Williams retained for joint RPSEA-HBW work | Oil & Gas Journal

Tom Williams, a former official of the US Department of Energy, has been retained by HBW Resources LLC to help manage a new partnership with the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America.

Williams is a former member of the RPSEA board of directors.

RPSEA, based in Sugar Land, Tex., is a nonprofit consortium of research universities, national laboratories, other research institutions, energy producers, and energy consumers.

HBW Resources, a strategic consulting and advocacy firm focused on energy and transportation, will help RPSEA identify and manage research opportunities.

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