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Lamar McKay Appointed to Apache Corporation Board of Directors
Apache CorporationFebruary 10, 2021 GMT
HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Apache Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced the appointment of Lamar McKay to its board of directors.
McKay, 62, served as the chief transition officer of BP p.l.c. (BP) from October 2019 until his retirement in December 2020. He previously served as BP’s deputy chief executive officer since February 2016. Prior to that role, from January 2013, McKay was the chief executive of BP’s worldwide upstream business. Mr. McKay was also chairman and president of BP America, Inc. and executive vice president of BP since January 2009. He began his career in 1980 with Amoco (now BP), and held leadership positions of increasing responsibility throughout his career.
PESA and AESC combine to form Energy Workforce & Technology Council 2/1/2021
HOUSTON - The Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA) and the Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC) announced they will combine to create a new organization, the Energy Workforce & Technology Council.
The Council will represent more than 600 energy technology and services companies in the global energy supply chain providing solutions to enable a low-carbon future, safely, profitably, and sustainably. Industry-recognized workforce development opportunities through trainings, certifications, best-practice sharing and standards development from the legacy organizations of PESA and AESC will continue to be a flagship of the new Council. The organization will elevate and promote the vital role this sector plays in the economy, the innovative technology it develops and deploys, and its leading role in the energy transition.
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“From the previously unimaginable impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, to a long overdue reckoning with racial injustice, 2020 was an unprecedented year,” HRC President Alphonso David said in an organization statement.
“Yet, many businesses across the nation stepped up and continued to prioritize and champion LGBTQ equality … This year has shown us that tools like the CEI are crucial in the work to increase equity and inclusion in the workplace, but also that companies must breathe life into these policies and practices in real and tangible ways,” he added.
“Thank you to the companies that understand protecting their LGBTQ employees and consumers from discrimination is not just the right thing to do but the best business decision,” David went on to say.
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 1:36 PM click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Library of Congress Valero s Port Arthur refinery San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp., one of nation s largest refiners, ranks among the oil and gas industry s worst emitters of greenhouse gases, according to a new analysis of federal data. Valero s 14 production facilities including several in Texas released a total of 23.5 million tons of carbon emissions 2019, the Environmental Integrity Project reports, citing data from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Information Administration. That puts the independent refiner ahead of fossil fuel heavyweights such as BP America Inc., Shell Petroleum Inc. and Koch Industrie
E-1 – Omitted
E-2 – Cybersecurity Incentives (Docket No. RM21-3-000). Agenda item E-2 may be a new docket relating to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on Cybersecurity Incentives. The NOPR proceeding may expand and formalize the concepts outlined in a Commission staff white paper issued on June 18, 2020, which explored certain transmission incentive policy proposals designed to encourage utility spending on protocols that would ostensibly improve security and compliance with critical infrastructure protection requirements.
E-3 – California Independent System Operator Corporation (Docket No. EL21-19-000). Agenda item E-3 may be a new docket relating to a Show Cause proceeding brought by the Commission against California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO). The Commission may issue an order to CAISO pertaining to an investigation and identifying possible civil penalties or sanctions for the alleged matter.