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Shell-Equinor UK unit Adura hires Spirit chief McCulloch as CEO
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Neil McCulloch becomes CEO of Adura, a Shell-Equinor unit, set to lead UK North Sea oil production with 140,000 barrels daily.
LONDON (Reuters) -Spirit Energy's chief Neil McCulloch will take the helm at Shell and Equinor's joint unit Adura, poised to be the UK North Sea's biggest oil and gas producer, the two majors said on Monday.
Adura, which was formed last December, is set to produce around 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with the bulk coming from Shell's output.
McCulloch has also held senior positions at North Sea oil and gas company EnQuest and at bigger groups OMV and BG Group.
(Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
Neil McCulloch, the chief of Spirit Energy, will take the helm at Adura.
Adura is set to produce around 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Adura is a joint unit formed by Shell and Equinor.
McCulloch has held senior roles at North Sea oil and gas company EnQuest, as well as at OMV and BG Group.
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