Robert S. Boswell, architect of Forest Oil Corp.’s amazing growth as the independent increased its North American reserves five-fold and raised its equity value from less than $50 million to more than $1 billion in recent years, announced his resignation last week as CEO. He will retire as chairman and director at the end of September.
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Forest Oil’s Growth Architect Resigns, Incumbents to Take Over
Robert S. Boswell, architect of Forest Oil Corp.’s amazing growth as the independent increased its North American reserves five-fold and raised its equity value from less than $50 million to more than $1 billion in recent years, announced Thursday he would resign as CEO immediately and retire as chairman and director at the end of September.
Proxy Group Advises El Paso Shareholders to Toss Incumbents
A leading shareholder proxy service on Tuesday recommended that El Paso Corp. shareholders vote out the current management team and elect a slate of energy professionals proposed by a dissident stockholder group. Only Selim Zilkha, who leads the dissident group, was not recommended because he was a board member and adviser to the company until last year.
Top 10 Players Forming E-Trading Group
While incumbents in the natural gas and power electronic tradingfraternity were predicting eventual fall-out and consolidation inthis exploding technology sector (see related story) a new entry— The Energy Consortium, including American Electric Power,Aquila, El Paso, and Reliant Energy and Southern Company EnergyMarketing — entered the fray last week.