American Energy Partners, LP Announces Hiring Of John K. Reinhart As Chief Operating Officer Of American Energy - Utica, LLC And American Energy - Marcellus, LLC

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Energy Partners, LP (AELP) today announced that it has hired John K. Reinhart as the Chief Operating Officer for its affiliates American Energy – Utica, LLC (AEU) and American Energy – Marcellus, LLC (AEM).  Reinhart, 45, previously worked for Chesapeake Energy Corporation for eight years in increasing roles of importance.  In 2006-07, he served as a Senior Asset Manager in the Anadarko Basin region of the Southern Division; in 2007-09, he served as Manager – Engineering Technology; in 2009-13, he served as Vice President Operations – Eastern Division (where he led the start-up, growth, and development of Chesapeake's Marcellus and Utica assets from initial gross operated production levels of 5 mmcfd in 2009 to over 2,500 mmcfd and 24,000 bopd, helping make Chesapeake the largest oil and natural gas producer in Appalachia); and in 2013-14, he served as Senior Vice President – Operations and Technical Services (where he led a team of 1,400 employees who provided technical and operational services in Land, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Operational/Technical Services that executed development strategies for the company's asset teams). 

Prior to Chesapeake, Reinhart worked for Schlumberger Limited for eleven years in various engineering and operational leadership roles. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1994. 

AEU and AEM have built an industry-leading position in the southern Utica Shale in eastern Ohio and a strong position in the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia.  AEU and AEM plan to drill over 3,000 gross wells in Ohio and West Virginia over the next decade, a planned investment of approximately $20-25 billion in those two states. 

About American Energy Partners, LP:
American Energy Partners, LP was founded by Aubrey K. McClendon in April 2013 to capitalize on opportunities available in unconventional resource plays onshore in the U.S. For additional information, please visit www.americanenergypartners.com.

About American Energy – Utica, LLC:
American Energy – Utica, LLC is an independent oil and natural gas company affiliated with American Energy Partners, LP focused on the acquisition, development and production of unconventional oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas resources in the Utica Shale play in eastern Ohio.

About American Energy – Marcellus, LLC:
American Energy – Marcellus, LLC is an independent oil and natural gas company affiliated with American Energy Partners, LP focused on the acquisition, development and production of unconventional oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas resources in the Marcellus Shale play in northern West Virginia.

SOURCE American Energy Partners, LP