API hires Nick Williams as associate director, Illinois Petroleum Council
"Williams has a strong background in business development and understands what it takes to create jobs. He will support API’s growing outreach efforts in Illinois on behalf of the oil and natural gas industry," said James Watson, executive director of the IPC. "Williams also understands the importance of North American energy production as a critical part of the economic development in Illinois and our nation."
Williams most recently served as director of the office of governmental affairs at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Williams also previously served as the director of the office of governmental affairs at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and is a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
The IPC represents all sectors of Illinois’ oil and natural gas industry, supporting more than 263,000 jobs and $33 billion of the state’s economy as a result of operations involving pipeline construction, oil refining, marketing of transportation fuels and research in the New Albany Shale formation.
The IPC is a division of API, which represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. API’s more than 600 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy.
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