Oxy names executive VP, worldwide exploration

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has named Anita Powers vice-president of Oxy and executive vice-president, worldwide exploration, for Oxy Oil & Gas.

May 14, 2009

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 14 -- Occidental Petroleum Corp. has named Anita Powers vice-president of Oxy and executive vice-president, worldwide exploration, for Oxy Oil & Gas.

Powers has worked at Oxy for 30 years. Since December 2006, she has served as vice-president, worldwide exploration. Before that she served as director of worldwide geoscience, vice-president of exploration in Colombia, and chief exploration geologist for worldwide exploration.