Civitas Resources names Walker to succeed Owens as COO

Civitas Resources Inc., Denver, has appointed Hodge Walker chief operating officer, effective Apr. 5, 2023. He will succeed Matt Owens who has left the company, Civitas said in a release Apr. 3.

Walker most recently served as vice-president of Chevron Corp.’s Rockies business unit, a position he held since October 2020 when Chevron acquired Noble Energy Inc. Prior to joining Chevron, Walker served as senior vice-president responsible for Noble’s US onshore operations. He also served as a director of Noble Midstream GP and as Noble’s vice-president of West Africa and the US Gulf of Mexico.

At separate times, Owens had served as chief operating officer and chief executive officer of Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. prior to its merger with Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. (OGJ Online, Mar. 5, 2020; Jan. 20, 2021; May 10, 2021).

The merger created Civitas Resources, a pure-play Colorado Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basin producer.