Bill Z. Parker is retired executive vice president for worldwide production and operations, with the exception of Alaska, for Phillips Petroleum Co. He was named to this position in 2000. He previously served as executive vice president, downstream, in 1998, with responsibility for the downstream technology effort as well as the company’s information technology organization added in 1999. He was senior vice president of refining, marketing and transportation in 1997 and president and managing director of Phillips Petroleum Co. in Norway in 1996. Prior to that, he was vice president of worldwide drilling and production in 1995. Bill grew up in Oklahoma City and attended OU on a Phillips Petroleum Co. scholarship. He received a B.S. in petroleum engineering in 1970.
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