Mr. Richards has over 27 years in the natural gas industry with the last 20 years spent managing engineering, construction and operations of reservoir underground gas storage and gas transmission projects.

Mr. Richards’ prior storage experience includes his role as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Midstream Energy Holdings responsible for regulatory permitting, engineering, construction and operations. Prior to his time at Midstream Energy Holdings, Mr. Richards served as Vice President of Engineering and Construction for Foothills Energy Ventures, where he was responsible for all project permitting, engineering and construction of Foothills' Monroe Gas Storage Project; Manager of Engineering and Construction for Western Hub Properties' Lodi Gas Storage Project; Senior Project Manager for Alliance Wood Group Engineering, where he managed the engineering and construction of various storage-related projects including Lodi Gas Storage Company's Kirby Hill Gas Storage Project and the EPC expansion of Kinder Morgan's North Lansing 388 reservoir storage facility.

Mr. Richards also was intimately involved with various phases of the development of Market Hub Partners' Egan Gas Storage and the Moss Bluff Gas Storage facilities.