McGill named head of ExxonMobil Production; replaces Koonce

Petroleum News staff

Exxon Mobil Corp. said March 31 that Stuart McGill will replace Terry Koonce, who is retiring, as president of ExxonMobil Production Co. McGill is currently president of ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing Co.

The company said its board of directors is expected to elect McGill to his new position with an effective date of July 1; Koonce is retiring from the company June 30 after more than 41 years of service.

The company said Philip Dingle, president of ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia (Southern Ghawar) Ltd. is expected to succeed McGill as president of ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing.

McGill, a native of Australis, holds a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Sydney University. He joined Esso Australia Ltd. in 1969 as an engineer in their production department.

Koonce, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, joined Exxon in 1963 under completion of his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering at Rice University in Houston, where he also had received his bachelor's degree.

Dingle, a native of Albert, received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Calgary in 1970 and joined Imperial Oil Ltd., an ExxonMobil affiliate, upon graduation.