Achievers: Petroleum Alliance presents Legacy Award

Kim Hatfield, Petroleum Alliance Executive Committee and Board of Directors member, has been named the inaugural recipient of the organization’s Legacy Award.

The Petroleum Alliance Legacy Award is presented to Alliance members in recognition of individual achievement on behalf of the organization and the oil and natural gas industry as a whole. Each chairman of the Alliance may nominate one recipient for the award during the chairman’s two-year term.

“This is the first award ever given by The Petroleum Alliance,” said former Alliance Chairman David Le Norman, who created the award and made the first presentation during the Alliance’s 2021 annual meeting. “Kim is a remarkable engineer. He’s a remarkable leader. This award is a culmination of labors that has left a legacy to inspire all of us.”

Hatfield was one of 12 industry leaders who worked together to create The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma through the merger of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association (OKOGA), creating one organization to represent the entirety of the state’s oil and natural gas industry.

Hatfield is CEO of…

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