Faces of Energy

Kim Moats-Barnes

Retired teacher and NEED workshop facilitator

Energy is an important and ever-changing issue and we will continue to struggle to be good stewards of the earth and make our resources last for generations to come. The students we teach today will soon be in charge, hence the value in ensuring they understand energy issues.

Misty Alexa

ConocoPhillips Manager of Operations on the western North Slope

Our company and other companies in the industry are really focused on making sure we do develop responsibly, and we take safety very seriously. It’s a core to our business and a key commitment.

Glynis Holm Strause

ConocoPhillips Eagle Ford Stakeholder Relations advisor in Texas, a role that allows her to “listen and talk to people in communities."

There’s much, much more opportunity for people around here than there ever has been. You see a new concrete pad for a business just about every day, they’re building new schools – the counties in the Eagle Ford are growing and prospering in a way that you couldn’t even imagine 10 years ago.

Kathy Neset

Geologist Kathy Neset owns Neset Consulting Service in Tioga, ND. In 2012, Kathy was appointed to ND State Board of Higher Education, serves on the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board and was the first female inducted into the ND Petroleum Council Hall of Fame in 2015.

The natural geology of the Bakken and the Williston Basin provide a safe separation of the Bakken frack zone from surface water. ConocoPhillips optimizes this wellbore placement, safely producing oil and gas and providing for our nation’s energy freedom.

Daryl Dukart

Dunn County Commissioner, Chairman of North Dakota Association of Oil & Gas Producing Counties and Vision West North Dakota consortium.

The industry has helped build infrastructure, sustain rural communities, create greater educational opportunities and improve the quality of life for North Dakotans. During economic slowdowns let’s stay focused on the economic drivers that build better and stronger businesses and create new, robust enterprises.

Ron Ness

President of the North Dakota Petroleum Council

The Bakken is a world-class resource that has helped grow our state’s economy, create jobs and strengthen our nation’s energy security. Companies like ConocoPhillips have brought new residents that are strengthening the fabrics of our communities and enabling a brighter future for our state.

Shelby Dupnik

the Karnes County (Texas) Precinct 1 Commissioner

The Eagle Ford Shale has been a blessing. We were a very poor county, mostly farm and ranch land. People can now do things they’ve never been able to do, such as take better care of their families and upgrade their homes, farms and ranches.

Grant Taylor

CEO of the Hobbs (N.M.) Chamber of Commerce, and generations of his family have worked in the Permian Basin's energy industries.

E&P investments have fueled social mobility in our community, because most supporting businesses are family-run, and many are minority-owned. Well-paying jobs and the contagious entrepreneurial spirit of the oilfield have enabled thousands of families to realize their versions of the American Dream.

Jim Daniels

Lives in Midland, TX

Oil and Gas is the back bone to our modern society. Without it we step back 300 to 400 years.

William Essary

Worked at the Kuparuk River Unit on Alaska’s North Slope for the past 18 years

During the recent economic downturn, so many Americans found good quality jobs in the energy sector. In the Arctic, ConocoPhillips has been successful providing jobs and protecting the land. I wish this story could be told to a larger audience.

John Steininger

Worked in the oil and gas industry in Saudi Arabia for over 23 years. He lives in Port Orange, FL.

Energy needs worldwide will continue to grow and unfortunately many energy suppliers are in a very unstable area of the world. The United States must take the lead in energy production and be a major energy supplier both domestically and internationally, showing strength politically and economically.

Sarah Edman

Recently retired after 34 years working in the oil and gas industry, serving in a range of roles including government and public policy.

We just finished a 4,400-mile road trip across the western U.S. We saw expansive solar panel installations, wind turbines on the plains, new oil and gas wells and construction of high-voltage power transmission systems. Affordable gasoline made this trip to hike our national parks possible.

Barry Gore

President and CEO of Adams County Economic Development

We all have something to do with oil and gas. Our county has the only oil refinery in Colorado, and there are about another 200 businesses in the area that depend on it. We all need petroleum to make the case for the phone that you carry in your pocket or anything else you use that’s made of plastic.

Charlie Malik

Karnes City Fire chief. He has lived in Karnes City, Texas, his entire life and is a small business owner.

Financially the oil industry has helped us a whole lot, making sure we have everything we need to handle the needs of the community. They say, ‘What can we do? What do you need? What can we do to help you?’ Everything from the monitors, to a foam trailer and a water tanker, they’ve given us what we’ve asked for.

Jaclyn Popeil

Senior landman at ConocoPhillips in our Gulf Coast Business Unit. She is responsible for overseeing our Louisiana asset.

Energy impacts all of us. It doesn’t matter what political party you’re a part of; it doesn’t matter what your background is. And it doesn’t matter what your socioeconomic status is. It is a global issue that is important to our quality of lives and impacts our daily lives.

Jim Huff

Oak, Texas, county judge, currently serving his 28th year in the role.

The Eagle Ford shale has allowed us to better our educational system – my son and daughter go to a brand new high school. It has allowed us at the county level to beef up and create some services that we weren’t able to deliver or if we did deliver, they weren’t delivered as they needed to be.