ARCO executive hired to run Alyeska’s Valdez operations

A long-time Atlantic Richfield employee has been hired as Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.’s top executive in Valdez. Dan Hisey will replace Bill Newbold as Alyeska’s senior vice president for the company’s Valdez business unit, which includes the Valdez tanker terminal and oil-spill response vessels.

Hisey has worked for ARCO for 19 years, 15 of them in Alaska. He is now vice president for environment, health and safety at ARCO’s headquarters in Los Angeles. He will start his Alyeska job on March 1. Newbold, who worked 25 years for Exxon Corp. before joining Alyeska, is retiring to Georgia.