CVR Refining, LP announced that Bill Copeland will become the company's vice president of crude oil supply, effective immediately. Copeland had been the director of crude supply for CVR Refining subsidiary Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC. Copeland has more than 30 years of industry experience.

For the past 20 years, he has served as a crude oil purchaser for Coffeyville Resources and Farmland Industries. Early in his career, he served as a petroleum landman for Phillips Petroleum Company, Worldwide Energy Corporation and Slawson Exploration Company.