Prior to joining Greenlake Energy, Mr. Simmons served as a Reservoir Technology Petrophysicist at Parsley Energy, where he held responsibility for companywide subsurface analysis, hydraulic fracture modeling, DFIT analyses, and operational optimization. Additionally, Mr. Simmons played a key role in business development analyses during acquisitions and divestitures. He oversaw log and core data collection across Parsley's assets in the Midland and Delaware Basins and was responsible for integrating collected datasets into the corporate subsurface model.
Before joining Parsley in 2014, Mr. Simmons worked for Statoil DPNA UON Bakken Asset, based in Austin, Texas, where he served as an Operations/Development Geologist. In this role, he was responsible for horizontal well developments in Mountrail, Williams, and McKenzie counties.
Mr. Simmons holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology with a minor in Geophysics from the University of Houston, a Master of Science in Geoscience with a focus on Geochemistry from the University of Houston, and a postgraduate certification in Data Science from the University of Texas at Austin.