MPLX LP announced that C. Corwin "Cory" Bromley, executive vice president and general counsel, has elected to retire effective January 1, 2018, after a 33-year legal career in the energy, minerals and construction industries. Bromley joined MPLX in 2015, at the time of its strategic combination with MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. Bromley joined MarkWest as general counsel in 2004. Prior to his career with MarkWest, Bromley was assistant general counsel at Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., general managing attorney and senior environmental attorney at Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, and in private practice with the law firm of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman. Prior to his legal career, Bromley was a structural and design engineer with CB&I/the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. Suzanne Gagle, currently vice president and general counsel of Marathon Petroleum Corp., will be appointed vice president and general counsel of MPLX effective October 1, 2017. Gagle will report to MPLX President Michael J. Hennigan. She will continue to serve in her role at MPC where she reports to Heminger, who also is Chairman and CEO of MPC. Bromley will support Gagle in her role at MPLX from October 1 through his retirement date. Gagle began her career with MPC in 1992 and has held several positions in its Law organization, including senior group counsel for MPC Operations and assistant general counsel with MPC's Law Litigation and Human Resources organization. She assumed her current role with MPC in 2016.
MPLX LP is a diversified master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets and provides fuel distribution services. The Companyâs segments include Logistics and Storage (L&S) and Gathering and Processing (G&P). The L&S segment primarily engages in the gathering, transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil, refined products, other hydrocarbon-based products, and renewables. The L&S segment also includes the operation of its refining logistics, fuel distribution and inland marine businesses, terminals, rail facilities and storage caverns. The G&P segment provides gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas, as well as the transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids (NGLs). Its assets include a network of crude oil and refined product pipelines; an inland marine business; light-product, asphalt, heavy oil and marine terminals; storage caverns, and others.