David N. Parker, president and CEO of the American Gas Association (AGA), Wednesday formally announced that he will retire from AGA at the end of 2010. Parker told the board that his retirement is part of a transition process that he initiated in 2007 to ensure that AGA continues to have a strong leadership team going forward. He has headed the association, whose members primarily are local distribution companies, for 13 years. As part of that transition, Parker announced that two AGA senior staff members are taking on new responsibilities. Paula Gant, promoted to senior vice president, policy and planning, will develop and manage AGA’s policy and regulatory agenda. Laura Sheehan has been promoted to senior vice president, public affairs, where she will oversee AGA’s advocacy and government affairs. In addition, Kyle Rogers, AGA’s chief liaison to NARUC, has been promoted to vice president. The AGA board of directors will form a search committee to identify a successor.
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Dorgan: Energy Bill Has Better Shot than Climate Change This Year
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), who plans to retire from the Senate at the end of the year, Tuesday gave climate change legislation low odds of clearing the chamber in 2010 and said instead he believes the focus will be on the broad energy bill.
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John S. Watson, 52, was elected chairman and CEO of Chevron Corp. effective Dec. 31. Watson, who is currently vice chairman, succeeds David J. O’Reilly, who will retire from the company and its board after a 41-year career, including 10 years as chairman and CEO. The Chevron board also elected George L. Kirkland, 59, to be vice chairman of the board, succeeding Watson in that capacity. As vice chairman and executive vice president of Upstream and Gas, Kirkland will retain responsibility for overseeing Chevron’s global exploration and production activities for crude oil and natural gas. Watson has had a 29-year career with Chevron and was named vice chairman of the corporation on April 1. Watson joined Chevron in 1980 as a financial analyst. He held financial, analytical and supervisory positions before being elected president of Chevron Canada Ltd. in 1996. In 1998 he was elected a vice president of the corporation with responsibility for strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. In 2000, he led the company’s integration effort following the Chevron-Texaco merger and then became the corporation’s CFO. In 2005 Watson was elected president of Chevron International Exploration and Production. In 2008 he was elected executive vice president for strategy and development. Watson is a director of the American Petroleum Institute. Kirkland joined Chevron as a construction engineer in New Orleans in 1974 and moved to Caltex Pacific Indonesia in 1978. After returning to the United States Kirkland became group manager of Upstream Technology for Chevron Research and Technology Co. in 1990. In 1992 Kirkland was appointed general manager of production for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. In 1996, he was named managing director for Chevron in Nigeria. He became president of the company’s North American Exploration and Production operations in 2001. He was later appointed corporate vice president and president of Chevron’s International Exploration and Production operations in 2002 and assumed his current position in January 2005.
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Lamar McKay, a veteran of U.S. oil company Amoco, as been appointed chairman and president of BP America, succeeding Robert A. (Bob) Malone who has elected to retire after 34 years with the company. McKay, a member of the BP plc executive management team, has led the company’s Special Projects Team since early 2008. In that capacity, he played a major role in establishing a new governance model for TNK-BP, BP’s Russian joint venture. Prior to that assignment, he served as executive vice president and COO for BP America and brings deep knowledge of BP’s U.S. operations to his new position, the company announcement said. McKay joined Amoco Production Co. as a petroleum engineer in 1980 and later served in a variety of operating and commercial roles. During his career he has led upstream production businesses in the Arkoma Basin, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. After working on the BP-Amoco merger, he led BP’s worldwide exploration and production strategy efforts followed by a posting as chief of staff for the company’s global exploration and production business. Prior to his first assignment with BP America, he served as group vice president for BP’s Russia and Kazakhstan operations.
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Lamar McKay, a veteran of U.S. oil company Amoco, as been appointed chairman and president of BP America, succeeding Robert A. (Bob) Malone who has elected to retire after 34 years with the company. McKay, a member of the BP p.l.c. executive management team, has led the company’s Special Projects Team since early 2008. In that capacity, he played a major role in establishing a new governance model for TNK-BP, BP’s Russian joint venture. Prior to that assignment, he served as executive vice president and COO for BP America and brings deep knowledge of BP’s U.S. operations to his new position, the company announcement said. McKay joined Amoco Production Co. as a petroleum engineer in 1980 and later served in a variety of operating and commercial roles. During his career he has led upstream production businesses in the Arkoma Basin, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. After working on the BP-Amoco merger, he led BP’s worldwide exploration and production strategy efforts followed by a posting as chief of staff for the company’s global exploration and production business. Prior to his first assignment with BP America, he served as group vice president for Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Claiborne P. Deming, president and CEO of Murphy Oil Corp. since 1994, will retire at the end of the year and will be succeeded by David M. Wood, the company said. Wood currently is executive vice president of Murphy’s worldwide exploration and production (E&P) operations. Deming plans to continue as a member of Murphy’s board of directors, and would succeed William Nolan as chairman of the board’s executive committee. Nolan would remain chairman of the board. Wood joined the El Dorado, AR-based company in 1994, and he was put in charge of E&P operations in January 2007. Deming said Wood “has the leadership ability and skill to grow the company’s business well into the future, and I wholeheartedly commend him to shareholders.” Deming said he would continue to follow “industry developments, particularly at this pivotal time,” and said he plans to remain involved with Murphy at all levels.
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Robert L. Nance, 71, senior vice president of St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. and CEO of subsidiary Nance Petroleum Corp., will retire in early 2008. In 1969 he founded Robert L. Nance and Associates in Billings, MT, the predecessor of Nance Petroleum. His company and St. Mary formed a partnership in 1991 to explore the Williston Basin, and eight years later Nance Petroleum became a St. Mary subsidiary. Nance was honored with the Wildcatter Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 by the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, the Chief Roughneck Award in 2002 by the Independent Petroleum Association of America and membership in the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Hall of Fame in 2004. Mark D. Mueller, vice president and general manager of Calgary-based Samson Exploration Ltd., will succeed Nance as regional manager of the Rocky Mountain region effective Nov. 5.
BP Exec to Take Over Talisman Operations
Jim Buckee, an astrophysicist who helped build Talisman Energy Inc. into Canada’s third-largest explorer, will retire as CEO this fall. John Manzoni, who, like Buckee is a veteran of London-based BP plc, will take over Sept. 1.
Head of House Ways & Means Panel to Retire at End of Year
Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced Monday he will retire from office at the end of the year after more than a quarter of a century in Congress.
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Alliance Pipeline announced that CEO Allan L. Edgeworth will retire in the second half of 2004. Edgeworth joined Alliance in April 1998. He was appointed President in January 2001, and added the role of CEO in March 2001. Alliance currently is searching for a replacement. “Al has played a key role in the development, construction and operation of Alliance,” said Chairman Guy J. Turcotte, “and has been a significant factor in the success of the pipeline.” Alliance is a 2,307-mile pipeline system that extends from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta to the Chicago market hub. The system is designed to transport 1.325 Bcf/d of gas. It is owned by Enbridge and Fort Chicago Energy Partners.
