Colin Beckett
General Manager Greater Gorgon Area
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
Colin Beckett is general manager Greater Gorgon Area with responsibilities including the Gorgon Project.
He has more than 30 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Initially based in the United Kingdom, he was involved with the design, construction and project management of major field developments in the United Kingdom before relocating to Perth, Australia in 1988. Since then he has been involved with technical, commercial and strategic aspects of major projects in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In 1992, he relocated to Melbourne and took on responsibility for oil developments in Papua New Guinea and Australia before taking over as BP's North West Shelf General Manager.
From 1997 to 2000, Colin was employed with Mobil Australia and held roles as strategic planning manager and Gorgon asset manager before joining Chevron Australia in 2000 as strategic planning manager, a position he held until the merger with Texaco in 2001, at which time he became general manager, Technical Services. In September 2002, he assumed the position of general manager, Venture Gas. In this role he was accountable for the Malampaya gas project in the Philippines, the North West Shelf gas development in Australia, new ventures and business development.
Colin has a master's degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and also is chairman of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association.