BP America has appointed Susan Dio as its new chairman and president, the energy giant’s chief representative in the United States.
Ms Dio, who is a chemical engineer by training, has been chief executive of BP Shipping for the last three years.
In that time she oversaw renewal of BP’s fleet of 70 vessels globally – the largest such programme in the company’s history.
During her 33-year career she had held a series of commercial and operating roles in the US, UK and Canada.
Bob Dudley, chief executive of BP group, said: “Susan’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 US.
“The US is a vital part of BP – we have invested more than $100 billion here since 2005. All our businesses, from exploration to refining to renewable energies, operate at scale in the US and together they make up the largest portfolio of businesses we have anywhere in the world.”
Ms Dio succeeds John Mingé in the role, who has headed up BP America since February 2013, building up the firm’s reputation in the states in the years following the major Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.
More recently, he headed up the company’s response to Hurricane Harvey in Houston.
He has been with BP in most of his 35-year career, also holding posts in the US, UK, Vietnam and Indonesia, and will retire from the firm this month.
Mr Mingé is moving to chair a study by the National Petroleum Council (NPC) into carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS).
The study was set up by U.S energy secretary Rick Perry, and will look at the factors required for successful CCUS deployment at scale into the energy market.
Mr Dudley added: ““John has been a superb leader of BP America through a period of great challenge. 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 and across the US.”
“The effective use of CCUS technologies will be key to meeting the world’s ambitions to reduce carbon emissions and it is vital that we understand these technologies and how they can best be integrated with our energy systems. I am certain that the study John will lead will make an important contribution to developing this understanding.”
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