College Lecture

About this event

D. Brett Pennington (BS '94) is a senior energy executive with nearly 30 years of leadership and technical experience in the oil and gas industry. He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ensign Natural Resources, a private equity-backed exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, development and optimization of oil and gas assets. Under his leadership, Ensign acquired a 130,000-acre position and built a management and operating organization of over 140 employees. The company transformed the asset in just three years before selling to Marathon Oil for approximately $3 billion. Prior to Ensign, Mr. Pennington held senior executive positions with Murphy Oil Corporation and spent more than a decade with ExxonMobil in engineering, planning, project management, and leadership roles. Mr. Pennington serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Oil & Gas Association. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, along with executive programs at Wharton and Thunderbird.