Red Rock Resources is built out of the intersection of three very different careers in the oil and gas industry.
These are the key players:

David Martineau

CEO, Red Rock Resources

A second-generation oil and gas professional, David brings over 30 years of E&P experience across East Texas, the Upper Gulf Coast, and the Rockies. He’s led operations, field optimization, and acquisitions, through Martineau Petroleum, the company he founded in 2003 and in many other operations since then. Early in his career, he was a production engineer at Kerr-McGee (Oryx), managing waterfloods and gas assets, while contributing to the A&D and EHS teams. As his career progressed he moved into the finance side of the industry, so he’s been involved at every level.

As CEO of Red Rock Resources, David is guiding the company through its early high-growth phase by fusing structure with speed. Known for his ability to bring calm to chaos, David is the kind of leader who rolls up his sleeves, joins daily ops calls, and ensures no detail goes overlooked. He loves being close to the work: the deals, the decisions, the people – that’s where the real impact is.
David founded EnRes Capital in 2017 and continues to serve as Managing Partner, deploying capital into sub-$100MM energy transactions. He also leads Greenway Royalty Partners, focused on financing small to micro-cap E&P firms. With six management teams under his guidance, he’s built a reputation as a steady hand with a dealmaker’s instinct — one who respects the wells, trusts his people, and knows when to step back and let experts do their thing.
For David, doing deals is as natural as breathing, but a lot more fun. While he’s learned to say no more often than yes, he still lights up when he sees the right opportunity come along. At Red Rock, he’s helping the team integrate recent acquisitions and set the stage for our $500M+ trajectory, blending the wisdom of old-world operations with the adaptability of a modern, tech-aware company. He ensures that our growth is grounded in good structures and the right pace.
He’s been recognized as a “Rising Star” by D CEO Magazine, named “Today’s Leader” by the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, and inducted into the Ole Miss Engineering Hall of Fame. David holds a B.S. in Geological Engineering from University of Mississippi and an M.S. in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Based in Austin with his wife Ali, David is a proud father of two Ole Miss students, Caroline and Katie. Outside work, he enjoys bird hunting, golf, and staying active in UT and Ole Miss alumni circles.
Oil and gas run in his veins, strong values and discipline guides his leadership, and at Red Rock Resources, David is helping us navigate the journey from early-stage intensity to enduring profitability.

Steven Hatcher

Founder and CCO

A Louisiana lawyer who found his calling in the stories written in land records, Steven brings a unique perspective to Red Rock Resources' leadership team. Every case he encountered in his LSU law school days told a tale: homesteaders becoming dynasties, wildcatters striking it rich during the Great Depression, fortunes flowing through generations like oil through rock. While his classmates focused on torts and contracts, he found himself drawn to property law – the rules that determine who owns the dirt under our feet and the minerals buried deep beneath the surface.

While his career began in private law practice, the Shale Revolution created an unprecedented demand for legal expertise in oil and gas. As both an in-house attorney and head of land for an oil and gas company, he developed a deep understanding of exploration and development. But it was his entrepreneurial spirit that eventually led him to buying, selling, and developing oil and gas properties across the nation.
Now, as part of Red Rock Resources' leadership team, he brings this unique combination of legal acumen and land expertise to their innovative approach to energy investment. Working alongside Tristan and David, he's helping reshape how modern oil and gas companies operate. His recent success in monetizing an AFE with Canvas Energy in Anadarko Basin showcases his talent for finding value in complex situations.
What sets Steven apart is his unwavering commitment to transparency and fairness. "I will not sacrifice my integrity to make a buck," he states firmly. This principle guides every negotiation, whether he's working with small mineral owners or large operators. While he can't promise to beat every offer, his reputation for honest dealings has become a cornerstone of Red Rock Resources' approach to acquisitions.
When he's not scrutinizing land titles or negotiating deals from his Colorado home base, Steven's world revolves around his wife and young boys. Despite the distance, he maintains strong connections to his Louisiana roots, still harboring a weakness for boiled crawfish and LSU football. You might find him teaching his sons the art of golf or standing mid-stream with a fly rod, finding peace in the rhythms of nature that echo the long-term perspective he brings to the energy business.
His role at Red Rock perfectly aligns with his expertise – managing complex property rights across nine states while helping build a company that values relationships as much as returns. In an industry often focused on short-term gains, Steven's approach to land and legal matters reflects our broader philosophy: creating lasting value through careful stewardship of resources.

