Who We Are
With expertise in various sectors of the oil and gas industry, we strive to optimize our resources right here in Louisiana.
Vermilion LNG's management team represents experienced engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs with more than 120 years combined work experience in Oil and Gas development, including offshore platform finance, construction, and operations.
Robert Shivers, D. Eng
Vermilion LNG CEO

Robert is an energy industry visionary recognized for his patented technologies and practical solutons. He has over 35 years experience designing and managing complex platform projects in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea for Texaco and ATP Oil & Gas, for whom he managed their first deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. He holds over 30 US patents.
Stan Mendenhall
Chief Operating Officer

Stan is an executive with over 28 years of Oil & Gas experience in offshore and upstream contracting. He was co-founder and CEO of Bluewater Industries, a marine general contractor. Under Stan’s leadership, Bluewater constructed and installed over 60 turnkey platform projects in the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea ranging from $5million to over $1billion across water depths from 10 ft. to 5000 ft.
David Wilde
Chief Financial Officer

David was co-founder and former President/CFO of Millennium Offshore Group, an upstream company where he led in the acquisition of 30 Gulf of Mexico blocks and eventual sale of its reserves for a 253X ROI for its investors. In 30 years in the industry, David has raised growth and acquisition capital, and has managed corporate development and strategic planning for public and private companies. David holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Richard Michel
Chief Engineer

Richard is a naval architect and marine engineer. Richard spent over 30 years in the design, construction and installation of mobile offshore drilling and production platforms in locations all over the world. He has engineered, constructed, led cost management and project management of ship-shaped, jack up, semisubmersible and SPAR / Deep Draft floaters.
