American Gilsonite Co. (AGC) has appointed David G. Gallagher to the position of president and CEO, effective immediately, the company said in a news release.
With more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas service sector, Gallagher has served with Schlumberger, CARBO Ceramics and Baker Hughes in engineering, operations, product development and executive management roles. He joined AGC in 2013 as senior vice president of commercial operations, the release said.
Gallagher earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of New Mexico.
AGC mines and processes uintaite, a naturally occurring hydrocarbon similar in appearance to hard asphalt believed to be found in commercial quantities only in the Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah.
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