Harvey Johnstone

Director, Environment & Asia Pacific at International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)

Speaker

Harvey Johnstone joined the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) as Environment Director in 2021. He has over 30 years of experience in both government and private sector roles.

Harvey spent 14 years with the Western Australian Government’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in roles spanning air quality monitoring, Management of Industry Licensing, Pollution Management and Contaminated Sites. He was instrumental in the advent of many regulatory changes including, load-based licencing, small industry regulation and the drafting of WA’s Contaminated Sites legislation.

After DEP, he joined bp’s Remediation Management Function in Perth, overseeing soil and groundwater liabilities in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East where he oversaw large remediation projects. He also acted as Environment Advisor to bp Upstream NOJVs in Australia.

Harvey has extensive experience in decommissioning planning and operations, particularly onshore decommissioning and asset retirement obligations. He was a member of the Decommissioning Due Diligence team for bp’s Onshore assets.

He has managed projects and issues in many countries including Australia, Canada, China, Iraq, Oman, Vietnam, Singapore, UK, and USA.

Harvey has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Australia and a Certificate in Governance Practice from the Governance Institute of Australia.