Empowering America Podcast Ep005 with Charlie Burd, Executive Director of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia or GO-WV.

Charlie Burd has been the executive director of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) since July 2002.   His duties include managing the day-to-day operations of the over 500-member trade association of oil and natural gas operators and those businesses that serve them. Charlie also oversees IOGAWV’s legislative efforts.

As of January 2021, Burd will serve as Executive Director of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia or GO-WV. This new organization is the merging of IOGAWV and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association. The two trade associations are joining forces after realizing they were both championing the same causes and feel that, together, they can have a louder voice and a stronger impact. And the timing couldn't be more important.

"Like most industries around the nation, the covid-19 pandemic has certainly impacted business. it has slowed down investment, caused reductions in traditional workforce numbers, but due to drilling efficiencies, how we drill and how efficiently we can hydraulically fracture, and our ability to drill over horizontal laterals and produce tremendous volumes of natural gas from fewer wells has served us well. In 2019, WV produced over 2.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas for our state and for our country and we certainly hope to see those types of volumes continue so we can have an abundant supply."