Ward Petroleum names operations manager

By OGJ editors
Houston, Feb. 22 -- Enid, Okla., independent Ward Petroleum Corp. has named Mark Jopling operations manager.

Jopling was initially employed by Halliburton Services Co. as a field and district engineer in various locations in north Texas and northwest Oklahoma where he designed and implemented cement work, fracture stimulations, and drillstem testing.

He joined Ward in April 1981 as a staff engineer, primarily with drilling and completion responsibilities, and later became a senior staff engineer assisting with daily operations.