May 3, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Rex Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: REXX) has added two new faces to its management team.

Patrick M. McKinney will be coming as executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Eric L. Mattson has joined the company's board of directors.

McKinney brings over 27 years of oil and gas experience in engineering, operations, finance and strategic planning to the Rex Energy management team.

Most recently, McKinney served as senior vice president, Engineering Operations with Cano Petroleum where he was instrumental in developing late stage assets for secondary and tertiary recovery. Furthermore, McKinney directed operations, engineering, and geology in addition to land and merger and acquisition activities for Cano Petroleum. Prior to joining Cano Petroleum, McKinney was Worldwide Strategic Portfolio Manager for Pioneer Natural Resources where he worked at a senior management level on projects from Alaska, South America, Canada and domestically in the Spraberry Trend to the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

McKinney will report directly to Benjamin W. Hulburt, Rex Energy president and chief executive officer. McKinney received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming and his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.

Mattson currently serves as an investor in and the chief financial officer of Select Energy Services LLC, a privately held oil service company based in Houston, Texas. Notably, Mattson spent 19 years of his career with Baker Hughes Inc. where he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He also serves as a director of National Oilwell Varco, Inc. Mattson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and an M.B.A. from The Pennsylvania State University.

Rex Energy is an independent oil and gas company operating in the Illinois Basin and the Appalachian Basin of the United States.

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