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ConventionSection: Permian Basin Petroleum Association
ture."
With a growing number of legal challenges on both the state and federal levels,
PBPA wanted an executive vice president
with a solid legal background, Campbell
says, which made the prospect of hiring
Robertson, who performed title work for
oil and gas operators, all the more attractive.
"He gets to spend more time with operators and has a strong desire to learn
more about the industry," Campbell says.
"We look forward to his role in the
coming years. It allows us to have an additional presence in the courtroom and
meetings. It has been very positive to
have Stephen on board. He communicates
very well."

Midland's Pull
According to Robertson, he spent
much of his childhood in Houston and
Dallas as his father, the late Dan Robertson, worked for Atlantic Richfield Company.
The Robertson family eventually was
dispatched to Midland, where Dan started
an exploration and production company,
180 Petroleum, Robertson recalls, while
Stephen attended high school in Midland,
did undergraduate studies at the University
of Texas at Austin, and studied law at
Texas Tech University. He and his wife,
Leah, decided to return to Midland after
law school.
"We had some options," Robertson
recalls. "We could have gone to DallasFort Worth or Houston, but we preferred
the close-knit community Midland offered.
Here, no matter where you go, it is easy
to find friendly people who care about
each other. That was the kind of place
we wanted to be and where we wanted to
raise our children."
Midland has changed because of unprecedented growth from the latest industry
surge, he says, but it remains home to an
entrepreneurial spirit rooted in the oil
and gas wildcatter, and is seasoned by a
modern business acumen that continues
to find ways to develop and apply new
technologies and business approaches.
"The bones of this area, the strengths,
camaraderie and partnerships, are still
here and I don't think that will change,"
Robertson reflects.
The basin remains a crucial part of
the industry's national story, with PBPA
retaining an important seat at the industry's
table of influence, he adds. "And that is
vital," Robertson suggests, "because while
a lot of people outside oil and gas want

to put the entire industry in one box, it
does not always work that way. The companies of the Permian Basin are not
always going to have the same issues
and concerns as every other production
or service company in the United States.
Even in the basin, the same can be true.
Our membership consists of both large
and small companies. There are familyowned and publically traded companies;
and exploration and production, service
and even midstream companies. The
makeup of the industry is wide and varied,
and so are the issues that matter to our
members. Maintaining an influence on
the state and national stage gives us the
best opportunity to represent our members;
the big and the small, producers, service
companies and midstream companies."

Permian Producers
With exploration and production still
the core of the industry's Permian focus,
plenty of basin players have ridden the
cycles of boom and bust, Robertson points
out. They know what it takes to build
companies, take gambles and be successful, he insists.
"The traditional idea of a wildcatter
is in everybody's blood here," Robertson
describes. "That is exciting to be around,
no matter how the economy is doing."
PBPA members prove time and again
that they can navigate governmental requirements and be successful, but chal-

lenges continue to grow, Robertson says.
"With the rules continuing to change all
the time, we scratch our heads and get a
little frustrated," he muses. "The industry
is usually on the defensive. You never
know what is going to happen from year
to year."
While PBPA continues to broaden its
focus amid an increasing number of regulatory, policy and market challenges,
the association staff pulls from an invaluable resource of information in the
form of members with diverse backgrounds and industry experiences, he
says.
"An association such as ours has to
interact with our membership constantly.
Those members are our greatest source
of the facts and figures that support
PBPA's advocacy," Robertson says. "With
Ben's move to Austin, we hope to increase
our advocacy and voice at the Capitol,
but we also need a strong presence in
Midland to continue building relationships
with our members. I look forward to
those interactions and to everything I can
learn from them."
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