As of Feb. 1, Derek Nottingham, who has been serving as petroleum economist for the Alaska Department of Revenue, is the new director of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas.
Nottingham received bachelor's and master's degrees focused in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University.
Prior to working for DOR, he was employed by BP for 11-plus years, most recently from February 2015 to April 2020 as reservoir development area team lead for Prudhoe Bay.
In the position he led the Gathering Center 2 reservoir development team from 2018 to 2020 and the Flow Station 2 reservoir development team from 2015 to 2018. He was responsible for leading geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and petroleum engineers in continued flood management, drilling programs, and workover programs in those areas of the Prudhoe Bay field.
Prior to his time with BP, Nottingham worked for Chevron in Cook Inlet as a reservoir engineer.
He replaced Tom Stokes at the Division of Oil and Gas who resigned earlier this year.
- KAY CASHMAN
See story in Feb. 6 issue of Petroleum News, available online Feb. 3 at www.petroleumnews.com
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