Jim Raney graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975. Jim joined Mobil Oil in 1981 after serving 6 years on active duty. He served in a variety of technical and management assignments with Mobil.  At the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999, Jim served a technical advisor to ExxonMobil Production Company before joining Anadarko Petroleum’s International team in 2001. He was called to active duty to support Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom soon after 911. In 2004, Jim Raney returned to Anadarko and is currently in the Director, Engineering & Technology. 

Jim currently leads the Anadarko Petroleum’s HP/HT efforts to build 20,000 psi rig, BOP, riser, subsea equipment and subsurface equipment for a GoM development. 

Jim currently serves as a member of the API Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment and Materials (CSOEM) and Vice-Chairman of the API Global Industry Service Committee (GISC).  He is past chairman of the API Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment and Materials (CSOEM), API Monogram Program Board (MPB) and API Protocol for Equipment Rated above 15,000 psi Committee (TR PER15K-1). Jim is also on the Board of Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)