RCP is pleased to announce that Mr. Ron McCoy has joined the firm as Vice President for Business Development and Project Management. Mr. McCoy brings a wealth of experience in the major business areas of the pipeline industry. He has extensive experience in engineering design, construction, operations, and regulatory affairs (both FERC and OPS). Mr. McCoy has been Project Manager for the engineering and construction of numerous domestic and international liquid and gas pipelines, including offshore pipelines in water depths of one thousand feet. Other unusual projects included in Mr. McCoy’s portfolio include pipeline systems operating above the fluid’s cricondenbar, installations in sensitive/hazardous areas, and pipelines connecting to major international oil and gas producing facilities. Mr. McCoy is well versed in all phases of pipeline design, construction, and operations, including integrity management and risk analysis. Mr. McCoy was Facilities Engineering Manager for Mobil’s Statfjord Unit in Norway, responsible for engineering the field’s gas gathering pipeline system and treating facilities. Previously, he served as Operations Manager for the Sacroc carbon dioxide pipeline system in West Texas. This system was the first operating carbon dioxide pipeline system in the United States.

Mr. McCoy is also well experienced in all phases of pipeline regulation by both OPS and the FERC. He was an active participant in the natural gas industry’s deregulation through FERC Orders 436, 451 and 636, and has served as expert witness at both the federal and state levels. He was Gas Marketing Director for an 11 trillion cubic feet natural gas field development in South America, and advised the local regulatory body on the development of gas pipeline and distribution system regulations.

Mr. McCoy received his bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M; University and is a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.