Midstates Petroleum Names Mark Eck EVP, COO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. (MPO) said Mark Eck would join the firm as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective December 29.

Eck, 56, most recently worked for Samson Resources, as VP Business Development, after previous roles of VP Operations & Midstream, and General Manager Haynesville Team.

Prior to joining Samson, Eck served as the Tulsa Region Business Development Manager at SM Energy and Manager of Supply Chain.

Eck began his oil and gas career with ARCO Oil & Gas Company, serving in various Engineering, Operations, Planning, Procurement and Human Resources roles over a 21 year career before leaving ARCO in 2000.