Brett Pennington

Brett Pennington, President & Chief Executive officer, founded Ensign Natural Resources in December 2017 and created one of the most lucrative private equity transactions in the Eagle Ford that closed in December 2022. Prior to Ensign, he served in technical and leadership roles for Murphy Oil Corporation and ExxonMobil throughout the lower 48 States and Alaska. At Murphy, Mr. Pennington built the Eagle Ford Shale asset through acreage acquisition and leasing starting in 2009 and continuing through early exploration, delineation, and development. With more than twenty-two years of industry experience, Mr. Pennington has worked almost every major basin in North America through various roles including Reservoir Engineering, Engineering Management, Corporate Planning, Operations and Enterprise Management. Mr. Pennington received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard.