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Mark A. Houser Mark serves as President and COO of EVEP, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EnerVest. He has been with EnerVest since May 1999. Prior to joining EnerVest, Mark was Vice President, United States Exploration and Production, for Occidental Petroleum Corporation ("Oxy"), where he helped lead Oxy's reorganization of its domestic reserve base, including the successful $3.65 billion acquisition of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve. Mark began his career as an engineer with Kerr-McGee Corporation. In 1989 he joined Canadian Occidental Petroleum, Ltd. (now Nexen) where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President - Corporate Planning and Investor Relations in Calgary and Vice President Exploration for CXY Energy, Canadian Oxy's United States subsidiary. He holds a petroleum engineering degree from Texas A&M University and a MBA from Southern Methodist University.
Mark serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) and the Louisiana Independent Oil & Gas Association (LIOGA) and serves on the industry board of the Texas A&M Department of Petroleum Engineering. He also is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the IPAA. He also serves on the Administrative Board of Chapelwood United Methodist Church. | 