IPA gets new president

IPA gets new president

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA)'s board of
directors named Chris B. Newton the association's new president.

Newton replaces Paul Warwick, who recently left Indonesia on a
new assignment.

Newmont, who is based in Jakarta, is the president and general
manager of Santos Asia Pacific and has worked extensively in the
oil and gas industry, mainly in upstream operations and business
development.

He graduated with honors from Collingwood College at the
University of Durham in England with a degree in geology.

IPA groups all of the oil and gas contractors and service
companies in the country. -- JP