News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

OKLAHOMA CITY – Claude V. McNully, 62, Technical Department manager for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division, died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Edmond early Thursday (April 15).

McNully first worked for the Corporation Commission as a temporary employee in 1987 after closing a 22-year career in the oil industry. He joined the state regulatory agency as a full-time petroleum geologist in January 1989. He had managed the Technical Department since January 1993. The Technical Department supervises geology, engineering, surety, well records and records processing functions.

McNully held bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from the University of Arkansas. He spent most of his career with Exxon USA, Humble Oil and Refining Co., an Exxon predecessor; and Esso Libya, an overseas affiliate; from 1965 until 1981. He worked in Libya, Tripoli, and offshore Colombia as well as Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, California, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

After leaving Exxon, McNully worked as an independent petroleum geologist and for ANR Production Co., Entex Petroleum and Stream Energy Co. in various geological and management positions before joining the Corporation Commission.

McNully was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve for eight years, retiring with the rank of lieutenant. He served three years of active duty at sea as an unrestricted line officer after graduating from the Navy’s officer candidate school at Newport, R.I. in 1960.

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