Quest Resource Corporation declares the appointment of Thomas A. Lopus as Executive Vice President - Quest Eastern Resource. Lopus will be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and will direct all of Quest's natural gas and oil exploration and production activity in the Eastern United States.

With more than 27 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Lopus most recently served as Senior Vice President of Eastern Operations for Linn Energy where he was responsible for all Eastern United States natural gas and oil activity. Prior to Linn Energy, Tom held senior management positions at Equitable Resources, Inc., where he was responsible for all natural gas and oil operations, and FINA, where he was in charge of all natural gas and oil operations in the United States.

Jerry Cash, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Quest, said, "Following our planned acquisition of PetroEdge Resources Partners (WV) LLC ("PetroEdge"), Quest will hold the right to develop nearly 130,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin, including 122,600 net acres within the recognized fairway of the Marcellus Shale play. Tom's deep technical and managerial skills, local knowledge, and experience with growing organizations make him ideally suited to lead our expansion into this basin. Tom will work with existing PetroEdge personnel under our transition services agreement to ensure execution of our second half development plan while building an operating team in Pittsburgh and prioritizing future development to generate maximum value for Quest shareholders."

Lopus is a registered petroleum engineer and received a Bachelor of Science degree from The Pennsylvania State University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. He has held leadership positions with numerous industry and civic organizations including the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, United Way, and March of Dimes.

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