Robert Shain was elected as our Vice President of Operations & Engineering in June 2006. Mr. Shain joined Hiland Partners in March 2006 as Vice President-Northern Region Operations and Engineering. Mr. Shain has over 30 years in the oil and gas industry. The majority of his experience has been in the engineering and operations of midstream natural gas gathering, compression, processing and treating, along with business development and marketing. From July 2003 until March 2006, Mr. Shain served as Vice President of Operations and Engineering for Seminole Gas Company, LLC (successor to Impact Energy, LLC) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From May 1995 until July 2003, Mr. Shain served in a variety of commercial roles, most recently of which was Vice President of Commercial Services for CMS Field Services, LLC (successor to Heritage Gas Services, LLC) also in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which he was responsible for the development and management of operating and capital budgets. Mr. Shain holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. |