Early life Lance graduated from
Great Falls High School in
Great Falls, Montana. He received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from
Montana Tech of the University of Montana in
Butte, Montana.
Career Lance started his career with
ARCO Alaska in 1984. In 1989, he moved to the ARCO operations in
Bakersfield, California. In 1992, he transferred to
Midland, Texas, to work on ARCO's
coalbed methane operations in the
San Juan Basin. In 1994, Lance returned to Alaska as exploration engineering manager. From 1996 to 1998, he worked for Vastar Resources (a spin-off from ARCO, later merged with
Amoco, and finally
BP) in
Houston, Texas, as planning manager. In 1998, he served as vice president of the Western North Slope for ARCO Alaska. In 2001, he returned to Houston as the general manager of Lower 48 and Canadian operations for the
Phillips Petroleum Company. Upon the merger between
Conoco, Inc. and
Phillips Petroleum Company in 2002, he became Vice President of Lower 48 for
ConocoPhillips. Lance has been chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips since May 2012. Lance serves on the boards of directors of Spindletop International, the
American Petroleum Institute, and the
Independent Petroleum Association of America. He is a member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers. Lance additionally sits on the advisory board of his alma mater,
Montana Technological University. ==References==