Bruce Laws joined Maersk Oil in 2008 as the President of the Houston office. A member of the Maersk Oil Executive Team in Copenhagen, Bruce is responsible for activities in the U.S., Brazil and the Chissonga deepwater development project offshore Angola. Prior to joining Maersk Oil he worked exclusively in the international arena with Chevron followed by Murphy Oil, including overseas assignments in Papua New Guinea, Nigeria and Angola. While with Chevron, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the development exploration and new ventures functions. As Vice-President for Latin America, Africa and Europe Operations for Murphy, his responsibilities included the world's first FDPSO which developed the Azuite field, offshore The Republic of Congo. Bruce earned a Bachelor's Degree in Geology and a Master's Degree in Geophysics from the University of California, Santa Barbara