Carl Michael Smith
| Carl Michael Smith | |
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| Executive Director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy | |
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In office 2002–2004 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert W. Gee |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey D. Jarrett |
| Oklahoma Secretary of Energy | |
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In office 1995–2002 |
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| Governor | Frank Keating |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Nesbitt |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. Sullivan, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 |
| Alma mater |
University of Oklahoma OU Law |
Carl Michael "Mike" Smith (born 1944) is an American businessman, energy expert, and politician from Oklahoma. Smith is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Smith has served in numerous energy policy positions for both the United States federal and Oklahoma state governments, including Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy under President George W. Bush (2002–2004) and Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating (1995–2002).
Smith earned his bachelor's degree in 1966 from the University of Oklahoma and received his juris doctorate in 1969 from the OU College of Law, where he focused on oil and gas law. After graduating from OU, Smith began a partner with Lawrence, Smith and Harmon. The later left that firm to become President of Red Rock Exploration, Inc., an Oklahoma City based oil and gas exploration company with operations in central and western Oklahoma. While with Red Rock, Smith was elected to the Board of Director of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association in 1981, a position he would hold until 1995. In 1983, Smith became a partner with the Oklahoma law firm of Lawrence and Ellis. Smith was elected President of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association in 1994.
Smith was appointed to the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, a state board that conducts environmental restoration of orphaned and abandoned well sites, encourages the wise and efficient use of energy, and promotes energy education, and was, in 1994, elected that Board's Secretary.
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