Industry Panel
"Redefining Success: Exploring New Metrics
amid the Efficiency Plateau"
Join us for the closing session of our technical program as we speak with a collection of executives and leaders from regional operators and key oil and gas entities on the topic "Redefining Success: Exploring New Metrics Amid the Efficiency Plateau."
As the oil and gas sector encounters a plateau in traditional metrics like stages per day, footage per day, and initial production rates (IP), our industry panel will explore how companies are redefining success. Join us for a forward-looking conversation on evolving industry standards and strategies for adopting them.
The panel will close with a Q&A session featuring questions submitted by meeting participants during the conference and live questions from those in attendance.
Jameson Farrell
Senior Vice President, Development & Strategy, Encino Energy
Mr. Farrell joined Encino in 2012 and serves as Senior Vice President, Development & Strategy, having previously served as Vice President of Business Development, Vice President Drilling & Completions and Operations Manager at Encino where he oversaw the Company’s production, completions and drilling operations while also taking on lead roles in the Company’s acquisitions efforts.
Prior to joining Encino, Mr. Farrell worked for Apache Corporation, focused on the horizontal Wolfcamp and vertical Wolfberry plays across 12 counties in the Midland Basin. Previously, Mr. Farrell was responsible for offshore operations and reservoir engineering on several fields in the Gulf of Mexico.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas
Brian Hottel
Manager, Operations Engineering, Ascent Resources
Brian Hottel currently serves as the Manager of Operations Engineering at Ascent Resources, where he and his team support Completions, Facilities Construction, and Production Operations. His experience includes work on artificial lift optimization, well interventions, and exploratory operations while previously employed with both Encino Energy and Chesapeake Energy and additional professional experience with the U.S. Government.
He holds degrees from West Point and Carnegie Mellon and is a Professional Engineer.
Kurt Konton
Principle Completions Engineer, EQT
Kurt Konton joined EQT in 2023 and currently serves as Principal Completions Engineer with special focus on Drill Out operations and engineering.
Prior to joining EQT, he worked at Olympus Energy as Drilling Engineer; drilling Marcellus and Deep Utica wells. He has also spent several years working at Range Resources as a Completions Engineer and at Schlumberger as a Frac/Stimulation Field Engineer.
He Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
Moderator:
Jennifer Miskimins
Petroleum Engineering Department Head, Colorado School of Mines
2026 SPE President
Jennifer L. Miskimins is a professor and the department head of the petroleum engineering department at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines), where she holds the F.H. Mick Merelli/Coterra Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair.
She has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry, starting with Marathon Oil Company as a production engineer. Miskimins began teaching at Mines in 2002 and has held various appointments since then. From 2013–2015, she held a part-time appointment at Mines while working at Barree & Associates, but returned full-time to the university in 2016.
Miskimins served as the first Completions Technical Director on the SPE International Board of Directors. She was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2010–2011 and 2013–2014. She was also awarded the 2014 SPE Completions Optimization and Technology Award, and in 2022, she received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.
She has served on a variety of conference organizing committees, including chairing the 2023 and 2024 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference and Exhibition, and as a technical editor for SPE journals, including serving as the executive editor of Production & Operations for 3 years. Miskimins has served on the AIME Board of Trustees since 2018 as an SPE trustee and was the 2022 AIME president.
Miskimins holds a BS from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology and MS and PhD degrees from the Colorado School of Mines, all in petroleum engineering.