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Dio new chairman, president of BP America
Minge, US head for BP since early 2013, led BP in Alaska for 4 years; he will chair CCUS study by the National Petroleum Council Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
BP has named Susan Dio chairman and president of BP America Inc., succeeding John Minge, who will move to chair a study by the National Petroleum Council.
Dio, a chemical engineer by training, has been chief executive of BP Shipping for the past three years, BP said in a March 20 statement, leading a review and reset of the organization’s strategy and operations and overseeing the ongoing renewal of the fleet, a program which BP called the largest in its history.
In a 33-year career with BP and heritage companies, Dio held a series of senior commercial and operating roles in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, the company said.
Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive, said that Dio’s “breadth of operational and commercial experience gained with BP around the world - including leading our global shipping business, running a major refinery, and managing a chemical plant - make her ideally suited for the key role of representing BP” in the United States. The U.S., Dudley said, is a “vital part of BP.” He said the company has invested more than $100 billion in the U.S. since 2006, adding that all of BP’s businesses - including exploration, refining and renewables - operate in the U.S. “and together they make up the largest portfolio of businesses we have anywhere in the world.”
Minge Minge, who headed BP America since early 2013, has been with BP for almost 35 years, holding executive and engineering posts in the U.S., UK, Vietnam and Indonesia.
“John has been a superb leader of BP America through a period of great challenge,” Dudley said. “He has driven a culture of safe, reliable and compliant operations throughout our businesses, worked steadily to rebuild our reputation, and been a tireless advocate for BP and our industry” in Washington, D.C., and throughout the U.S.
Prior to leading BP America, Minge spent four years running BP’s business in Alaska.
He will retire from BP in March 2019.
NPC study on CCUS Minge will chair the National Petroleum Council study on pathways for commercializing carbon capture, utilization and storage.
The NPC study was requested by Energy Secretary Rick Perry last year.
Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette noted in September at a meeting of the NPC that a single oil and gas company injects 26 times more carbon dioxide per day than is handled by the nation’s largest and newest carbon capture and storage facility, illustrating why the oil industry is the right group to examine the CCUS issue.
In a letter to the NPC, Perry said the council is well positioned to provide advice to the Department of Energy on the development and deployment of commercial CCUS technologies because companies in the industry “have extensive core competencies in designing, constructing, and operating large-scale capital-intensive energy and industrial projects … (including) some of the world’s largest facilities for carbon dioxide capture, processing, and use.”
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