Sypy Thomas currently serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering & Operations for ONEOK’s Natural Gas Gathering & Processing Segment. In this role, he oversees the safe, reliable and efficient operations of approximately 6 Bcf/d of natural gas gathering and processing assets. He joined ONEOK in late 2024, from Medallion Midstream where he served as the Chief Operating Officer since 2018. In that role he had responsibility for all Engineering, Operations, EHS, Sustainability/ESG, Land and IT activity for Medallion. He was also responsible for the execution and management of both the company’s Capital and Operating Expense budgets and was a key part in setting and implementing the strategic direction of the company along with the company’s other Executives.
From 2016 until joining Medallion, Mr. Thomas served as Vice President of Midstream & Marketing for Atlas Energy. Mr. Thomas was responsible for facility design, operations, gathering, processing and marketing of all natural gas, crude oil and NGLs.
From 2006 until 2016, Mr. Thomas worked at Ovintiv, formerly known as Encana Oil & Gas, USA, serving in various roles including Facilities Engineer, Engineering and Operations Manager, and ultimately, Director of U.S. Midstream. Along with his day-to-day responsibilities of overseeing all U.S. midstream activity, Mr. Thomas was involved in A&D midstream transactions that accounted for nearly $500 million in midstream divestitures along with commercial negotiations of Encana’s midstream arrangements totaling over $2 billion. Mr. Thomas was also involved in numerous facilities and engineering projects throughout Encana’s portfolio and the design and optimization of oil and gas gathering systems, gas treating and processing systems.
Prior to Encana, Mr. Thomas spent eight years with Brenntag as Technical Service Manager, managing a process and production chemicals Technical staff in both Calgary, Alberta, and Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Thomas graduated in 1996 with a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.