. Epstein as Chief Executive Officer. He will also serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Epstein, age 56, has over 20 years of experience as a senior executive in the global oil and gas industry. In 1992, Philip played an active role in the founding of Belco Oil & Gas Corp. and served in senior executive positions. Belco was a leading independent oil and gas company with operations initially focused on tight gas sand reservoirs in the Moxa Arch trend of Southwest Wyoming and horizontal drilling in the Austin Chalk trend of Texas. Belco grew in four years to $105 million of EBITDA and was taken public on the NYSE in a 1996 initial public offering valuing the company at $600 million. In…
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