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, VA06-1985
Associate of Science - Engineering
Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands, VA06-1983
High School Diploma -
Tazewell High School
Tazewell, VA06-1981
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