March - Aabar Petroleum Investments Co. (Aabar) has announced the appointment of oil industry veteran David Woodward as the chief executive officer of the company. Woodward has 36 years of global oil industry experience, including tenures in Abu Dhabi between 1987 and 1991, when he was the deputy general manager of Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco), and during 1991-94 as the general manager of Abu Dhabi Onshore Operating Company (Adco). Prior to this appointment, Woodward was the president of BP Azerbaijan and oversaw oil and gas investments of $20 billion in the Caspian. He has also served in various senior-level positions in Russia, Alaska and Scotland as well as in supervisory and engineering roles in England and Norway. Aabar’s chairman Sohail Al Mazrui said Woodward’s appointment will enable the company to pursue its global exploration and production goals with renewed vigor. “We are confident that David Woodward will provide quality leadership for Aabar and its subsidiaries and play a key role in integrating our operations and management. He comes in at a crucial stage when Aabar is poised for further growth in oil and gas exploration and production,” Al Mazrui said. “Aabar has made considerable progress over the past two years since it was established. I look forward to working with the Board in steering Aabar to greater heights in the coming years,” Woodward said.

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