James R. (Jim) Blackwell
Executive Vice President, Technology and Services
James R. (Jim) Blackwell is executive vice president, technology and services for Chevron Corporation, a position he assumed in 2011. He is responsible for the oversight of technology, major capital project management, procurement and other corporate operating and support functions.
Previously Blackwell served as president of Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production Company. He was responsible for Chevron's exploration and production activities in nine countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
From 2003 to 2007, Blackwell served as the managing director for Chevron's Southern Africa strategic business unit, based in Luanda, Angola. He was responsible for exploration and production activities in the southern region of Africa. From 2002 to 2003, Blackwell was the president of Chevron Pipe Line Company, based in Houston, Texas.
Blackwell began his career in the energy industry in 1980 as a roustabout with Gulf Oil, based in Venice, La. Since joining Chevron, he has held a variety of technical, operational and line management positions of increasing responsibility in the United States, Nigeria and Kazakhstan.
Blackwell chairs the advisory board of the School of Economics and Business Administration at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., serves on the board of directors of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc., and served on the board of directors for the National Bureau of Asian Research. He is a member of the CSIS U.S.-China Policy Roundtable and the CSIS U.S.-ASEAN Strategy Commission.
Blackwell was born in Mississippi in 1958. He earned bachelor's degrees in biology and environmental technology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1980 and a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Tulane University in 1984.
Updated: January 2013