MPLX LP Appoints Randy S. Nickerson as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
August 24, 2016 at 08:52 am EDT
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Gary R. Heminger announced changes in the senior management structure of the general partner of MPLX LP, MPC's master limited partnership, and MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of MPLX. The changes will be effective Oct. 1, 2016. Randy S. Nickerson, who currently serves as Marathon Petroleum Corporation's executive vice president, Corporate Strategy, will be appointed executive vice president and chief commercial officer, MarkWest Assets, of MPLX's general partner. In this incremental role, he will serve as an officer of MPLX and report to Templin. Nickerson will continue in his role to develop overall strategy around midstream assets as they relate to MarkWest, MPLX and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. He will remain in Denver.
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.