Mark G. Papa of Houston, chairman and CEO of EOG Resources, Inc., and George L. Kirkland of San Ramon, California, executive vice president of global upstream and gas for Chevron Corporation, received the Texas oil and gas industry’s most prestigious honor -- Texas Oil & Gas Association’s Distinguished Service Award.

Each year, the Association bestows the Distinguished Service Award on an independent producer and a senior executive of a major energy company which operates in Texas in recognition of their extraordinary service to the oil and gas industry and to the nation