Douglas James Suttles (born 1960) was the president and chief executive officer of Ovintiv Corporation. After graduating from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

in 1983 with a BSc in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

, he joined the global oil and gas industry. He retired from Ovintiv on August 1, 2021.

Biography

Suttles was with

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and

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, prior to joining BP, where he initially spent eight years in

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in various engineering and leadership roles. Suttles then became Vice President for Northern

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operations, and was then appointed President of BP's

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ian oil business. Suttles was then named President of BP Sakhalin Inc. (which later merged with

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), where he was responsible for BP's activities in

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, and its joint venture with

n oil company

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. Suttles was named president of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., effective January 1, 2007. At the same time he also joined the board of BP America, and the BP America Operations Advisory Board. Suttles was 1st Vice President and board member for The Alaska Oil and Gas Association. Suttles was named COO BP Exploration and Production, effective January 2009, based in

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. In 2010, Suttles led BP's reaction to the

Deepwater Horizon oil spill The ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill was an environmental disaster off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum in ...

. Suttles is a 2008 recipient of the University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni Distinguished Mechanical Engineer Award. He acts as a mentor for undergraduates from the University of Texas and the

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. He served on the boards of The Anchorage Museum Association, The Foraker Group and

the Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in ...

. He supports charitable organizations including the

Texas 4000 Texas 4000 for Cancer or Texas 4000 is a 501(c)(3) federally registered non-profit organization, and the World's Longest Annual Charity Bike Ride. Each year a new group of 60 to 100 University of Texas at Austin students make a 70-day, 4,687-mile ...

, BP's United Way campaign and

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for

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. In January 2011, BP announced Doug's retirement from his role at the company. On June 11, 2013, Suttles was appointed President & CEO of

Encana Encana Corporation was a Canadian independent petroleum company that existed from 2002 to 2020. The company, stylised as EnCana until 2010, was created by David P. O'Brien of PanCanadian Petroleum and Gwyn Morgan of the Alberta Energy Company ...

Corporation, a large Canadian energy producer. Some five years later, in March 2018, Suttles moved from Canada to Denver, Colorado, working out of the company's Denver office. In 2018, as CEO, Suttles placed second out of 100 of the top earners in Calgary with a total compensation of $15,532,728, according to a Global Governance Advisors' survey posted by ''

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''.

References

External links

Bio at University of TexasBio at Business Week magazine
Living people Cockrell School of Engineering alumni American energy industry businesspeople BP people American chief executives of energy companies 1960 births {{US-CEO-stub