|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Kevin McPherson
(+1-972-952-9371, e-mail kmcpherson@otcnet.org)
RICHARDSON, Texas, U.S.A. (28
March 2002) – Harry J. Longwell, Executive Vice President of
Exxon Mobil Corp., will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2002
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Awards Luncheon on Tuesday,
7 May, at the Reliant Center in Houston.
Longwell’s remarks will highlight the
34th OTC, which annually draws approximately 45,000 oil and gas
professionals to the world’s premier offshore oil and gas conference
and exhibition. The OTC Awards Luncheon and the Keynote Address
are considered the centerpiece events for the conference, scheduled
for 6-9 May.
“Harry Longwell is a noted speaker and
industry expert who brings a perspective on the world of oil and
gas that few others can,” said Charlie Richards, 2002 OTC Chairman.
“OTC is proud to have him as part of this year’s conference.”
Longwell, who began his career with the company
almost 40 years ago as a drilling engineer, was named to his current
post in August 2001. He had served as a Senior Vice President and
Director since 1995. His responsibilities include the Corporation's
worldwide upstream oil and natural gas activities, ExxonMobil Upstream
Research Company, Imperial Oil Limited, aviation and human resources.
After graduating from Louisiana State University
in 1963 with a petroleum engineering degree, Longwell began his
career with Exxon as a drilling engineer in Exxon USA's production
office in New Orleans. After a number of engineering and supervisory
assignments in Louisiana, California and Texas, Longwell was named
Operations Manager in Corpus Christi in 1974. Later that year, he
moved to Exxon USA's Western Production Division in Los Angeles
as Operations Manager with responsibility for Exxon's producing
interests in Alaska, and in 1977 he became Division Manager.
Longwell served as Operations Manager in the
Production Department of Exxon USA in Houston from 1980 to 1983,
when he was named Vice President for the department with responsibility
for the company's U.S. production activities.
In 1986 he moved to London as Vice President
of Exploration and Production in Europe. He returned to the U.S.
later that year as Executive Assistant to the Chairman and the President
of Exxon Corporation in New York. Longwell became Vice President
of Exploration and Production for Exxon Company International in
1987, Senior Vice President in 1988, and Executive Vice President
in 1990. He was named President of Exxon Company USA in 1992. He
was elected a Senior Vice President of the Corporation effective
1 January 1995, and was elected a Director in October 1995..
Longwell is a member of the Board of Directors
of the U.S.-China Business Council, the LSU Foundation, the National
Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, and the United Way
of Metropolitan Dallas. He also is a member of the Board of Visitors
of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Advisory
Board of the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. Longwell is a member
of the American Petroleum Institute and the Society of Petroleum
Engineers.
Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology
Conference is the world’s foremost event for the development
of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production
and environmental protection. OTC is held annually in May at Reliant
Center at Reliant Park in Houston. For more information, visit the
OTC 2002 Web site at www.OTCnet.org.
###
Return
to 2002 Press Releases
|
