At Tulsa’s WPX Energy, chief operating officer Clay M. Gaspar has another title—-President.
The company named him president effective Dec. 1, 2017. He joined the company in October 2014 as a senior vice president of operations and resource development. Gaspar was named WPX’s chief operating officer in November 2015.
“Clay is highly regarded in our industry and has been instrumental at WPX implementing widespread change associated with our $7 billion portfolio transformation,” said Rick Muncrief, WPX’s chairman and chief executive officer.
Gaspar and the rest of the WPX senior leadership will continue reporting directly to Muncrief in the staff change.
Gaspar, a registered professional engineer and a member of The Society of Petroleum Engineers, previously worked for Newfield Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum and Mewbourne Oil.