September 24, 2019
AUSTIN – The Texas Oil & Gas Association released the following column as a part of TXOGA’s year-long celebration of its centennial anniversary.
Founded in ingenuity. Fueled by innovation. This year, the Texas Oil & Gas Association celebrates one hundred years – a significant milestone only achievable through the discovery, determination and grit of the forward-thinking men and women who make up the oil and natural gas industry.
The desire to explore, discover, and harness the resources that fuel the world is a timeless quest. The women and men who step up to meet that challenge are those with an exceptional combination of tenacity, intuition and intelligence. From the pioneers who first struck oil in Nacogdoches, to the wildcatters who changed the game at Spindletop, to the innovators who tapped into the technologies that modernized our industry with hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, to those who developed the juggernaut known as the Permian Basin, these extraordinary men and women propelled our state and our nation into the energy space as global leaders. The list goes on, but the story remains the same. Our state’s oil and natural gas industry – the lifeblood of Texas education, Texas highways, the Texas economy and the Texas way of life – would not be the nation’s number one producer of oil and natural gas in the number one producing nation in the world without the illustrious individuals who set the pace for success.
Recognizing that oil and natural gas would not exist as the backbone of modern life without these individuals, the Texas Oil & Gas Association created the Distinguished Service Award in 1936, and for more than eighty years, TXOGA has bestowed this honor to the great ambassadors of an industry that profoundly impacts our lives and the lives of those throughout the world.
In 2019, in TXOGA’s Centennial year, we will honor Hilcorp Energy Company’s Jeffery Hildebrand and Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Darren Woods at the TXOGA Centennial Celebration October 22, 2019. See below for a full list of past Distinguished Service Award recipients:
2019
Jeffery Hildebrand
Hilcorp Energy Company
Darren Woods
Exxon Mobil Corporation
2018
Bill Thomas
EOG Resources
2017
Tim Leach
Concho Resources
2016
Al Walker
Anadarko Petroleum
2015
Stephen I. Chazen
Occidental Petroleum
Jon Rex Jones
EnerVest
2014
Rob Looney
Texas Oil and Gas Association
Scott D. Sheffield
Pioneer Natural Resources
Lee M. Tillman
Marathon Oil Company
2013
Trevor Rees-Jones
Chief Oil and Gas
Ryan Lance
ConocoPhillips
2012
James C. Flores
Plains Exploration & Production Company
Marvin E. Odum
Shell
2011
Curtis W. Mewbourne
Mewbourne Oil Company
John S. Watson
Chevron
2010
John B. Hess
Hess Corporation
B. M. (Mack) Rankin, Jr.*
McMoRan
2009
George L. Kirkland
Chevron
Mark G. Papa
EOG Resources
2008
James F. Justiss, Jr.
Justiss Oil Company
Morris E. Foster
ExxonMobil
2007
G. Steven Farris
Apache Corporation
Rex W. Tillerson
ExxonMobil
2006
C. C. Winn*
Winn Exploration
Claiborne P. Deming
Murphy Oil USA
2005
James T. Hackett
Anadarko Petroleum
Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr.
Marathon Oil
2004
J. Larry Nichols
Devon Energy
James J. Mulva
ConocoPhillips
2003
Ray L. Hunt
Hunt Consolidated
Harry J. Longwell
ExxonMobil
2002
Joe B. Foster
Newfield Exploration
David J. O’Reilly
Chevron
2001
Jeffrey Skilling
Enron
Bobby S. Shackouls
Burlington Resources
2000
Robert J. Allison, Jr
Anadarko Petroleum
Archie W. Dunham
ConocoPhillips
1999
Forrest E. Hoglund
Hoglund Interests
Lee R. Raymond
ExxonMobil
1998
L. Frank Pitts*
Pitts Oil Company
Peter Bijur
Texaco
1997
Louis A. Beecherl, Jr.*
Beecherl Companies
Victor G. Beghini
Marathon Oil
1996
Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.
Quintana Minerals
Alfred C., Jr.
