Mills has nearly 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including public company management experience. Most recently, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, where he was responsible for creating and managing the strategic direction of the company and its growth as an exploration and production and midstream master limited partnership.
Prior to that role, he founded and served as chief executive officer of Montierra Minerals & Production LP, a private equity-backed mineral and upstream company. Mills has also served as senior vice-president of operations for Black Stone Minerals LP, and senior vice-president of El Paso Production Co.
On Feb. 13, the court entered an order confirming Samson’s plan to emerge from Chapter 11 in the near future. The firm sought bankruptcy protection in 2015 (OGJ Online, Sept. 18, 2015).
Samson, acquired by private equity firm KKR & Co. earlier this decade, operates or has royalty or working interests in 531,000 net acres of oil and gas properties primarily in East Texas, Louisiana, and Wyoming.
