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BP Amoco names Alaska leadership team Richard Campbell to head combined operation; ARCO Alaska employees named to head three of eight business, resource units Kristen Nelson PNA News Editor
BP Amoco has named its Alaska leadership team — the team that will take over when BP Amoco’s acquisition of ARCO is complete. Six of the nine leadership positions will be held by BP employees, three by ARCO.
BP Amoco said in April that retention of local knowledge would be a consideration as positions were filled in the new organization. ARCO Alaska Inc. employees have been picked to lead the western North Slope and Alpine business units — areas which have been largely ARCO run, while BP Exploration (Alaska) employees will lead the central and eastern North Slope business units.
Richard Campbell will be regional president of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. — the title he holds now.
Tim Holt of BP remains the business unit leader for the central North Slope, an area where BP Exploration (Alaska) and ARCO Alaska currently split operation of the Prudhoe Bay field.
Joe Leone of ARCO Alaska, now vice president Greater Kuparuk, will be business unit leader for the western North Slope — an area where ARCO has been the dominant operator with its Kuparuk River field. Milne Point is the only BP-operated field on the western side of the North Slope.
Ken Konrad, currently BP’s manager regional strategy, will be business unit leader eastern North Slope, an area where BP has been the operator.
Ryan Lance, ARCO Alaska’s vice president western North Slope, will be the business unit leader at Alpine, a field which ARCO Alaska and Anadarko Petroleum are currently developing.
One of the business unit leaders is new to Alaska: Dave McManus, who will be business unit leader for gas, is coming to Alaska from a position as managing director of ARCO British.
BP Exploration (Alaska) employees in three areas will continue as business unit leaders in those areas once the acquisition is complete: F.X. O’Keefe as exploration business unit leader, Anne Drinkwater as Alaska transportation business unit leader and Tom Blackwell as manager business resources.
BP Exploration (Alaska) spokeswoman Carla Beam told PNA that two BP Exploration (Alaska) business unit leaders are being reassigned: David Blackwood, currently BP’s western North Slope business unit leader, will move to London to become BP Amoco’s technical vice president of projects. Octavio Pastrana, eastern North Slope business unit leader, will move to Venezuela as deputy business unit leader in that country.
Sale expected to close in fourth quarter Campbell has also named four other members of the management team in Alaska. All are BP Exploration (Alaska) employees. Three will have the same position in the new organization: Ross Klie, manager health, safety and environment; Sandy Beitel, director human resources; and Jim Palmer, vice president external affairs. Chris Phillips, who has been manager of waste management, will be manager of shared services technical in the new organization.
BP said that the company’s plans to acquire ARCO, announced in April, are currently under review by regulatory agencies and are expected to be completed sometime during the fourth quarter of this year.
In announcing the appointments, BP Exploration (Alaska) Regional President Richard Campbell said: “We recognize that there are a number of steps which must be taken before this deal is ultimately approved. Our goal in announcing these staffing decisions now is to make the eventual transition a smooth one.”
The company said it plans to announce its intentions with regard to the next tier of the combined organization by mid-August. The remainder of the staff positions will be determined 30 days after the acquisition is completed.
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