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Richard Coleman
VP of Engineering

Richard Coleman is currently the Vice President of Engineering at GMS Contract Services, a position he assumed in early 2012. Prior to GMS, Richard was at Black Elk Energy where he served as Reservoir Engineering Manager and then as the Central GOM Asset Manager. Richard started his career in 1977 with Amoco Production Company as a drilling and operations engineer in the district office in Brownfield, Texas. Richard then held positions in reservoir engineering of increasing responsibility at Home Petroleum, Williams Exploration, CSX Oil and Gas, and Nerco Oil and Gas through 1993. His next assignment was at Hunt Petroleum, where he held positions in reservoir and operations engineering, and then as Offshore Develop Manager through 2006. Richard was then at Nippon Oil Exploration as General Manger of Engineering and General Manager of Production through 2010. Richard holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, API and the Exploration Society of Great Britain. Richard is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Louisiana.





		Richard Coleman VP of Engineering Richard Coleman is currently the Vice President of Engineering at GMS Contract Services, a position he assumed in early 2012. Prior to GMS, Richard was at Black Elk Energy where he served as Reservoir Engineering Manager and then as the Central GOM Asset Manager. Richard started his career in 1977 with Amoco Production Company as a drilling and operations engineer in the district office in Brownfield, Texas. Richard then held positions in reservoir engineering of increasing responsibility at Home Petroleum, Williams Exploration, CSX Oil and Gas, and Nerco Oil and Gas through 1993. His next assignment was at Hunt Petroleum, where he held positions in reservoir and operations engineering, and then as Offshore Develop Manager through 2006. Richard was then at Nippon Oil Exploration as General Manger of Engineering and General Manager of Production through 2010. Richard holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, API and the Exploration Society of Great Britain. Richard is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Louisiana.