David Crane and Timothy Probert Named Directors of El Paso Corporation
December 07 2009 - 5:00PM
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David W. Crane and Timothy J. Probert have been named to the board
of directors of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), effective December
4, 2009.
Crane, 50, is president, chief executive officer, and a director
of NRG Energy and has served in such capacity since December 2003.
Prior to joining NRG, he was chief executive officer from January
2003 to November 2003 of International Power plc, a wholesale power
generation company in the United Kingdom. He was the company's
chief operating officer from March 2000 through December 2002.
Crane was Senior Vice President-Global Power New York at Lehman
Brothers from January 1999 to February 2000 and served as Senior
Vice President-Global Power Group, Asia at Lehman from June 1996 to
January 1999.
He will serve on the Governance & Nominating Committee of El
Paso's board.
Crane earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton
University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
Probert, 58, is Halliburton's President, Global Business Lines,
which includes both Drilling and Evaluation and Completion and
Production divisions and their respective product service lines. In
this role, he is also responsible for Technology, Mergers and
Acquisitions, and Corporate Development. He is a member of
Halliburton's executive committee and serves as the company's Chief
Health, Safety and Environment Officer.
Previously, Probert was president, Drilling and Evaluation and
Corporate Development, and led Halliburton's Drilling and
Evaluation Division as its president. In this role, Probert was
responsible for the Sperry Drilling Services, Security DBS Drill
Bits, Baroid Fluid Services, Wireline and Perforating Services, and
Landmark product lines.
Before joining Halliburton in 2003, Probert served as president
and chief executive officer of Input/Output Inc. He was also
president of Baker Hughes INTEQ. In addition, Probert was the
president of Eastman Teleco. He served as president of Milpark
Drilling Fluids, and he was vice president of Marketing for Baker
Sand Control.
Probert began his career in 1972 as a field geologist with
Exploration Logging Inc. He received his Bachelor of Science degree
in geology and geography from the University of London in 1972.
He is a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists.
He will serve on the Health, Safety & Environmental
committee of El Paso's board.
El Paso Corporation provides natural gas and related energy
products in a safe, efficient, dependable manner. The company owns
North America's largest interstate natural gas pipeline system and
one of North America's largest independent natural gas producers.
For more information, visit www.elpaso.com.
Contacts: Investor-Media Relations Bruce L. Connery Vice
President Office: (713) 420-5855 Media Relations Richard Wheatley
Manager Office: (713) 420-6828
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