WPX Energy announced that Karl F. Kurz has been elected to the company's board of directors. This increases the size of WPX's board to 12. Kurz is a former chief operating officer for Anadarko and also held management positions at Vastar Resources and ARCO Oil and Gas.

Most recently, he was the managing director and co-head of the energy group and a member of the investment committee at CCMP Capital Advisors LLC. In addition to the WPX board, Kurz also serves as a director for SemGroup Corporation and Global Geophysical Services Inc. Kurz will serve on WPX's nominating and governance committee along with Kimberly S. Bowers, Don J. Gunther and George A. Lorch. Eleven of WPX's board members are independent.