Jim O’Leary joined BP in 1992 and has worked in the UK, Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, North America Gas and North Africa in a number of drilling and completion roles, both in the office and the field. Jim led the implementation of the improvement recommendations associated with the Deepwater Horizon incident across BP’s global operations. Jim became Vice President of Wells Egypt in 2012, and in 2015, was appointed as Vice President of Wells Africa, accountable for BP’s well activities across the continent. In 2018, Jim was appointed as Vice President of Africa & Middle East, accountable for BP’s well activities and in November 2020, was appointed as Vice President of Wells AGT.
Jim was appointed into his current role as VP of Wells Integration in April 2024, based in Sunbury, UK.
Jim has a Master of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.