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The Utah Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade organization that seeks to promote the oil and gas industry, raised $30,000 for local charities by bringing together members of the energy industry during its second annual Charity Golf Classic held at Mountain Dell Golf Course.
The event, which attracted more than 300 golfers, was sponsored by Newfield Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum, HollyFrontier, Big West Oil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Silver Eagle Refining, Tesoro and XTO Energy.
The charities chosen to receive the money raised include United Way of Salt Lake, the Davis Education Foundation, the Uintah & Daggett Children's Justice Center, Family Connection Center, Bountiful Food Pantry and the University of Utah Burn Center.
"We take our role as an important and vital industry within the community seriously and work hard to be a good neighbor," said HollyFrontier's Woods Cross Refinery General Manager Lynn Keddington. "We are proud of the philanthropic spirit the golf tournament generates and how the money raised can help make our communities wonderful places to live."
Utah is blessed with an abundant supply of natural resources, making the state a significant contributor to the nation's oil and gas supply, according to the trade group.
Utah ranks 9th nationally in oil production and 12th in natural gas production. The majority of oil and gas production in Utah takes place in the Uinta Basin. Utah is also home to five petroleum refineries, which produce over a billion gallons of gasoline and a billion gallons of diesel and jet fuel annually.