Dominion E&P Names Hardesty Vice President, Northeast Gas Basins
HOUSTON - Dominion Exploration & Production, a subsidiary
of Dominion (NYSE:D) announced today that Benjamin A. Hardesty was named vice
president and general manager - Northeast Gas Basins, effective Nov. 1, 2003.
Hardesty, currently general manager for the Northeast Gas
Basins, will continue to be responsible for Dominion E&P's oil and gas exploration
and production activities in the Northeast Gas Basins, reporting to Paul R.
Baker, senior vice president and general manager of the Eastern business unit.
Hardesty is a West Virginia native, graduating with a Bachelor
of Science degree from West Virginia University in 1972 and a Master of Science
degree from George Washington University in 1976. He served as U.S. Army officer
and then worked as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill before returning
to West Virginia. Hardesty has been involved with the oil and gas industry in
Appalachia since 1978 and joined Dominion in 1995 with the acquisition of Stonewall
Gas, of which he was the president.
Hardesty is a past president of both the Independent Oil &
Gas Association of West Virginia and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association,
and is currently on the board of directors for both organizations. He is also
a trustee of The Nature Conservancy of West Virginia and a director with the
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy,
with a diversified and integrated portfolio consisting of 24,000 megawatts of
generation, 6.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas reserves, 7,900
miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and more than 960 billion cubic feet
of storage capacity. Dominion also serves 5 million retail energy customers
in nine states. Additional information about Dominion is available on the Internet
at www.dom.com.
