James Milne

James Milne brings over 40 years' experience in the downstream oil industry, and has worked for several multi-national oil companies such as Texaco, Total and Repsol Petroleum. In addition, he has held Managing Director roles for both Texaco- and Esso-branded distributors here in the UK. After leaving a London-based importer and trader of petroleum products in 2002, James entered the consultancy sector, making use of his extensive network of contacts across the industry and has successfully...See more

James Milne brings over 40 years' experience in the downstream oil industry, and has worked for several multi-national oil companies such as Texaco, Total and Repsol Petroleum. In addition, he has held Managing Director roles for both Texaco- and Esso-branded distributors here in the UK. After leaving a London-based importer and trader of petroleum products in 2002, James entered the consultancy sector, making use of his extensive network of contacts across the industry and has successfully built a renowned reputation, working in partnership with organisations such as Royal Dutch Vopak, the States Governments of both Jersey and Guernsey, United Nations, Reliance Petroleum of India, NATO and many others. Consultancy work has taken James to Uganda, Liberia, Dubai and Malaysia in the past 5 years. James advised the organisation that acquired the Total UK downstream assets in a deal worth £ 360 million in 2012 on all matters relating to supply and distribution logistics. As well as extensive commercial training - for the Energy Institute and other providers - James started lecturing at GSM London on Project Management on the MSc Oil & Gas program. James also lectures in Energy Economics at Coventry University and writes and delivers certificated courses for other academic and commercial training and Higher Education establishments and providers. James has been involved with the Energy Institute's Supply & Distribution Economics training course for 10 years and has also been accredited by SGS to deliver awareness training on the EI/JIG 1530 Standard for aviation fuels handling. See less