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Midstates Brings On New Chief Operating Officer
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Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. announced that Mark Eck will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective December 29, 2014.
Mr. Eck, age 56, most recently worked for Samson Resources, as VP Business Development, after previous roles of VP Operations & Midstream, and General Manager Haynesville Team. Prior to joining Samson Mark served as the Tulsa Region Business Development Manager at SM Energy and Manager of Supply Chain.
Mr. Eck began his oil and gas career with ARCO Oil & Gas Company serving in various Engineering, Operations, Planning, Procurement and Human Resources roles over a 21 year career before leaving ARCO in 2000. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1980 and Executive Education training at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Dr. Peter Hill, Interim President and CEO of Midstates commented, "I am very pleased to have Mark join our Midstates team. Mark will be an integral part of the leadership team as we transition our headquarters to Tulsa. With his extensive experiences and successes, we believe Mark can capably lead our operations to new heights. We look forward to fully integrating Mark into our team here at Midstates."