Robert “Doug” Lawler, formerly vice president of operations for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., has been promoted to senior vice president of international and deepwater operations, the company reported.

He also will join the company's executive committee.

Lawler has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry, beginning his career in 1988 with Kerr-McGee Corp., which was acquired by Anadarko in 2006. He has held positions of increasing responsibility within operations, business planning and analysis departments, and most recently served as vice president of operations, overseeing the company’s production and development activities in both the US Onshore Southern and Appalachia regions and the International region.

Lawler holds a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA degree from Rice University in Houston.