Eugene Garcia, president of Hurd Enterprises Ltd. in San Antonio, was honored with the Mr. TIPRO award by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) at its 2025 Summer Conference last week in San Antonio. Presented annually, the award is TIPRO’s top honor and recognizes members of the association who have proven to be loyal and involved over the years. Recipients of the Mr. TIPRO award are selected for demonstrating distinctive service and dedication to the association and its mission and recognized for significant achievements in their careers benefiting the Texas oil and natural gas industry.
Garcia has been a member of TIPRO for over 17 years and is a former chairman of the association. During his term leading TIPRO’s Board of Directors from 2018-2020, Garcia was the association’s first “third generation” chairman, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Ambassador John G. Hurd (who served as chairman from 1960-1962), and his uncle, JR Hurd (who was TIPRO chairman from 2004-2006). Today Garcia still serves on TIPRO’s board and remains a continued sponsor and supporter of the organization. Through his longtime involvement and active participation with TIPRO, Garcia has been an important source of leadership for the association on a wide range of industry priorities.
Garcia began his career working for NASA, before later joining the tech world where he worked in successful positions with both Intel Corporation and Dell. In 2004, he was brought back into the family business where he has been working alongside his family at Hurd Enterprises as the company’s president. Hurd Enterprises is one of the most active independent producers exploring for natural gas in the Wilcox, Frio and Vicksburg trends along the Gulf Coast and in deep South Texas. The company also operates a commercial cattle business in South Texas and Southeastern Kansas and delivers over 5,500 feeder steers each year. Hurd’s real estate business has a portfolio of over 3 million square feet of commercial real estate in premier locations like San Antonio, New Braunfels and Laredo.
Outside of his career and industry accomplishments, Garcia has been involved with a number of charitable organizations. He is chairman of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio & Guadalupe Valley. He has also served on the board for the Mission Road Ministries and the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council and as a member of the McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors. Additionally, he has been the chair of the First Presbyterian Church Local Missions Committee.
“Throughout the years, Eugene has demonstrated his outstanding leadership for Texas energy and our association is proud to recognize him as this year’s Mr. TIPRO,” said Ed Longanecker, president of TIPRO. “We appreciate Eugene’s commitment to TIPRO and his enthusiasm that’s helped propel the state’s oil and gas industry forward.”
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