

Prior to joining Chesapeake, he worked as Operations Engineer and Drilling Engineer in the Permian Basin for Devon Energy. Elliott served in numerous technical and leadership roles with Chesapeake Energy which included Senior Asset Manager and Operations Manager in the Anadarko Basin as well as Production Manager for the Haynesville and Barnett. Prior to joining Stone Oak Energy, he served as the Vice President of Operations for Dorchester Resources where he managed all operational aspects of the non-operated working interest in more than 9,000 wells. Elliott has over 30 years of operational experience in the oil and gas industry with a focus on drilling, completion and production engineering with much of that in the Anadarko Basin. Elliott serves as the company’s Vice President of Operations. Wescott holds a bachelor’s degree in Geoscience from the University of Texas at Dallas and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma. Wescott spent his early career serving in roles of increasing of responsibility for Ascent Energy, Prize Energy and Coho Resources. Wescott held numerous technical and leadership roles with Chesapeake Energy and gained exposure to the Permian, Anadarko, Powder River and DJ Basins as well as the Haynesville and Barnett shale plays. Wescott was the Vice President of Exploration for SandRidge Energy. Prior to founding Stone Oak Energy, he was the Director of Geoscience for American Energy Partners and was instrumental in developing the geologic models of the core Anadarko Basin Resource Plays.

Wescott has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has worked extensively in a variety of onshore conventional and unconventional resources plays with both small and large integrated independent oil and gas companies. Wescott founded Stone Oak Energy in 2017 and serves as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
