Heffner, a former executive with British Petroleum retired in 2001 after 20 years with the company. From 1996 to 2001, he was president of BP Algeria, responsible for overseeing a $5 billion division comprising a petroleum producing property and two natural gas developments in the Middle East. Previously, he served as joint venture manager in Colombia, managing partner relationships with the Colombian State Oil Company and private partners Total and Triton for $2 billion in Colombian oil and gas development. During his career with the company, he also served as BP's health, safety and environmental manager for the Western Hemisphere. Prior to BP, Heffner spent ten years with Bechtel Corporation, where he served in a variety of cost, planning and construction roles in the company's petrochemical division in the U.S. and Canada. |