Achild of the Permian Basin, Rick Muncrief long knew the potential of the basin's now-booming western lobe. Muncrief methodically, but rapidly, built up WPX Energy Inc. through West Texas and New Mexico's liquids-rich Delaware Basin after he took over in 2014. Now, he remains focused on the Delaware as the jewel of a multibasin portfolio after WPX combined with Oklahoma City rival Devon Energy Corp. in a $5.75 billion, so-called merger of equals.
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