BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15. bp has announced the appointment of Elkhan Mammadov as senior vice president (SVP) for production, effective December 2, 2024, TurkicWorld reports.
According to the company, Elkhan Mammadov will be responsible for managing bp’s global upstream production activities. He will be based in bp’s London office and will report to Gordon Birrell, executive vice president, production and operations.
Currently he is vice president, production, for the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Türkiye (AGT) region. In this position Elkhan has been leading the AGT production organization for the last several years.
"Elkhan is a highly respected leader, well known for his passion for safety and the connection and trust he builds with colleagues, teams and external stakeholders. Under his leadership, the teams have been operating bp’s Caspian offshore and onshore facilities with remarkable safety performance and world-class efficiency and reliability. Earlier this year, he oversaw the safe start-up of the Azeri Central East project, bp’s most technologically advanced platform – bp’s seventh in Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Elkhan for everything he has done for AGT and wish him every success in his new role," said Gary Jones, bp’s regional president for AGT.