By Onome Oghenetega
Mr. Richard (Rick) Kennedy has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL).
CNL is an operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV).
According to a statement on Wednesday signed by the company’s General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, said the appointment of Mr. Kennedy takes effect on November 1, 2020.
Mr. Kennedy replaces the former Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Ewing, who recently moved into a new role outside Nigeria in Chevron’s Middle East, Africa and South America Region.
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Until his appointment, Mr. Kennedy was Director, Deepwater and Production Sharing Contracts, in charge of the company’s Deepwater portfolio and assets.
The statement said Kennedy had a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1984 and joined Chevron in the same year as a Production/Reservoir Engineer.
According to it, the new chairman has held numerous technical and leadership positions of increasing responsibility within Chevron’s Upstream, Midstream and Technical Center segments.
CNL new boss, Brikinn added, has lived and worked in Canada, Indonesia, The Partitioned Zone, Nigeria and the United States in the course of his Chevron career.
