TITLE: Congratulating Scott D. Sheffield of Midland on his receipt of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Scott D. Sheffield of Midland on his receipt of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award.

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WHEREAS, Scott D. Sheffield of Midland has been named the recipient of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award; and WHEREAS, The chair and chief executive officer of Pioneer Natural Resources, Mr. Sheffield has led the energy firm since its founding in 1997; over the years, Pioneer has developed into a prominent exploration and production company and one of the most active operators in the country; employing some 3,000 Texans, Pioneer has been named among the best companies in both the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the state at large for which to work; and WHEREAS, Mr. Sheffield attended high school in Tehran, Iran, during his father's assignment there as an executive with ARCO; following graduation, he earned his bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas; he began his career as a reservoir engineer with Amoco Production Company in 1975, and four years later he joined the fledgling Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company in Midland as its sole staff engineer; he subsequently became CEO and chair of Parker & Parsley, and in 1997 he oversaw its merger with MESA, Inc., a union that resulted in the creation of Pioneer; and WHEREAS, In addition to providing outstanding leadership for his company, Mr. Sheffield works with various industry-and education-related organizations, including boards of the National Petroleum Council, America's Natural Gas Alliance, and the Maguire Energy Institute of the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business; and WHEREAS, Over the course of his stellar career, Scott Sheffield has made tremendous contributions to the oil and gas industry and rendered significant service to the wider community; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Scott D. Sheffield on his receipt of the 2012 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award and commend him for the dynamic role he has played in developing this country's energy resources; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Sheffield as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Craddick Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 69 was adopted by the House on January 9, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House