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Summit Midstream Partners, LP has reported the appointment of Rene L. Casadaban as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Summit Midstream GP LLC, the company that manages and operates SMLP.
Mr. Casadaban will report to Steve Newby, President and CEO of the general partner.
Commenting on Mr. Casadaban's promotion, Mr. Newby said, "Rene's broad experience across our platform and deep industry background in crude oil, natural gas and project management make him uniquely qualified to execute and manage the significant development and expansion projects that we have across the entire Summit enterprise in crude oil, water transportation, and gas gathering and processing. We believe that this change in organizational structure positions Summit for continued success and improved operations as we expand our service offerings and geographic footprint."
Prior to his appointment as the principal operating officer of our general partner, Mr. Casadaban served as the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Construction, and Operations of our general partner since May 2012. Prior to joining our general partner, Mr. Casadaban was the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Construction and Operations of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), the ultimate owner of our general partner, from February 2011 until April 2012, and prior to that he served as a Vice President from the time he joined Summit Investments in November 2010.
Mr. Casadaban has 23 years of onshore, offshore and deepwater pipeline systems experience. Prior to joining Summit Investments, Mr. Casadaban worked for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. from 2006 to 2010 as the Director for Deepwater Development of floating production platforms and offshore pipelines. Mr. Casadaban has also served as an independent consultant to ExxonMobil and GulfTerra for Gulf of Mexico and international pipeline projects.