Howard Energy Partners CEO named to National Petroleum Council

The National Petroleum Council, comprising around 200 experts, now includes Mike Howard, who leads HEP, an energy infrastructure company.

Feb. 3, 2026

Mike Howard, CEO, Howard Energy Partners — Mike Howard, chief executive officer of Howard Energy Partners, has been appointed to the National Petroleum Council

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has appointed Mike Howard, chief executive officer of San Antonio, Tex.-based Howard Energy Partners (HEP), to the National Petroleum Council (NPC).

Howard serves as chairman and chief executive of privately held HEP, an energy infrastructure company, which he founded in 2011. HEP owns and operates midstream assets spanning the natural gas and liquids value chain in Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Mexico.

Founded in 1946, the NPC is made up of about 200 people selected and appointed by the Secretary of Energy to advise, inform, and make recommendations, at the Secretary’s request, on matters pertaining to oil and natural gas or to the oil and gas industries.