Steele succeeds Little as Battalion CEO

Battalion Oil Corp., Houston, has appointed Matt Steele as chief executive officer following the resignation of Richard Little to pursue other opportunities. The appointment is effective immediately, the company said in a release Apr. 3. Little had served as the company’s chief executive officer since mid-2020.

Steele most recently served as chief executive officer of Bruin E&P Partners, a Bakken shale-focused exploration and production company.

In January, the Delaware basin-focused operator appointed Kristen McWatters as executive vice-president, chief financial officer and treasurer, replacing Kevin Andrews, who left the company to pursue other opportunities.

McWatters had previously served as interim chief accounting officer for a publicly traded investment banking firm and before that, as senior vice-president, chief financial officer and chief accounting officer for Goodrich Petroleum.