Top Tier Execution: This company, with a premier position overlying huge resources in the Marcellus, Utica and Point Pleasant, has boosted results by lowering costs, extending lateral lengths and increasing EURs. In the past three years its reserves-replacement record averaged over 600%. Beyond outstanding field operations, Range is well-hedged through 2016, and is the first Northeast producer to export ethane to Europe, opening a new market for prolific NGL production.

  • Ray N. Walker Jr., executive vice president and COO of Range Resources Corp.