Abraxas Petroleum Corp. reported that Geoffrey R. King has been hired to serve as vice president and chief financial officer of the company.

King has been with Van Eck Associates since 2007 as a senior energy analyst with his focus on natural resource equities and commodities, and prior to that served as a senior analyst of global power and energy with Merrill Lynch and Petrie Parkman.

King has a bachelor of science degree in economics and history from Davidson College. He replaces Barbara Stuckey who has elected to retire.