Bryan J. McMicken - Director of Geoscience

Mr. McMicken’s primary duties include providing geological and geophysical analysis and due diligence on the assets and drilling opportunities of potential and existing portfolio companies, analyzing the technical and financial merits of emerging exploration and exploitation plays and evaluating new technologies and their application to the energy industry. Mr. McMicken was previously a Vice President - Geology and Geophysics with Redman Energy Holdings, LP and Redman Energy Holdings II, LP. Prior to joining the Redman companies, Mr. McMicken was with The Meridian Resource Corporation, generating and evaluating the economic feasibility of prospects in South Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. From 1990-1998, Mr. McMicken was employed by Samedan Oil Company. Mr. McMicken began his career at Prairie in 1983 as a geologist responsible for prospect generation, log analysis, and well site evaluation. He is a licensed geologist in the state of Texas, received a B.S. in Geology from Lamar University and obtained an M.S. in Finance from the University of Houston at Clear Lake. Mr. McMicken is married and has two children.