- J.R. Whelan to succeed
B.P. Cahir effective March 1, 2017
- B.P. Cahir appointed executive
advisor to the chairman, Exxon Mobil Corporation
CALGARY, Jan. 31, 2017 /CNW/ - Imperial announced today
the appointment of J.R. (John)
Whelan as senior vice-president, upstream, effective
March 1, 2017. Mr. Whelan, currently
vice-president, production, Imperial, succeeds B.P. (Bart) Chair,
who has been appointed executive advisor to the chairman, Exxon
Mobil Corporation.
A professional engineer, Mr. Whelan started his career with
Mobil Oil Canada in 1988 as a subsurface engineer in Drayton Valley, Alberta. In 1991, he moved to
Stavanger, Norway and held a
variety of roles related to the development of major offshore oil
and gas projects.
Mr. Whelan returned to Canada
in 1999 and progressed through various managerial assignments
related to ExxonMobil Canada's east coast producing operations. In
2004, Mr. Whelan assumed a role at ExxonMobil Production Company's
headquarters in Houston, Texas as
a planning and business analyst. The following year, he
coordinated ExxonMobil Production Company's global business plan
and in 2006 he became operations technical manager with
ExxonMobil's US production affiliate.
Two years later, Mr. Whelan moved to Stavanger, Norway to become operations manager for
ExxonMobil's Norwegian affiliate. Following that assignment, Mr.
Whelan returned to Houston to
assume ExxonMobil Production Company's planning and commercial
manager role until joining Imperial in 2013.
A native of St. John's,
Newfoundland, Mr. Whelan earned a Bachelor of Engineering in
Mechanical Engineering from Memorial
University of Newfoundland. He is registered with The
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Alberta (APEGA) and Professional
Engineers & Geoscientists, Newfoundland & Labrador (PEGNL).
After more than a century, Imperial continues to be an
industry leader in applying technology and innovation to
responsibly develop Canada's
energy resources. As Canada's
largest petroleum refiner, a major producer of crude oil and
natural gas, a key petrochemical producer and a leading fuels
marketer from coast to coast, our company remains committed to high
standards across all areas of our business.
SOURCE Imperial Oil Limited