Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Tex., is consolidating its management structure following operational changes that have come with $7.5 billion in noncore asset sales since 2015. The moves, which involve existing personnel, are effective immediately.
Danny Brown will become executive vice-president, US onshore operations, with responsibility for the company’s upstream and midstream activity in Colorado, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. He previously served as executive vice-president, international and deepwater operations.
Mitch Ingram will become executive vice-president, international and deepwater operations and project management, overseeing Anadarko’s development and production activities in Algeria, Ghana, the Gulf of Mexico, and Mozambique. He will also assume responsibility for the company’s worldwide project-management and construction activities. He’s formerly executive vice-president, global LNG.
Ernie Leyendecker will become executive vice-president, exploration, with responsibility for the company’s worldwide exploration efforts. US onshore exploration is being combined with Leyendecker’s prior duties as executive vice-president, international and deepwater exploration, consolidating all the company's exploration activities under his direction.
Brad Holly, formerly executive vice-president, US onshore exploration and production, is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
“Anadarko will continue to direct most of its investing toward our short- and intermediate-cash-cycling opportunities in the US onshore and tieback opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico while continuing to build longer-term value through our emerging LNG business and selective deepwater exploration,” said Al Walker, Anadarko chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
