American Energy Partners, Inc. announced that it has promoted Josh Hickman to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hickman will remain as President of Gilbert Oil & Gas Company, LLC. Mr. Hickman has seventeen years' experience in the oil and gas industry, with ten of those years in unconventional shale development. Four of those years has been spent in the role of an executive building shareholder value. Prior to his role at AEPT, Mr. Hickman was the CEO of Dahlmont Energy Resources, a private oil & gas company and Chief Geologist for EdgeMarc Energy Holdings.