EnQuest appoints North Sea president

EnQuest PLC to announced the appointment of Neil McCulloch as president, North Sea, effective 1 April 2014.

McCulloch has held a number of senior positions in the oil and gas sector, and joins EnQuest from international oil and gas company OMV AG, where he had the global role of senior vice president production & engineering. Prior to this, he spent 11 years with BG Group in a range of senior UK and international roles, most recently as vice president & asset general manager, UK Upstream, with accountability for the delivery of BG’s UK North Sea business.

Neil will succeed David Heslop, who retires from his role as managing director UKCS on 1 April 2014. Thereafter Helson will continue to support EnQuest in an advisory capacity or on special projects.

Amjad Bseisu, chief executive of EnQuest said: “I am delighted to welcome Neil as head of our North Sea business. With his wealth of technical and management experience in the oil and gas industry and in the UK North Sea in particular, I am confident that Neil will be an excellent member of EnQuest’s senior management team and will make a valuable contribution to the growth and development of EnQuest over the coming years.