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Weiss is named to head BP Alaska
Janet Weiss has been named regional president of BP Alaska, succeeding John Minge who has been named chairman and president of BP America Inc.
The appointments are effective Feb. 15, BP said in a Jan. 29 statement.
Minge has headed BP’s Alaska business since Jan. 1, 2009. In his new position he will be based in Houston and will be BP’s lead representative in the U.S.
Weiss is currently regional vice president, resources, in Alaska, responsible for resource progression and subsurface activities, BP said.
Weiss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University and has held engineering and executive posts in Alaska and the Lower 48.
Weiss began her career in Alaska in 1986, and has worked in Alaska as a process engineer, reservoir engineer, petroleum engineer and reservoir engineering advisor.
Her executive appointments include vice president of special projects for BP Exploration & Production and vice president for unconventional gas technology. She has also led BP’s western Wyoming businesses and base operations for the company’s Gulf of Mexico shelf.
Eighteen years in Alaska “BP’s history in Alaska stretches back more than five decades and it is one of the largest and most important businesses in BP’s global portfolio,” Minge said. “Having spent 18 of her 27 years in the industry in Alaska, I am confident that Janet Weiss’ background and experience are what BP Alaska needs to continue thriving as a major global energy producer.”
Weiss will continue to be based in Anchorage, and in addition to responsibilities for BP’s exploration, development and production activities in Alaska, she will be responsible for its interests in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
“BP Alaska is home to some of the most capable people in the industry and I am honored to be asked to lead them,” Weiss said. “I’ve seen first-hand what they can achieve in even the most challenging of environments.”
BP Alaska has more than 2,200 employees and more than 6,000 contractors and operates four fields on the North Slope, including Greater Prudhoe Bay, which together account for about two-thirds of the state’s oil production.
BP has 23,000 employees in the U.S., the largest concentration of BP employees in the world, and its U.S. capital investments over the past five years exceed $52 billion, more, the company said, than it invests in any other country.
—Kristen Nelson
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