Ernest A. Leyendecker

Biography

Mr. Leyendecker is Executive Vice President, Exploration, responsible for the company’s exploration activities around the world. He most recently served as Executive Vice President, International & Deepwater Exploration. He has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry. He began his career in Midland, Texas in 1982 with Marathon Oil Company, where he served in multiple engineering roles including drilling, completions and reservoir engineering. After various other assignments, he left to pursue a leadership role in the start-up of Enterprise Oil Gulf of Mexico. In 2002, Enterprise Oil was acquired by Shell, and Mr. Leyendecker joined Kerr-McGee’s Gulf of Mexico team. He served in increasing roles of responsibility as Exploration Manager for the shelf and as an exploration manager for the deepwater Gulf before Kerr-McGee was acquired by Anadarko in 2006. Since 2006, he has held positions of increasing responsibility at Anadarko, including General Manager for Worldwide Exploration, Engineering and Planning, Vice President of Corporate Planning and Vice President of Gulf of Mexico Exploration.

Research Interest

Mr. Leyendecker holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Houston Geological Society.