The Canaport LNG Team is made up of top experts from around the world who are highly experienced in global energy projects as well as local employees who bring a wealth of experience and talent to contribute to running a safe, efficient LNG terminal.

Members of the Canaport LNG Executive Management Team:

Adolfo José Azcárraga Gomis
General Manager of Canaport LNG

Adolfo Azcarraga is the General Manager of Canaport LNG. In his former role as Construction and Engineering Manager, he was responsible for the development of the Canaport LNG Terminal, including commercial, technical, legal and financial aspects of the project. He brings a wealth of experience to his position as he has managed projects in Spain for Repsol, including Cartagena LNG terminal expansion projects, a gas pipeline compressor station and an oil pipeline with an adjoining booster pumping station.

Prior to joining Repsol, Mr. Azcarraga was the Network Expansion Manager at CEGAS, a gas distribution subsidiary of Gas Natural in Valencia. He also served as Construction Manager in Isolux-Wat, a Spanish EPC company. During this period he participated in the construction of gas related projects and as Construction Manager of an electrolysis chlorine production complex in Tarragona.

Mr. Azcarraga was educated at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and, while a university student, was trained at the British Petroleum (then Petromed) refinery in Castellon and the Ford Motor Company in Valencia. He received his MBA from IESE Business School in Spain in 2001.

Phillip Ribbeck
Director of LNG North America for Repsol & Chairman of Executive Committee

Phil Ribbeck is the Director of LNG North America for Repsol and is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Canaport LNG. He oversees the development of LNG receiving terminals for Repsol and its affiliates in North America. Mr. Ribbeck is also responsible for the marketing and trading of LNG and natural gas in North America.

Before joining Repsol, Mr. Ribbeck worked for Amoco and BP. During his tenure at BP, he helped to develop the first three production facilities, called trains, for Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad & Tobago, which is an important supplier to Canaport LNG. He has worked in the LNG industry for over 28 years.

Mr. Ribbeck is a graduate of Louisiana State University.

Jesus Chillón
Director of LNG Operations & Projects for Repsol

Jesus Chillón is the Director of LNG Operations & Projects for the Repsol Upstream General Division.

With fourteen years of international experience in projects and operations management related to oil, natural gas and LNG, Mr. Chillón has worked in several large projects in Libya, Ecuador and Trinidad & Tobago.  He was involved in the management and planning of Exploration & Production (E&P) and Downstream projects, management of E&P Assets and the LNG value chain which includes well, offshore platform, pipeline, LNG terminal and transportation to regasification. 

Previously, he was responsible for the LNG Business Unit in Trinidad & Tobago and a member of the Administration Council of Atlantic LNG. 

Mr. Chillón is an Industrial Engineer, with a Major in Chemistry and received his Executive MBA in 2000.

Alejandro Plaza
Director of Planning and Control for Repsol

Alejandro Plaza is the Director of Planning and Control for Repsol within the Executive Division of LNG.

After several years in the banking industry, in 1991 he joined Repsol as Head of Treasury within its LPG division.  In 1994 he joined the Investor Relations unit where he was appointed Director in 1998.

Mr. Plaza holds a Law and Economics degree by ICADE in Madrid. He also has an MBA from IESE and a Master in Sciences by the London Business School.