Executive Vice-President & President, Integrated Oil Division and Designated President of the Integrated Oil Division for IOCo

John Brannan is responsible for EnCana's integrated oil business, including the company's upstream and downstream partnerships with ConocoPhillips. The core assets of this partnership are heavy oil producing facilities operated by EnCana at Foster Creek and Christina Lake, and refinery assets operated by ConocoPhillips at Wood River in Illinois and Borger in Texas. EnCana's Oilsands Division assets outside the ConocoPhillips partnership include Athabasca Gas, Borealis and Senlac projects, as well as the Kitimat, B.C. condensate importing operations.

John has more than 27 years of experience in drilling, production operations and project management across all aspects of oil and gas operations in a variety of domestic and international locations. John joined the company in 2001 as Senior Vice-President for International Technical Services and Major Projects, and was responsible for the initial development of the Buzzard discovery prior to the divestiture of the company's U.K. assets. John became Managing Director, Frontier and International New Ventures in 2003, leveraging EnCana's international positions to maximize the "option value" for the company. John assumed his current position in January 2007. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M, and is a member of APEGGA and the Association of Petroleum Engineers of Nova Scotia.