Person Details

• Member of the Audit Committee

Mr. Brooks, 64, has served as a member of California Resources Corporation’s Board of Directors since October 2020. Mr. Brooks is a private investor. He currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of Chord Energy Corporation and was formerly the Board Chair of its predecessor Oasis Petroleum Inc., an oil and natural gas company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from December 2020 to April 2021.  Mr. Brooks also previously served as the Board Chair of OMP GP LLC, the general partner of Oasis Midstream Partners LP. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Chaparral Energy, Inc. from 2017 to October 2020 and also served on the Board of Directors of Madalena Energy Inc. (now Centaurus Energy, Inc.) in Canada. From April 2017 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., an offshore Gulf of Mexico exploration and production company, until it was acquired by an affiliate of Cox Oil LLC in October 2018. From 2015 to 2016, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Yates Petroleum Corporation, a privately owned exploration and production company, which merged with EOG Resources. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Chief Executive Officer as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Aurora Oil & Gas Limited until it merged with Baytex Energy Corp. In 2012, he served as a senior vice president at Forest Oil Corporation. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Brooks also built two private equity sponsored firms focused on unconventional resource projects in the western U.S. In addition, he spent 24 years with Marathon Oil Company in roles of increasing responsibility, lastly as the director of upstream mergers and acquisitions and business development for the Americas. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of Wyoming – Casper and a Master of Business Administration, Finance from Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas.