John Nelson

Prior to joining Greenlake Energy, Mr. Nelson served as Reservoir Engineering Manager for Parsley Energy, most recently leading the reservoir, corporate reserves, and planning teams. He oversaw field development planning and strategy for both Parsley’s Midland and Delaware Basin assets and played a key role in successfully implementing a returns-focused development program in recent years. Prior to joining Parsley in 2015, Mr. Nelson worked for Apache Corporation, based in Midland Texas, where he was a Reservoir and Production Engineer on several waterflood and CO2-flood assets. Prior to Apache, Mr. Nelson worked at BP America in Houston, primarily in their Deepwater Gulf of Mexico business unit.

Mr. Nelson earned a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.