Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Timeline
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Russell Necessary

Tazewell,Virginia

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Consultant

Marshall Miller and Associates
Bluefield, Virginia
05.2025 - Current
  • Perform gas sampling during shaft backfilling operations.
  • Monitor backfilling progress, and provide assistance as needed.
  • Give daily progress reports to management.

Foreman Production

CNX Gas LLC
Canonsburg, PA
06.2003 - 02.2025
  • Supervised the day to day operations of 6 service rigs (pump changes, fishing, etc.).
  • Plugged frac wells in advance of mining development of Buchanan Mine.
  • Plugged gob wells as needed for Buchanan Mine due to water inflows.
  • Conducted monthly safety meetings with service rig crews.
  • Supervised gate repairs, and landowner gate issues.
  • Supervise the maintenance and repairs of gas well roads, and address landowner complaints.
  • Supervised the maintenance and repair of company owned heavy equipment.
  • Temporarily plugged, then rehabilitated, gas wells impacted by surface mining operations.

Project Engineer - Drilling

CNX Gas LLC
Canonsburg, PA
06.2001 - 06.2003
  • Oversee frac jobs of coalbed methane wells.
  • Run casing and determine baffle placement in coalbed methane wells.
  • Make field visits to drill rigs.

Command Center Operator

CNX Gas LLC
Canonsburg, PA
03.1996 - 06.2001
  • Monitored bleeder methane levels in 4 coal mines, and operated degasification blowers to control methane levels within the coal mines.
  • Monitored gas compressors and compressor stations to produce coalbed methane.
  • Dispatch field personnel to diagnose issues with field operations.

Assistant Environmental Engineer

Consolidation Coal Company
Canonsburg, PA
03.1994 - 03.1996
  • Conduct "Water Supply Inventory" as needed for permit requirements for the expansion of "Mining Limit" for division coal mines.
  • Calculate remaining capacity in coal mine refuse areas.
  • Plug and reclaim VVH wells.

Assistant Mining Engineer

Consolidation Coal Company
Canonsburg, PA
03.1993 - 03.1994
  • Keep mylar mine section maps up to date with new section surveys.
  • Assist underground mine surveyors with section update surveys, and section tie-in surveys.
  • Take monthly water samples of NPDES water discharges.
  • Assist in mine ventilation surveys.

Underground Coal Miner

Consolidation Coal Company
Canonsburg, PA
06.1985 - 03.1993
  • Run all equipment on a conventional miner section.
  • Run frontend loader and send supplies into the mine.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
06-1985

Associate of Science - Engineering

Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands, VA
06-1983

High School Diploma -

Tazewell High School
Tazewell, VA
06-1981

Certification

  • OSHA 30 16-900501474
  • HAZWOPR Exp: 8-15-25
  • Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Exp: 1-26
  • MSHA Retraining Exp: 8-11-26
  • VA First Class Mine Foreman Cert# 8538 Exp: 8-20-25
  • VA General Miner Underground Cert# 61511
  • VA General Miner Surface Cert# 102819
  • Automatic Elevator Cert# 18039
  • Qualified Gas Cert# 65308
  • Hydrogen Sulfide

Timeline

Associate Consultant

Marshall Miller and Associates
05.2025 - Current

Foreman Production

CNX Gas LLC
06.2003 - 02.2025

Project Engineer - Drilling

CNX Gas LLC
06.2001 - 06.2003

Command Center Operator

CNX Gas LLC
03.1996 - 06.2001

Assistant Environmental Engineer

Consolidation Coal Company
03.1994 - 03.1996

Assistant Mining Engineer

Consolidation Coal Company
03.1993 - 03.1994

Underground Coal Miner

Consolidation Coal Company
06.1985 - 03.1993

Bachelor of Science - Mining Engineering

Virginia Tech

Associate of Science - Engineering

Southwest Virginia Community College

High School Diploma -

Tazewell High School

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