Degner takes over Range Resources’s shale operations in Pa.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Dennis Degner is now overseeing all of Range’s shale operations in Southwestern Pennsylvania as its newly promoted to Vice President of the Southern Marcellus Shale Division, according to the Observer-Reporter.
Degree began his career in the oil and gas industry working for Halliburton. He moved on to become Range Resources Director of Completion in 2010. Making the move to Pennsylvania, Degree’s task was to oversee completions engineers and the water group for Marcellus operations.
Degree has a degree in agricultural engineering from Texas A&M.
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Good for him and for Range. They are a prominent operator in PA. (Have a look at the article and reference to his name.)