The governor’s office announced today that Uduak-Joe Ntuk, a member of Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees, has been appointed to serve as the state’s top oil and gas regulator.
Ntuk has been appointed supervisor of the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources at the California Department of Conservation, according to a news release by the governor’s office.
Since 2016, Ntuk has been the petroleum administrator for Los Angeles and is also an adjunct faculty member at Cal’s State Long Beach Chemical Engineering Department since 2015.
Ntuk was petroleum engineering associate for Long Beach from 2011 to 2016 and held several positions at Chevron Corporation from 2006 to 2011.
Ntuk was an academic advisor at the California State University, Long Beach College of Engineering from 2003 to 2005.
Ntuk earned a Master of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $209,940.
Ntuk is the first African-American male elected to serve since LBCC’s founding, and currently represents Uptown Long Beach.