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Christian S. Kendall, President and Chief Operating Officer, joined Denbury in September of 2015. Kendall joined Denbury from Noble Energy, Inc., where he most recently served as a member of Noble’s executive management and as part of its operations leadership team as Senior Vice President, Global Operations Services. Prior to that, Kendall served as Vice President, Gulf of Mexico (2011-2014), and as Business Unit Manager and Vice President, Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd (2007-2011), having been with Noble since 2001. Kendall began his career with Mobil Oil Corporation in 1989 and, in total, has over 27 years of oil and gas industry experience in domestic and international operations roles. Kendall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Civil Specialty, from the Colorado School of Mines.

Marc Edwards is a President/CEO at DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.; Board Member at DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.; and VP:Product Enhancement at HALLIBURTON CO and is based in Houston, Texas. He has worked as Lead Board Director & Special Committee Chair at Keane Group, Lead Director at NEXTIER OILFIELD SOLUTIONS INC., and Lead Director at Keane Group. Marc attended Epsom College between 1974 and 1979, University of Bath between 1980 and 1984, and Henley Business School between 1997 and 1999.

Jim Teague is an Ex. V.P./COO at ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. and is based in Houston, Texas.

Roger W. Jenkins was elected President & Chief Executive Officer of Murphy Oil Corporation in 2013. Jenkins joined Murphy in 2001 as Drilling Manager in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2002, he was promoted to Operations Manager, Sabah. In 2004, he was promoted to Senior Operations Manager. Jenkins was named General Manager, Sabah Operations in 2006 before being promoted to Vice President/General Manager, Sabah Operations in early 2007. In September 2007, he transferred to Houston after being named Senior Vice President, North America, overseeing all North American operations and exploration. In 2009, he became President of Murphy Exploration & Production Company and was named Chief Operating Officer for Murphy Oil Corporation in 2012. 
Jenkins earned a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983. He received an MBA in Finance from Tulane University in 1994 and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Murphy, Jenkins spent 17 years with another major oil company.

Mr. Gary G. Rich is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Parker Drilling Co. An industry veteran with over 30 years of global technical, commercial and operations experience, Mr. Rich comes to the Company after a 25 year career with Baker Hughes Incorporated. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Global Sales for Baker Hughes, and prior to this role, he served as president of that company’s European operations. Previously, Mr. Rich was president of Hughes Christensen Company (HCC), a division of Baker Hughes primarily focused on the production and distribution of drilling bits for the petroleum industry. Mr. Rich holds a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University and an M.S. in Science and Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas