Sam McDonald - VP Business Development In Midland

Sam has 32 years of experience in the oil & gas business and is most recently Chief Operating Officer of CBP Resources LLC, a production & development company holding Permian Basin conventional assets in Ward, Ector & Garza counties.

Previous roles included Operations Manager for four Permian Basin startups: Tradition Resources LLC (TX, LA), Vess Oil Corporation (Permian, NTX) and V.P. of Operations for Rex Energy (Permian).

Sam has a career managing technical and operating teams that have been successful in increasing production and reducing expenses. Sam has been active in the Midland oil community for over 30 years and has an extensive network and knowledge base in the Permian Basin.

Sam began his oilfield career on workover and drilling rigs prior to spending 17 years with Halliburton Energy Services, where he progressed through a series of positions of increasing responsibility in field engineering, district and regional operations, and global account management.

He was credited with two innovative horizontal completion procedural patents during his tenure with Halliburton.

Mr. McDonald received his B.S. in Building Construction from Texas A&M University in 1983. He is a member of SPE and AADE.