Shawn Lyon Biography and Net Worth

Mr. Lyon is senior vice president, Logistics & Storage of MPLX GP LLC.

Mr. Lyon joined Marathon Petroleum Company in 1989 as an engineer in Indianapolis, Indiana. While in Indianapolis, he worked in various positions in the midstream and engineering organizations. In 2002, Mr. Lyon transferred to Findlay, Ohio, where he has held a variety of leadership positions. He was named product quality manager in 2005 and operations manager for Marathon Pipe Line LLC (MPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of MPLX, in 2006. Mr. Lyon was named district manager in Transport and Rail for the Terminal, Transport and Marine business in 2008 and manager, Marketing and Transportation Engineering for Marathon Petroleum Company in 2010. He was named vice president of operations for MPL in 2011. In 2018, Mr. Lyon was named vice president, operations of MPLX GP LLC and president of MPL. He assumed his current position in 2022.

Mr. Lyon graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in construction engineering in 1989. He was licensed as a Professional Engineer in 1994.   

Mr. Lyon, by appointment of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, has served on the liquid pipeline advisory committee since 2019. He serves as the chair on the board of the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA); chair of the board of the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP); and owner representative for Marathon Petroleum’s interest in Capline. In 2019, Mr. Lyon received the Pipeline Leadership Award for driving transformation and improvement in the industry. Mr. Lyon served as past member and 2021 chair of the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) pipeline subcommittee steering group; the API-LEPA pipeline safety excellence steering committee; and the LEPA Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) policy committee. He co-chaired the public engagement recommended practice development group which includes industry, public and government entities for the entire pipeline segment. Mr. Lyon also served as chair of the pipeline industry’s implementation of the Pipeline Safety Management System (API RP 1173) from 2015-2018 and on the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board, by appointment of Governor Rick Snyder, from 2017-2018.

Mr. Lyon has actively worked to foster a culture of safety within MPL and across the industry. In 2019, MPL was awarded the API Distinguished Pipeline Safety Award. Selected by pipeline industry peers, the award acknowledged MPL for fostering a culture of safety, sharing and implementing best practices, and actively participating in and contributing to API policy and technical work.