2025 West Virginia Oil & Gas Person of the Year
Clay Perkins
Past Recipients of the WV Oil & Gas Person of the Year Award
| Year: | Name: | Year: | Name: |
| 1970 | Paul W. Neuenschwander | 1998 | Duncan C. Malcolm |
| 1971 | Thomas A. Anderson | 1999 | John J. White |
| 1972 | Boyd C. Haynes | 2000 | Gary (Whitey) Westfall |
| 1973 | James B. Gehr | 2001 | Steve Williams |
| 1974 | Paul H. Price | 2002 | Edward A. Broome |
| 1975 | Howard F. Johnson | 2003 | Joseph C. Pettey |
| 1976 | John C. Wright, Jr. | 2004 | David L. McKain |
| 1977 | Benjamin Cooksey, Jr. | 2005 | Stanley N. Masoner |
| 1978 | Corliss W. Harris | 2006 | Dennis P. (Denny) Harton |
| 1979 | William W. Ferrell | 2007 | Samuel Ameri |
| 1980 | David D. Taylor | 2008 | John Mork |
| 1981 | Bryon Maxwell | 2009 | Donald P. Nestor |
| 1982 | Thomas B. Dunn | 2010 | Kenneth R. Mason |
| 1983 | James S. Ray | 2011 | J. Frank Deem |
| 1984 | R. H. Adkins | 2012 | John B. Simonton |
| 1985 | Pat Wright | 2013 | Rich Heffelfinger |
| 1986 | John M. Williams | 2014 | Michael McCown |
| 1987 | James A. Crews | 2015 | R. Dennis Xander |
| 1988 | Stanley Pickens | 2016 | Donald Supcoe |
| 1989 | D. Gene Haney | 2017 | Charlie Burd |
| 1990 | Mike Ross | 2018 | David Freshwater |
| 1991 | Larry D. Woodfork | 2019 | Rusty Hutson |
| 1992 | Benjamin Hardesty | 2020 | Jan Chapman |
| 1993 | James N. Ryan | 2021 | Marc Halbritter |
| 1994 | I. L. (Ike) Morris | 2022 | Lori Miller Smith |
| 1995 | Charles E. (Chuck) Richner | 2023 | Jim Crews |
| 1996 | James L. Weekley | 2024 | Lloyd G. Jackson II |
| 1997 | Lloyd G. Jackson, Sr. | 2025 | Clay Perkins |
