TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams (NYSE:WMB) today named Jim Scheel to senior vice president of corporate strategic development, with responsibility for enterprise-level business development and customer relationship management.
Scheel most recently served as vice president of business development for Williams’ midstream business. During his more than two decades with Williams, Scheel has served in leadership roles that include business and strategic development; operations and engineering; more than $4 billion in transactions and business integrations; the company’s natural gas liquids business; and management of international and joint-venture operations.
“Jim’s leadership will be an important asset as we focus and accelerate our business development – both organic and acquisition – around the abundant energy-infrastructure opportunities Williams is positioned to capture,” said Alan Armstrong, president and chief executive officer.
Scheel, 47, is a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Tulsa.
Scheel’s appointment follows the company’s announcement earlier this month that Phil Wright will retire on April 1.
About Williams (NYSE: WMB)
Williams is one of the leading energy infrastructure companies in North America. It owns interests in or operates 15,000 miles of interstate gas pipelines, 1,000 miles of NGL transportation pipelines, and more than 10,000 miles of oil and gas gathering pipelines. The company’s facilities have daily gas processing capacity of 6.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas and NGL production of more than 200,000 barrels per day. Williams owns a 72-percent ownership interest in Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ), one of the largest diversified energy master limited partnerships. Williams Partners owns most of Williams’ interstate gas pipeline and domestic midstream assets. The company’s headquarters is in Tulsa, Okla. More information is available at www.williams.com. Go to http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=630&to=ea&s=0 to join our e-mail list.
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