Lelan J. Anders, Vice President, Operations, joined Paloma Resources, LLC in mid-2024. Mr. Anders’ main role will be to plan, execute, and account for all drilling and completion operations for the company.  Prior to joining Paloma he was VP, Operations at Santo Petroleum LLC where he oversaw company operations on multiple assets prior to divestiture in late 2023.  Prior to Santo, Mr. Anders was the Vice President of Operations at Percussion Petroleum I, LLC.  He oversaw drilling, completions, production, workovers, facilities, construction, and midstream while at Percussion.  Prior to Percussion Mr. Anders led the completions and production team at Halcon Resources leading several engineers as well as day to day engineering on Halcon’s Eaglebine, TMS, Utica, and Austin Chalk assets.  Prior to joining Halcon Mr. Anders was a Completions Engineer at Newfield Exploration, where he led Newfield’s completion over Eagleford and Bakken assets.  Prior to Newfield Mr. Anders was a Drilling and Completions Engineer at TXCO Resources where he oversaw multiple drilling operations and Eagleford and Pearsall shale completions.  Prior to TXCO Mr. Anders held several operational and engineering roles at Baker Oil Tools (5 years) and roughnecked at Caza Drilling Co.

Mr. Anders holds a B.S. in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering from Montana Tech University in Butte, MT.