Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings Announce Appointment of Willie Chiang as EVP and COO (U.S.)
July 13 2015 - 8:50AM
Business Wire
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) and Plains GP
Holdings (NYSE: PAGP) today announced that Willie Chiang has been
appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for
PAA’s U.S. operating and commercial activities. Mr. Chiang will
report directly to Harry N. Pefanis, PAA’s President.
“Harry and I have worked closely with Willie in a number of
capacities for several years and we are very pleased to have him
join our team,” stated Greg L. Armstrong, Chairman & CEO of
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Armstrong noted that Mr. Chiang
has over 30 years of energy industry experience across the entire
value chain, most recently serving as EVP Operations for Occidental
Petroleum Corp., where among his other responsibilities he oversaw
Oxy’s direct investment in PAA’s general partner.
“As a result of our prior relationships, Willie possesses a
solid understanding of PAA's history, culture, strategy and vision
for the future, and we believe Willie’s experience, leadership
skills and judgment immediately strengthen our executive management
team. Willie’s addition to our executive management team also
provides solid visibility for the future leadership of our
organization.”
Prior to joining Oxy in 2012, Mr. Chiang held increasingly
responsible positions at ConocoPhillips, most recently as Senior
Vice President, Refining, Marketing, Transportation and Commercial.
Previous ConocoPhillips roles included President, Downstream
Strategy & Specialties, and a number of key Refining Management
roles. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips, he spent 6 years with
Powerine Oil Company in Los Angeles and 9 years at Chevron. He has
also served on the boards of DCP Midstream and Chevron Phillips
Chemical and has been very involved with the American Petroleum
Institute.
Mr. Chiang holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
from the South Dakota School of Mines and completed the Advanced
Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
School of Business.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a publicly traded master
limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy
infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil,
natural gas liquids ("NGL"), natural gas and refined products. PAA
owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling,
storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing
basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the
United States and Canada. On average, PAA handles over 4.2 million
barrels per day of crude oil and NGL on its pipelines. PAA is
headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Plains GP Holdings is a publicly traded entity that owns an
interest in the general partner and incentive distribution rights
of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., one of the largest energy
infrastructure and logistics companies in North America. PAGP is
headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP HoldingsRyan
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