SM ENERGY APPOINTS DR. ASHWIN VENKATRAMAN TO THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DENVER, Dec. 2, 2024/PRNewswire/ -- SMEnergy Company (NYSE: SM) today announced that Dr. Ashwin Venkatramanhas been appointed to serve as an independent director and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Board").

Chairman of the Board Julio Quintanacomments: "We are very pleased to have Ashwinjoin the SMEnergy Board where he will bring an extensive academic background and business experience in technology, artificial intelligence and engineering specific to the oil and gas industry. The SMEnergy team aggressively applies data analytics and machine learning into their optimization plans, and Ashwin'sexpertise will be a valuable addition. Please join me in welcoming Ashwin."

Dr. Venkatramanis President and Chief Executive Officer of Resermine, Inc., a leader in subsurface artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions with a focus on enhancing oil recovery, a company that he founded in 2017. From January 2019 to December 2020, Dr. Venkatramanwas an Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Venkatramanheld academic appointments as a Postdoctoral Fellow in The Institute of Computational & Engineering Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. During the period from 2004 to 2015, Dr. Venkatramanheld various positions of increasing responsibility at Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., including Senior Reservoir Engineer (2009 to 2015); Research Reservoir Engineer (2008 to 2009); Concept Engineer (2007 to 2008); and Operations Engineer, Panna-MuktaField (2004 to 2006). Dr. Venkatramanearned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Technology and Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

SMEnergy Company is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLsin the states of Texas and Utah. SMEnergy routinely posts important information about the Company on its website. For more information about SMEnergy, please visit its website at www.sm-energy.com.

SMENERGY INVESTOR CONTACTS

Jennifer Martin Samuels, [email protected], 303-864-2507

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