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 Executive Management 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
José Carlos de Vicente Bravo
Regional Executive Director Europe, Africa & Brazil (Repsol)
Tomás García Blanco
Executive Managing Director Exploration & Production (Repsol)
Dale Moore
Head of Organization - Addax Petroleum Ltd
Che Hung Lo
Executive Vice President, Sinopec International E&P Corporation (SIPC)
Roger Ramshaw
Independent Director
José Carlos de Vicente Bravo
Regional Executive Director Europe, Africa & Brazil (Repsol)
José Carlos has a degree in Geological Science (Universidad del Pais Vasco) and an Executive MBA from IESE (Universidad de Navarra), Madrid.
José Carlos de Vicente joined Repsol in 1997, as Exploration Team Leader in the Spanish Business Unit and led the Exploration of the Mediterranean area. From 1999 to 2005 he led the Regional Studies Division worldwide. He then moved to the Houston office as Exploration Manager for North America. In 2008 José Carlos was appointed Director of E&P Business Development and became member of the Upstream Executive Committee.
In 2013 he was appointed Executive Regional Director of the Caribbean Region, encompassing Colombia Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago. Since mid-2015 he was appointed Corporate Director M&A, based in Madrid. His current position, is Regional Executive Director Europe, Africa & Brazil.
José Carlos has extensive experience in the international E&P business through his responsibilities in several positions both technical and managerial and has been involved in more than 20 relevant transactions worldwide, including asset disposal and acquisition, exploration acreage capture and JV´s with several E&P companies.
Tomás García Blanco
Executive Managing Director Exploration & Production (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.
Dale Moore
Head of Organization - Addax Petroleum Ltd
Dale Moore has a Diploma of Petroleum Technology from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech.
He is Canadian citizen with over 30 years industry experience in drilling, reservoir engineering, production engineering, completions, production operations and joint venture management.
He has undertaken previous work assignments in Canada, Russia, The Netherlands, UK, Yemen, Nigeria, Switzerland, Cameroon and Gabon.
He is currently Head of Organization for Addax Petroleum UK based in Aberdeen.
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.