Tristan Farel

Founder and CFO

Born with a knack for numbers and blessed with an entrepreneurial spirit, Tristan's journey from auditor to CEO is a testament to how following your instincts can lead to extraordinary places. While his career started in the structured world of public accounting, his heart was always drawn to the dynamic nature of oil and gas operations.

After six years of peering into various energy companies as an auditor, he made the leap into industry, joining a private oil and gas company with public ambitions. His experience shepherding the company through a complex reverse merger and IPO in 2009 gave him invaluable insights into the intricacies of energy finance. But it was his next move that truly shaped his leadership philosophy.
As Tristan's children were growing up, he chose to start a boutique back-office consulting firm, becoming a virtual CFO for numerous small companies. This unconventional path allowed him to be there for his kids during crucial years while simultaneously building deep expertise across multiple energy operations. It's this period that crystallized his belief that work should adapt to life, not the other way around.
His eyes light up when he talks about what makes oil and gas special. "It's never boring!" he exclaims, comparing it to the predictability of manufacturing. "You've got so much out of your control – weather, oil prices, wells going down, political machinations. Every well is a joint venture, and when you turn it on, it's exciting to find out if it's a gusher or a dud!"
Today, he leads our diverse team that spans from California to Virginia, proving that the future of oil and gas doesn't have to look like its past. Working from a shared workspace office among tech startups instead of a traditional corporate setting, he's showing that even in an industry as established as oil and gas, there's always room for innovation. His vision is clear: build a lean, efficient operation that combines the best of traditional energy expertise with modern operational flexibility – an approach that's attracting both talented team members and savvy investors who recognize that the energy industry is ready for transformation.

Kenny Copeland

Chief Engineer

With more than five decades in oil and gas, Kenny Copeland's story is one of grit, adaptability, and an enduring curiosity for how wells really work. His career began humbly in the 1970s, when a few friends lured him from his engineering classes into roughnecking on a drilling rig. At a time when minimum wage was barely over a dollar, the $5.50 an hour rig pay was too good to pass up. He quickly learned that the oil patch was a master class in problem-solving, and even after the industry collapsed in the 1980s, he doubled down—earning his master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M and emerging with four job offers in hand. This makes him a crucial link to a generation of operators whose wisdom and experience has for the most part been forgotten.

Kenny went on to build a reputation as a versatile “oilfield doctor,” the one you call when a well is down and no one knows why. Over the years he’s done it all—from running field work for Sklar in Denver to consulting with Endeavor in West Texas. He’s worked in both the high-stakes world of deep horizontal wells, with their hundred-stage fracs and endless complexities, and the simpler, shallower vertical projects where his expertise shines. He’ll tell you plainly that he prefers the latter—lower stress, fewer things to go wrong, and just enough forgiveness to make the work rewarding rather than exhausting.
When Red Rock Resources came calling, Kenny didn’t expect to say yes. But over a field-day dinner with Tommy and Stephen, he saw something different: a venture with the ambition to evolve into a true oil company, one that values people as much as production. The flat structure, the trust to “throw you enough slack to hang yourself,” and the patience of its leaders all resonated. For Kenny, it felt like coming full circle—back to the kind of lean, production-focused company where he first cut his teeth.
Today, he serves as RRR's’s seasoned troubleshooter, diagnosing problems, drafting wellbore histories, designing fix-plans, and supervising field operations to whisper wells to their full potential. Ask him what keeps him going after 50 years, and he won’t sugarcoat it: “I wouldn't say I like it—after this long, there’s nothing left I haven’t seen.” But then he grins, because after all, he’s still here. And as long as there are wells to bring back to life, Kenny Copeland's steady hand will be right there, guiding the work.