Jeffery Hildebrand

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Co-founded Hilcorp Energy in 1989 in Houston; grew it through acquisitions of mature, low-cost oil and gas fields in Alaska, Texas, and the US Gulf Coast.

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2021 — EPA Consent Decree, Cook Inlet Alaska: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a consent decree with Hilcorp Energy under which Hilcorp paid $3 million in civil penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act related to methane and volatile organic compound emissions from Cook Inlet offshore platforms. The decree required Hilcorp to implement a leak detection and repair program across all its Cook Inlet operations. Source: U.S. EPA, Consent Decree with Hilcorp Energy Company, 2021.

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Hilcorp's Cook Inlet, Alaska operations have resulted in repeated environmental violations: in 2014, the EPA fined Hilcorp after natural gas leaks from pipeline infrastructure, and in 2017 a gas leak caused weeks of flaring.

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2016 — Cook Inlet Gas Leak: Hilcorp's Drilling Platform A in Cook Inlet suffered a natural gas leak from an underwater pipeline that persisted for approximately 55 days before operations were suspended. The leak was reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). State regulators and environmental groups noted the incident raised questions about Hilcorp's maintenance of aging Cook Inlet infrastructure that it had acquired from prior operators. Source: Alaska Dispatch News, 2016; PHMSA incident report.

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In 2014, Hilcorp paid a $2.2 million EPA penalty related to an oil and methane pipeline leak in Cook Inlet that released gas for months before repair.

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In 2021, an underground Hilcorp pipeline in Cook Inlet was found to have leaked thousands of cubic feet of natural gas; state regulators issued violation notices.

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Hilcorp is known for distributing $100,000 bonuses to all employees when company milestones are hit — a corporate culture narrative that has been used to minimize coverage of its environmental record.