Chevron
1995
Kenneth L. Lay*
Enron
Kenneth T. Derr
Chevron
1994
W. Herbert Hunt
Petro-Hunt
Allen E. Murray*
Mobil
1993
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Venus Oil
Lawrence G. Rawl*
Exxon
1992
George P. Mitchell*
Mitchell Energy
Frank H. Richardson
Shell Energy
1991
Lester Clark*
Four Points
C. J. Silas*
Phillips Petroleum
1990
C. W. Alcorn, Jr.*
Alcorn Production
John W. Phenicie*
Amoco Production
William H. Abington*
Texas Oil & Gas Association
1989
Radcliffe Killam*
Killam Oil
William T. Smith
1988
Roy M. Huffington*
Roy M. Huffington
George M. Keller*
Chevron
1987
J. Avery Rush, Jr.*
Diamond Shamrock
Richard M. Morrow*
BP America
1986
J. C. Walter, Jr.*
Walter Oil & Gas
Randall Meyer*
Exxon
1985
A. V. Jones, Jr.
Van Operating
Rawleigh Warner, Jr.*
Mobil Oil
1984
Collis P. Chandler, Jr.*
Clifton C. Garvin, Jr.*
Exxon
1983
Robert L. Parker, Sr.*
Parker Drilling
Robert O. Anderson*
Atlantic Richfield
1982
Robert Mosbacher*
Mosbacher Energy
John F. Bookout, Jr.
Shell Oil Co.
1981
Jerry McAfee*
Gulf Oil
Edwin L. Cox
Cox Oil & Gas
1980
George R. Brown*
Brown & Root
Maurice F. Granville*
Texaco
1979
Jack S. Blanton*
Eddy Refining
Frank N. Ikard*
American Petroleum Institute
1978
C. John Miller*
Miller Energy
John E. Swearingen*
Amoco
1977
Sherman Hunt*
Charles E. Spahr*
Sohio
1976
Eddy C. Scurlock*
Scurlock Oil Co.
C. A. Cash*
1975
Claud B. Hamill*
Dean A. McGee*
1974
Corbin J. Robertson, Sr.*
Quintana Minerals
John Kenneth Jamieson*
1973
Kenneth E.Montague*
John M. Houchin*
1972
Joseph Zeppa*
James. H. Galloway*
1971
H. A. True, Jr.*
W. W. Keeler*
1970
Jack H. Abernathy*
E. D. Brockett
1969
W. A. Moncrief, Sr.*
M. A. Wright*
1968
James L. Sewell*
Robert G. Dunlop*
1967
Herman Pressler*
Charles P. McGaha*
1966
W. Dow Hamm*
Robert E. Hardwicke*
1965
Clayton L. Orn*
Michel T. Halbouty*
1964
M. J. Rathbone*
Alvin C. Hope*
1963
Alfred Jacobsen*
Harold Decker*
1962
William J. Goldston*
Richard J. Gonzalez*
1961
Charles W. Alcorn*
A. L. Solliday*
1960
Morgan J. Davis*
Joseph S. Morris*
1959
J. Harold Dunn*
Charlton H. Lyons,Sr.*
1958
L. F. McCollum*
Harry W. Bass*
1957
James C. Donnell, II*
Robert F. Windfohr*
1956
Ben C. Belt*
Robert B. Anderson*
1955
J. Ed Warren*
Sam M. Gladney*
1954
Edgar F. Bullard*
Edward A. Landreth*
1953
Amon Carter*
Hines H. Baker*
1952
J. L. Latimer*
J. S. Abercrombie*
1951
J. A. Neath*
Arch H. Rowan*
1950
J. Sayles Leach*
Fred W. Shield*
1949
Russell S. McFarland*
Al Buchanan*
1948
Eugene Holman*
W. E. Wrather*
1947
Walace Hawkins*
Maston Nixon*
1946
Ted E. Swigart*
George A. Hill*
1945
J. C. Hunter*
Joe H. Russell*
1944
Roy B. Jones*
Harry C. Wiess*
1943
Burt E. Hull*
J. R. Parten*
1942
John G. Pew*
H. R. Cullen*
1941
John R. Suman*
John F. O’Donohoe*
1940
Jake L. Hamon*
E. R. Brown*
1939
T. J. Donoghue*
E. DeGolyer*
1938
W. B. Pyron*
Charles F. Roeser*
1937
J. D. Collett*
Wallace E. Pratt*
1936
W. H. Francis*
J. Edgar Pew*
J. P. Shannon*
J. S. Bridwell*
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