John E. Bethancourt
Executive Vice President, Technology and Services
John E. Bethancourt is executive vice president for technology and services for Chevron Corporation He also is responsible for overseeing health, environment and safety, as well as chemical, additives and mining operations.
A native of Dallas, Texas, he earned a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1974.
Later that year, Bethancourt joined Getty Oil Co. as a field engineer in Kilgore, Texas, and subsequently held a series of engineering and management positions with increasing responsibility. He joined Texaco Inc. when it merged with Getty in 1984 and was appointed area manager for South Texas in Texaco's U.S. producing operation. In 1989, Bethancourt was appointed assistant division manager of the Midland producing division in Midland, Texas.
In 1991, Bethancourt was named assistant to management in the office of the president and chief executive officer at Texaco's headquarters in White Plains, New York. He joined the Middle East/Far East division in 1993 as managing director of business development and was then named regional director for China. In 1996, Bethancourt was appointed to the position of vice president of business development for Texaco's refining and marketing group.
Bethancourt relocated to Houston, Texas, after being named vice president of corporate development in 1998. In this position, he was responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities and for handling Texaco's exploration and production transaction activities including mergers and acquisitions, trades and divestitures.
In 2000, Bethancourt was named vice president of Texaco Inc. and president of production operations for Texaco Worldwide Exploration and Production. In these roles, he was responsible for global producing operations with the objective of maximizing earnings and cash flow from Texaco's oil and gas fields while maintaining safe and environmentally sound operations.
Bethancourt was named vice president of Human Resources upon the formation of ChevronTexaco Corporation in October 2001.
He assumed his present position in July 2003.
Bethancourt is on the board of directors of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc., and the board of trustees of the Texas A&M Foundation. He is a former director of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Bethancourt was born in November 1951.
Updated: July 2008