Troy Hoefer

Executive Vice President – Operations

Troy Hoefer joined Approach in June 2013 and currently serves as Executive Vice President – Operations.  Mr. Hoefer has more than 25 years of operating and management experience in the oil and gas industry.  For the 16 years prior to joining Approach, Mr. Hoefer held increasingly responsible reservoir and operating engineering positions at Pioneer Natural Resources.  Most recently, Mr. Hoefer served as Reservoir Engineering Manager, overseeing Pioneer's South Texas Asset Team. This reservoir engineering group was responsible for development and executing drilling campaigns including a large-scale exploration, appraisal and development project in the Eagle Ford shale.

Before joining Pioneer, Mr. Hoefer held a variety of engineering and business development roles at Mesa Inc., which merged with Parker and Parsley in 1997 to form Pioneer Natural Resources. Mr. Hoefer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of the Mines. Troy is also a 25-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.