Phillips Murrah would like to congratulate Elizabeth K. Brown, Shareholder/Director and member of the Firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group, on being elected to the Board of Directors of the newly formed oil and gas industry advocacy organization, The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. Liz formerly was a member of the OIPA Board of Directors until its recent merger into the Alliance.
Liz’s election to the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma Board of Directors will allow her to continue her involvement in oil and gas industry matters. She brings to the Board not only her experience in representing oil and gas businesses in legal matters, but also her practical knowledge of oil and gas operations that she has gained through managing The Gloria Corporation, a privately held oil and gas company founded by her father and based in Ada, Oklahoma. Having been raised in the oil business, Liz has been actively involved in every aspect of running a small, independent oil company.
Pictured here are Liz and her brother, Mike Kemp, in the field reworking one of the Gloria Corporation wells in Pontotoc County.
“Running a second-generation, family-owned oil and gas business is both rewarding and challenging” Liz said. “I feel very fortunate to have been able to continue the business my father started years ago.”
Also notably, Liz is one of four women who serve on the 41-member Board. She joins Valerie Mitchell (Corterra Energy Operating, LLC), Geree Wald Morton (Plaster & Wald Consulting Corp.), and Samantha Omey (ExxonMobil Corporation).
“I am honored to have been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the newly formed Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma to, among other things, bring attention to issues affecting smaller producers who make up a significant segment of the oil and gas industry,” Liz said.
Liz’s law practice with Phillips Murrah is focused on serving her privately held business clients as outside general counsel where she assists in managing the many legal issues that arise in running a business. Her role often involves structuring, negotiating and handling mergers and acquisitions, managing litigation, settling disputes, assisting with tax planning and designing estate and succession plans for family business owners.
The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma was formed in November 2018, when two of the state’s industry groups merged. Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association combined memberships to create a larger, stronger association with the aim to more effectively represent members in legislative and regulatory matters.
The new organization is now the largest trade association representing the oil and natural gas industry in the state, with more than 2,300 individuals from about 1,300 companies – companies that account for more than 90 percent of the state’s oil and natural gas production.