John Hendrix, general manager of Apache Alaska, was named by Gov. Bill Walker on July 18 to be the state’s chief oil and gas advisor.
Hendrix has an extensive background in the oil and gas industry, including work as a consultant to industry managing directors, oil ministers and the World Bank.
A graduate of Homer High School, Hendrix earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Tennessee, and began his oilfield career in 1980 with Schlumberger Oilfield Services on Alaska’s North Slope.
He later joined BP, where he held several engineering and managerial positions within the North Slope, Anchorage, Russia and the United Kingdom. He was also part of BP’s first Russian operation, “Tarasox,” in 1991. In his 18 years with BP, Hendrix founded production technical limits and base management practices still in use by BP.
Hendrix Joined Apache Corp., an international oil and gas exploration and production firm based in Houston, TX, in 2005, as a production engineering manager for the Gulf Coast region.
Before his return to Alaska in 2011, Hendrix served five years as general manager and managing director of Apache’s Qarun Petroleum Co., joint venture in Egypt, where the company doubled production. He has also served on the board and as vice president of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.
