{"id":778,"date":"2022-09-12T05:38:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T05:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expl.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=778"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:54:19","slug":"mark-hurley","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.expl.com\/team\/mark-hurley\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hurley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In September 2020, Mark Hurley was named President and Chief Executive Officer for Explorer Pipeline. Previously, he served as CEO at Blueknight Energy Partners, LP. During his time at Blueknight, Mark focused on improving the health, safety and environmental performance of the company, growing the terminalling business, and de-emphasizing the cyclical oilfield services segments. Mark has also worked at Enterprise Products Partners and he started his career with Shell Oil Company. 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