Aaron Smith

As the Vice President of Engineering for Circle-S Energy, LLC, Aaron leads a "best-in-class" team of oil and gas professionals with extensive experience in engineering, geoscience, operations, asset management, exploration and business development.

Effective January 1, 2023, Aaron has led the organizational transition of the Circle-S Energy team to become the operator of unconventional assets in West Texas and South Texas and asset managers of oil and gas assets owned by Circle-S companies, Headington Oil Company and affiliated entities.

Prior to this transition, Aaron has spent over 5 years as Vice President of Engineering for Headington Energy Partners, LLC and 7 years in various roles across multiple basins at Newfield Exploration in Houston, Texas.  Aaron began his career as an Operations Engineer primarily focused on HTHP gas wells in South Texas before transitioning to a Reservoir Engineering position working South Texas conventional and Eagle Ford assets.  Most recently Aaron served as an Asset Team Lead working the STACK play in Oklahoma, where he was responsible for coordinating efforts in development planning, capital and production forecasting, and well performance analysis.

Aaron graduated from Texas A&M University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering.