Jon S. Brumley has been the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of our general partner since February 2007. Mr. Brumley has been Chief Executive Officer of EAC since January 2006, President of EAC since August 2002 and a director of EAC since November 2001. He also held the positions of Executive Vice President — Business Development and Corporate Secretary from EAC's inception in April 1998 until August 2002 and was a director of EAC from April 1999 until May 2001. Prior to joining EAC, Mr. Brumley held the position of Manager of Commodity Risk and Commercial Projects for Pioneer Natural Resources Company. He was with Pioneer since its creation by the merger of MESA and Parker & Parsley in August 1997. Prior to August 1997, Mr. Brumley served as Director —Business Development for MESA. Mr. Brumley received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Texas. He is the son of I. Jon Brumley.

Robert C. Reeves has been the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of our general partner since February 2007. Mr. Reeves has been Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of EAC since November 2006. From November 2006 until January 2007, Mr. Reeves also served as Corporate Secretary of EAC. Mr. Reeves served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Assistant Corporate Secretary of EAC from November 2005 until November 2006. He served as EAC's Vice President, Controller and Assistant Corporate Secretary from August 2000 until October 2005. He served as Assistant Controller of EAC from April 1999 until August 2000. Prior to joining EAC, Mr. Reeves was Assistant Controller for Bristol Resources Corporation from 1998 until 1999. Prior to 1998, Mr. Reeves served as Assistant Controller for Hugoton Energy Corporation. Mr. Reeves received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Kansas. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

L. Ben Nivens has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of our general partner since February 2007. Mr. Nivens has been Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EAC since November 2006. From November 2005 until November 2006, Mr. Nivens served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of EAC. Mr. Nivens served as EAC's Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Treasurer from June 2005 until October 2005. From April 2002 to June 2005, Mr. Nivens served as engineering manager and in other engineering positions for EAC. Prior to joining EAC, he worked as a reservoir engineer for Prize Energy from 1999 to 2002. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Nivens worked in the corporate planning group at Union Pacific Resources and also served as a reservoir engineer. In addition, he worked as a reservoir engineer for Compass Bank in 1999. Mr. Nivens received a bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

John W. Arms has been the Senior Vice President — Acquisitions of our general partner since February 2007. Mr. Arms has served as Senior Vice President — Acquisitions of EAC since February 2007. Mr. Arms served as Vice President of Business Development of EAC from September 2001 until February 2007. From November 1998 until September 2001, Mr. Arms served in various petroleum engineering positions for EAC. Prior to joining EAC in November 1998, Mr. Arms was a Senior Reservoir Engineer for Union Pacific Resources and an Engineer at XTO Energy, Inc. Mr. Arms received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Kevin Treadway has been the Senior Vice President — Land of our general partner and EAC since February 2008. From 2004 until February 2008, Mr. Treadway served as Vice President — Land of EAC. He joined EAC in 2000 as staff landman and in 2002 was promoted to Land Manager. Prior to joining EAC, Mr. Treadway served as a landman at Coho Resources. Mr. Treadway received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Andrea Hunter has been Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of our general partner and EAC since February 2008. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Hunter had served as Controller of our general partner and EAC since September 2007. From July 2003 to September 2007, Ms. Hunter held positions of increasing responsibility at EAC, including financial reporting senior manager. Prior to joining EAC in July 2003, Ms. Hunter worked in public accounting, first in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and later as an editor at Thomson Publishing's Practitioners Publishing Company. Ms. Hunter received a Master of Science and Bachelor of Business Administration, both in Accounting, from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

Thomas H. Olle has been the Vice President, Strategic Solutions of our general partner since February 2008. Mr. Olle has been Vice President, Strategic Solutions of EAC since February 2008. From November 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Olle served as Vice President, Mid-Continent Region of EAC. Mr. Olle held the position of Senior Vice President, Asset Management of EAC from February 2005 to November 2006. Mr. Olle served as EAC's Senior Vice President, Asset Managment of the Cedar Creek Anticline from April 2003 to February 2005. Mr. Olle joined EAC in March 2002 as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining EAC, Mr. Olle served as Senior Engineering Advisor of Burlington Resources, Inc. from September 1999 to March 2002. From July 1989 to September 1999 he served as Regional Engineer of Burlington Resources. Mr. Olle is a 1976 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Highest Honors in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Lowe has served as Vice President, Marketing of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC since February 2008. Mr. Lowe has served as Vice President of Marketing for EAC since February 2007. From May 2006 until February 2007, Mr. Lowe was EAC's Director of Marketing. Prior to joining EAC, Mr. Lowe was Vice President -- Marketing for Vintage Petroleum, Inc. from December 1997 until December 2005. Mr. Lowe served as General Manager - - Marketing for Vintage Petroleum, Inc. from 1992 until December 1997. Mr. Lowe served as President of Quasar Energy, Inc. from 1990 until 1992, and Manager - - Marketing, as well as various other management capacities, for Maxus Energy Corporation, formerly Diamond Shamrock Exploration Company, from 1983 until 1990. Mr. Lowe received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Texas Tech University.