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| EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - FRONTIER OIL CORP /NEW/ | ex99-2.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
NEWS
RELEASE
2009-14
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Kristine Boyd
(713)
688-9600 x135
FRONTIER
OIL ELECTS NEW DIRECTOR
HOUSTON,
TEXAS, November 19, 2009– Frontier Oil Corporation (NYSE: FTO) is pleased to
announce the election of Franklin Myers to its Board of
Directors. Mr. Myers has most recently served as Senior Advisor for
Cameron International Corporation and from 2003 to 2008 served as the Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1995 to 2003, he
served at various times as Senior Vice President and President of a division
within Cooper Cameron Corporation as well as General Counsel and
Secretary. Prior to joining Cooper Cameron Corporation in 1995, Mr.
Myers served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Baker Hughes
Incorporated, and as attorney and partner at the law firm of Fulbright &
Jaworski. Mr. Myers currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ion
Geophysical Incorporated and Comfort Systems Incorporated. He holds a
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University
and a J.D. degree with honors from the University of Mississippi.
Frontier
operates a 130,000 barrel-per-day refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas, and a
52,000 barrel-per-day refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and markets its
refined products principally along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and
in other neighboring plains states.
This
press release includes “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Such statements are those concerning strategic plans,
expectations and objectives for future operations. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included in this press release that address
activities, events or developments that the Company expects, believes or
anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking
statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by
the Company based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current
conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are
appropriate in the circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of
assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of
the Company. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements.
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