Governance
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited is a joint venture between Repsol and Sinopec. It arose from the acquisition, in 2015, by Repsol, of the global assets of the former Talisman Energy Inc, including its 51% equity interest in the joint venture, previously called Talisman Sinopec Energy UK.
In 2015 TEI (including its 51% shareholding in Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited) was acquired by Repsol SA and in January 2016 TEI was re-named Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc.
Timeline:
In July 2012, Talisman Energy Inc. (TEI) announced that Sinopec had agreed to acquire a 49% equity interest in Talisman's UK North Sea business.
Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited was created in December 2012 as a joint venture between Talisman Colombia Holdco Limited (TCHL), a subsidiary of TEI and Addax Petroleum UK Limited (APUK), a subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group).
In 2015 TEI (including its 51% shareholding in Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited) was acquired by Repsol SA and in January 2016 TEI was re-named Repsol Energy Oil & Gas Canada Inc.
Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited was re-named Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited in July 2016
We have a Board and Executive Committee comprising representatives from both shareholders. The Leadership Team, headed up by Bill Dunnett, manages the day to day business operations, with the Board and Executive Committee having authority in respect of certain operational, corporate and strategic matters.
Board of Directors
Luis Cabra
Executive Managing Director of Exploration and Production, Repsol
Tomás García Blanco
Executive Director Europe, Africa and Brazil, Repsol
Rudong Liu
Chief Financial Officer - Addax Petroleum Ltd
Che Hung Lo
Executive Vice President, Sinopec International E&P Corporation (SIPC)
Roger Ramshaw
Independent Director
Luis Cabra
Executive Managing Director of Exploration and Production, Repsol
Luis Cabra was born in Malaga in 1957. He has a doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Complutense University in Madrid. He studied business management at the international centres INSEAD and IMD, and worked as a Head Lecturer and Associate Lecturer at the Complutense University and the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
He joined Repsol in 1984 as a process engineer at the oil refinery in La Coruña, and has since held management posts in the Refining, Technology, Engineering, Procurement and Safety and Environment areas.
Luis has represented Repsol in international associations, serving as Chairman of the Fuel Committee of the European Petroleum Industry Association, President of the European Biofuel Technology Platform as well as Member of the European Research Advisory Board.
In September 2010 he was appointed Executive Director of Development and Production in Repsol's Upstream Division and since May 2012 he has been Repsol’s Executive Managing Director of Exploration and Production.
Tomás García Blanco
Executive Director Europe, Africa and Brazil, Repsol
Manuel Tomás García Blanco was born in 1964 in Oviedo, Spain. He graduated in Mining Engineering from Oviedo University (Spain), is certified in Petroleum Engineering with OGCI in Tulsa, as well as holding a Master's in Managing Corporate Resources from IMD in Lausanne (Switzerland).
He has more than 26 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry with Repsol. He worked as Field Engineer in Spain and Egypt; Reservoir and Production Engineer in Libya, Development Manager and Business Unit Manager in Venezuela; Director of Business Unit in Argentina; and Technical Director for Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.
In 2006 he was appointed as Repsol Upstream Executive Director for Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Since August 2014 he has held the position of CEO for Repsol Sinopec Brazil.
Rudong Liu
Chief Financial Officer - Addax Petroleum Ltd
Rudong Liu has 25 years of financial experience in the oil and gas industry with Sinopec oil company and subsidiaries. Prior to joining Addax Petroleum in July 2016, he worked for SIPC (Syria) Limited as Chief Financial Officer for four years, having been promoted from his headquarters role in Beijing.
Before this, Rudong spent ten years in head office finance positions with Shengli Oilfield Company.
A citizen of the People’s Republic of China, he holds a Masters in Management Science and Engineering from the China University of Petroleum.
Che Hung Lo
Executive Vice President, Sinopec International E&P Corporation (SIPC)
Che Hung Lo joined Sinopec International E&P Corporation Yadavaran Development Project in Iran in early 2010 as Vice Project Director. In 2011, he was transferred to the SIPC corporate office in Beijing as Vice President for HSE and Security.
In 2016, Che Hung was made an Executive Vice President with functional responsibility for Field Development, Production Management, Well Engineering, Quality and HSE Management. In 2017, he has now been assigned business responsibility for the Repsol Sinopec Joint Venture in the UK.
Prior to joining Sinopec, Che Hung worked for Shell for 37 years, during which time he was posted in Malaysia, Den Haag, and Nigeria. During his tenure at Shell he accumulated 10 years of offshore field working experience and various senior management positions involved in Joint Venture Business Management, Production Management, Asset Management, HSE Management, Integrated Planning, Operations Strategy Development as well as Business re-engineering.
He is a Malaysia citizen residing in Beijing China and has an HNC in Plant Engineering from the UK.
Roger Ramshaw
Independent Director
A native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Roger Ramshaw graduated with an MA degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MS in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He enjoyed a career in the oil & gas industry both in the United Kingdom and internationally, principally with Conoco Inc. He is currently the independent director on the board of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, a governor of Robert Gordon University and a trustee of the Grampian Autistic Society.
After graduation he first worked with Shell International in the Netherlands, Malaysia and Brunei, joining Conoco in 1975. Subsequently he has experienced all aspects of petroleum exploration, drilling, project development and production, working and managing in the UK, USA, Norway, UAE and Venezuela. Latterly he was President of Conoco Venezuela from 1999 to 2002 and then Chairman and Managing Director of ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited until his retirement in 2004.
Roger is an avid reader, enthusiastic cyclist and hill-walker.