Sunoco SVP to Retire

Pennsylvania-based petroleum product manufacturer and marketer Sunoco has announced that, effective May 30, 2008, Michael Dingus will retire both as a senior vice president of Sunoco, and as president of its SunCoke Energy subsidiary.

Michael Thomson, a Sunoco vice president, who is currently the executive vice president and COO of SunCoke Energy, will succeed Mr Dingus as senior vice president of Sunoco and as president of SunCoke Energy.

John Drosdick, chairman and CEO of Sunoco, said: “Mike Dingus’s entrepreneurial drive and steady leadership have been invaluable to SunCoke Energy’s growth and success. Under his direction, SunCoke Energy will have grown production capacity from 650,000 tons per year in 1996 to approximately six million tons per year, once all current and announced projects are complete.”