Bill Text: TX HR69 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Scott D. Sheffield of Midland on his receipt of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-09 - Reported enrolled [HR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR69-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Scott D. Sheffield of Midland on his receipt of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-09 - Reported enrolled [HR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR69-Introduced.html
83R3889 LB-D | ||
By: Craddick | H.R. No. 69 |
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WHEREAS, Scott D. Sheffield of Midland has been named the | ||
recipient of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand | ||
Award; and | ||
WHEREAS, The chair and chief executive officer of Pioneer | ||
Natural Resources, Mr. Sheffield has led the energy firm since its | ||
founding in 1997; over the years, Pioneer has developed into a | ||
prominent exploration and production company and one of the most | ||
active operators in the country; employing some 3,000 Texans, | ||
Pioneer has been named among the best companies in both the | ||
Dallas-Fort Worth area and the state at large for which to work; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Sheffield attended high school in Tehran, Iran, | ||
during his father's assignment there as an executive with ARCO; | ||
following graduation, he earned his bachelor's degree in petroleum | ||
engineering from The University of Texas; he began his career as a | ||
reservoir engineer with Amoco Production Company in 1975, and four | ||
years later he joined the fledgling Parker & Parsley Petroleum | ||
Company in Midland as its sole staff engineer; he subsequently | ||
became CEO and chair of Parker & Parsley, and in 1997 he oversaw its | ||
merger with MESA, Inc., a union that resulted in the creation of | ||
Pioneer; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to providing outstanding leadership for | ||
his company, Mr. Sheffield works with various industry- and | ||
education-related organizations, including boards of the National | ||
Petroleum Council, America's Natural Gas Alliance, and the Maguire | ||
Energy Institute of the Southern Methodist University Cox School of | ||
Business; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his stellar career, Scott | ||
Sheffield has made tremendous contributions to the oil and gas | ||
industry and rendered significant service to the wider community; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Scott D. Sheffield on his receipt | ||
of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award and | ||
commend him for the dynamic role he has played in developing this | ||
country's energy resources; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Sheffield as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |