Former Chevron business manager Hugh McClure is to oversee Dana Petro-leum’s £1billion Western Isles development after being named the firm’s new director of capital development projects.
McClure, who joined the company two years ago as health and safety director, has been overseeing the development as project director since last summer.
The new title confirms his role for the flagship venture, and future projects.
“Hugh’s new role will ensure we have the right level of focus on Western Isles and across all our future development projects,” said acting Dana chief executive Graham Scotton.
“He will have full accountability for the performance and delivery of our operated development projects. This is an important step to exploit resources from our exploration successes and further develop Dana’s capability.”
The $1.6billion project involves Dana and project partner Cieco developing two oil fields – Harris and Barra – around 160km east of Shetland.
The project, including the development of a new floating production, storage and offloading vessel along with two exploration wells and subsea structures, is expected to produce around 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent.
Before joining Dana, McClure spent 27 years with Chevron on projects in the North Sea, USA and Australia.