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Bruce L. Niemeyer

Bruce L. Niemeyer

President, Americas Exploration and Production, Chevron

Bruce L. Niemeyer, 63, is president, Americas Exploration & Production, Chevron Corporation, a role he assumed in 2022. He oversees Chevron’s exploration and production activities throughout the Americas, including the company’s significant portfolio of assets in California, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions of the United States, Canada, and Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, and Venezuela in Latin America.

Prior to his current role, Niemeyer served as corporate vice president of Strategy and Sustainability for the corporation. In that role, he was responsible for guiding the development of the company’s key strategies, including capital allocation and sustainability efforts.

Niemeyer was vice president of Chevron’s Mid-Continent business unit from 2013 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for developing assets in the mid-continent United States, including significant Permian assets in Texas and New Mexico.

Previous roles have included vice president of the Appalachian/Michigan business unit from 2011 to 2013, and general manager of strategy and planning for Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company.

Niemeyer is a member of the Oxford Energy Policy Club, the Upstream Committee of the American Petroleum Institute, and the Executive Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership.

Niemeyer joined Texaco in 2000 from Atlantic Richfield Company. He earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a registered petroleum engineer in the state of California.

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