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David Wight is the immediate past President and CEO for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and retired January 1, 2006 from BP after 41 years. Prior to joining Alyeska, Mr. Wight served as President of BP Amoco Energy Company of Trinidad and Tobago for eight years.
Mr. Wight graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1964 and went to work for Amoco Production Company in Texas as a petroleum engineer. His Amoco career involved him in activities in Texas, Kansas Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Alaska and Illinois where he developed engineering, operation, production, procurement and management experience. His engineering and operations experience include extensive secondary recovery activity in Texas and the Rockies as well as gas activities from Kansas through the Rockies. The gas activities included conventional gas development, tight gas and coalbed natural gas. He then moved to Egypt as Managing Director of GUPCO, a joint E&P venture with the Government of Egypt.
As President of Amoco Trinidad, an Exploration and Production Company, Mr. Wight led the establishment of the first Greenfield liquefied natural gas plant in Trinidad, the second LNG plant in the Western Hemisphere. He also led the start of a two train LNG plant expansion as Associate President and Chairman of BP Energy Company of T&T.
Mr. Wight is a member of the following Boards and Associations: Success by 6 Board, the University of Alaska Anchorage College of Fellows, the University of Alaska Anchorage Board of Advisors, Trustee of the Nature Conservancy of Alaska, Commonwealth North Board. He is a member of the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, Texas Tech University, a member of the Providence Alaska Hospital Region Board, a member of the Alaskan Command Civilian Advisory Board. Upon retirement he resigned board positions with the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, the API, and the Association of Oil Pipelines. | 