In re­sponse, Ri­ley said when he was ap­point­ed to the po­si­tion ten years ago, he was the first na­tion­al to head a for­eign-owned en­er­gy com­pa­ny and he got the sense that the whole coun­try want­ed him to suc­ceed. He thanked bpTT's em­ploy­ees, its con­trac­tors and sub-con­trac­tors, ex­ec­u­tives who served on the com­pa­ny's ad­vi­so­ry com­mit­tee and oth­ers.