Griffin named acting deputy commissioner

Petroleum News

Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Michael Menge has named Ken Griffin acting deputy commissioner responsible for managing issues related to the state’s oil and gas resources, effective Nov. 3.

Griffin, an Alaska-licensed petroleum engineer, has nearly 25 years’ experience in oil and gas exploration, developing, operations and pipelining across the state, the department said Nov. 4. Griffin has been a petroleum reservoir engineer with the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas since March 2004.

“Ken Griffin’s impressive record as a long-time engineer with experience across all aspects of Alaska’s oil and gas industry makes him a valuable addition to my resource management team,” Menge said. “I am pleased he will also continue his active role as a member of the state team negotiating with North Slope oil producers on a natural gas pipeline.”

Griffin worked for Forest Oil Corp./Forcenergy as a planning manager and reservoir engineer, for Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. as a quality advisory and quality assurance engineer and for ARCO Alaska Inc and ARCO Oil and Gas Co. in reservoir engineering, production engineering, and facility engineering.