Petroleum Technology Transfer Council


west coast Region

About the Region

PTTC’s West Coast Region primarily serves California and Alaska, but the region also includes Oregon and Washington. Outreach and technology transfer activities are provided through Conservation Committee of California Oil and Gas Producers (CCCOGP). There are also volunteers who serve within a Producer Advisory Group (PAG). Responsibilities of the PAG volunteers are to listen to industry in their sphere of influence, focusing on what industry is interested in and wants to learn more about. Members then use this insight to guide regional activities – what topics for workshops, where workshops should be held, potential partners for cooperative efforts, etc.

Jerry Anderson, Executive Director of CCCOGP, leads PTTC’s West Coast program. J. C. (Chris) Hall, Drilling and Production Co., Torrance, CA, currently leads the PAG Volunteers in California.

Regional Director Jerry Anderson Ph 661.635.0557 pttcwestcoast@cccogp.org

PAG Chairman J. C. (Chris) Hall Drilling and Production Co. Ph 310.328.2405

JERRY ANDERSON bio...

J.C. "CHRIS" HALL is President of Drilling & Production Co., located in Torrance California. He is a third generation oil producer, with production primarily in the Kern County area.  Chris has over twenty six years oil field experience, from working as a roustabout in the field to running an independent oil production company; he has also done considerable work for landowners on commercial and residential development projects in oil fields. In 1972 he graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to coming to his present job in 1982, Chris served ten years as a nuclear and submarine qualified commissioned officer in the United States Navy; his last duty assignment was as Lieutenant Commander, Engineering Department Head for New Construction of the submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN699). Chris has been extremely active in oil and gas industry issues through his involvement in numerous trade associations. He has served as President of the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) 1988-1990; the Management and Executive Committees of Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) 1989-1993; the Administrative and Executive Committee Chairman of Conservation Committee of California Oil Producers (CCCOP) 1990-1991, to name a few. He is also very active in numerous other volunteer activities. He is a past President of the national Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), an organization of which he is a founding member.

PAG volunteers from Alaska include