June 23, 2021

On May 19 2021, Farmers feeding Utah held Utah’s 13th Miracle Project: Duchene County Food Project. The Utah Petroleum Association and it’s members raised $25,000 that will go to help feed Utah families that are in need.

The Chevron Safety Performance Award is an annual award given to contractors who work to support Chevron’s Salt Lake Refinery. The award has been given out since 2014, and the criteria for the 2020 Gold Award was working more than 25,000 hours at the refinery during a calendar year with no OSHA recordable injuries.

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We’re excited to announce the debut of our UPA safety and environmental awards – namely three awards – the “Risk Management Leadership Award,” the “Step Change in Safety Award,” and the “Environmental Leadership Award.”

Chevron’s Salt Lake Refinery held a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 7, 2021, to celebrate the start-up of its new ISOALKY™ process unit. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson and other Utah leaders joined the event and helped recognize the refinery for its achievement: the new plant is the world’s first commercial-scale ionic liquids alkylation unit and represents one of the major innovations in liquid alkylation technology in almost 80 years.

Financing The Biden administration’s energy and fossil-related policies are broadening, as anticipated. An initiative led by special presidential climate envoy John Kerry to utilize the financial sector to bolster the administration’s U.S. carbon emission reduction goals looks to block financing and services to fossil-related energy clients. In response, Republican lawmakers and state treasurers have vocally

We had a great time kicking off a brand-new UPA event, our Stroke of Luck Charity Golf Mixer at Top Golf! We used this as an opportunity for some long overdue in-person networking with clients, colleagues and key partners. At the same time, we enjoyed an afternoon playing a little golf, having lunch and strengthening relationships. Most importantly, we were thrilled to have raised funds to support the Seventh Generation Fund, which provides for higher education needs, scholarships, and educational programs for members of the Ute Indian Tribe. We sincerely appreciate our relationship with the Ute Tribe and are honored to have the opportunity to support this critical education initiative. A big thanks to all those that joined us or donated!

Cybersecurity is a vital area that requires all organizations to acknowledge, understand and implement it. Since we are all now living in an increasingly connected environment for everything from work to play, the scope of vulnerabilities significantly increases. As such, all fields of expertise are required to fully understand all the potential pivot points or areas that can be exploited.

Iam thrilled to take over as Chairman of the Utah Petroleum Association. As things continue to approach whatever we call “normal,” it is important to remember that there will always be challenges associated with oil and natural gas development, no matter what happens. As we have seen firsthand, the world is unpredictable, political winds shift and change, and we can never fully know what awaits us down the road.

Resilience is a wholly overused word at this point, but it is one I cannot seem to get out of my head when I think about the work our membership does every day, no matter what. The challenges of the global pandemic that lasted the entirety of 2020 and persisted into early 2021 are far-reaching and have been well-covered. So, let’s put that aside and discuss other challenges.