Ralph Hill rang the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange on January 3, but for the chief executive officer of newly minted WPX Energy Inc., the event represented an evolution, not an overnight leap to success. After 30 years with midstream giant Williams, where the E&P was embedded, overlooked and undervalued, Hill can now shine a light on a lot of oil and gas.
"Through a series of adventures…we got to build an E&P company within a pipeline, but my love was always E&P. Now our team is ...