Bernard Looney
Current position
Bernard Looney is BP’s chief operating officer, production.
Education
Degree in Electrical Engineering from University College Dublin, and an MS in Management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Group responsibilities
Bernard Looney is responsible for production operations, well operations, supply-chain management and engineering in the upstream.
Bernard Looney is BP’s chief operating officer, production.
Education
Degree in Electrical Engineering from University College Dublin, and an MS in Management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Group responsibilities
Bernard Looney is responsible for production operations, well operations, supply-chain management and engineering in the upstream.
Career
Bernard Looney joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in the North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001 Bernard took on responsibility for drilling operations on Thunder Horse in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
In 2005 Bernard became senior vice president within BP Alaska, before moving in 2007 to be head of the group chief executive’s office.
In 2009 he became the managing director of BP’s North Sea business in the UK and Norway.
Bernard became executive vice president, developments, in October 2010. He took up his current role in February 2013.
External roles
Bernard is a member of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Bernard Looney joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in the North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001 Bernard took on responsibility for drilling operations on Thunder Horse in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
In 2005 Bernard became senior vice president within BP Alaska, before moving in 2007 to be head of the group chief executive’s office.
In 2009 he became the managing director of BP’s North Sea business in the UK and Norway.
Bernard became executive vice president, developments, in October 2010. He took up his current role in February 2013.
External roles
Bernard is a member of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Related links
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30 April 2012
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