Speaker Ron Hinn
Technical Staffing Consultant
Occidental Oil and Gas
Ron works as a Technical Staffing Consultant with Occidental Oil and Gas in Houston. He came to Oxy as a part of its purchase of Altura Energy in April of 2000. Ron previously worked in various supervisory, consulting and engineering positions with Altura, Amoco and …
Technical Staffing Consultant
Occidental Oil and Gas
Ron works as a Technical Staffing Consultant with Occidental Oil and Gas in Houston. He came to Oxy as a part of its purchase of Altura Energy in April of 2000. Ron previously worked in various supervisory, consulting and engineering positions with Altura, Amoco and Mobil. He received a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Tulsa in 1977.
Ron has been an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers since his days as a student member at Tulsa. He has held many positions at local and national levels, including chairman of the 11,000 member Gulf Coast Section. In 2003 he completed a three year term as the Gulf Coast North America Director of the SPE. He is an SPE Distinguished Member, and a recipient of the SPE Outstanding Young Member Award.
Since 1993, Ron has been actively involved in the accreditation of engineering programs across the United States. In 2000, he held the position of Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Commission, the first petroleum engineer in its history to do so. This 55-member body, made up of representatives from 21 professional engineering societies, oversees the accreditation process of over 1500 programs at 323 institutions.
Ron met his wife Jean at the University of Tulsa. Jean is also a petroleum engineer, having graduated from TU in 1976. They live in Houston with their two children, Kristan (18) and Kyle (16).
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