Philip J. Carroll
Philip J. Carroll, Jr. | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Died | 2014-10-06 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive, government advisor |
| Known for | CEO of Shell Oil (1993–1998), chairman and CEO of Fluor Corporation (until 2002) |
Philip J. Carroll, Jr. (1937–2014) was a prominent American executive who held influential positions across both corporate and governmental arenas. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Loyola University New Orleans in 1958, followed by a Master of Science in physics from Tulane University in 1961, after which he commenced his career as an engineer at Shell Oil. Carroll passed away on October 6, 2014, in Houston, Texas.
From 1993 until July 1998, Carroll was the CEO of Shell Oil. Subsequently, he took on the roles of chairman and CEO at Fluor Corporation, a top-tier engineering and construction services company, before retiring in February 2002.
His experience also includes non-executive directorships at the British defense firm BAE Systems, along with board memberships at several major organizations such as Boise Cascade, Vulcan Materials, American Express, Scottish Power, and the Texas Medical Center.
Carroll was recognized as an honorary life board member of the American Petroleum Institute and actively participated in advisory committees at Tulane University, Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, and the University of Houston.
During the 1970s, he led the Energy Conservation Division within the U.S. Department of Commerce and chaired the National Industrial Energy Conservation Council. In 2003, under the Bush administration, Carroll was appointed to direct the policy planning advisory board for Iraq’s Oil Ministry. He publicly opposed neo-conservative efforts advocating for the privatization of Iraqi oil resources, stressing that international oil companies function primarily as pragmatic business entities rather than ideological groups.
News
- An American and 2 Iraqis to Assume Key Oil Posts, New York Times, May 2, 2003.
- BBC with Greg Palast