John Sanclemente

Vice President, Wells Chevron Upstream

John Sanclemente is Chevron’s vice president of Wells and is responsible for the company’s entire portfolio of drilling, completions, and workover operations.

Prior to his current role, John was the director of Talent Management where he led the development of Chevron’s people strategy. In this position, he focused on his passion for developing one of Chevron’s most valuable assets – its workforce.

During his 37-year career at Chevron, John has built extensive knowledge of the Wells discipline. He has been general manager of Wells in the Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria, as well as Sr. Operations Manager for deepwater operations. His experience includes numerous positions of responsibility in U.S. and international locations across all of Chevron’s asset classes (heavy oil, deep water, shale & tight, and conventional).

John received his Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is an IOGP board member, and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.

Conference Day 1 - Wednesday September 23

8:15 AM Chevron’s Reliability Playbook: Using Robotics and AI to Cut Risk, Boost Safety and Reduce Emissions

Chevron Upstream is facing the dual imperative of delivering predictable and reliable production while maintaining an uncompromising safety standard and lowering carbon intensity across diverse and often aging assets. With pockets of excellence already showing higher uptime and fewer non‑productive events, they're accelerating their use of intelligent technologies to strengthen reliability, minimize human exposure and reinforce disciplined capital allocation.

This case study explores:

Use cases on deploying robotics, autonomous drones, ROVs and physical inspection robots
Using 24/7 Remote Operating Centers and condition‑based monitoring systems for continuous trend analysis and smart‑system insights
Applying disciplined capital‑allocation decisions when scaling technology across diverse and thin‑margin assets, balancing potential reliability gains against cost, historical‑data gaps and multi‑year time‑to‑value cycles
Lowering carbon intensity through reduced human–machine interaction, increased use of automation and robotics, and the integration of AI to eliminate operational bias

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