Sarah Karthigan

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption, where will it deliver the greatest return on investment across oil and gas? Industry leaders will discuss proven successes, lessons learned, and the next frontier of operational value creation.

• Sean Smith, Vice President, Continuous Improvement, Phillips66
• Paul Whipp, Vice President US Subsurface, Equinor
• Sarah Karthigan, Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Weatherford
• Paa-Joe Akoti-Ampaw, Vice President, Gulf of America, Woodside Energy
• Diana Lopez, Vice President Drilling and Completion Fluids, Baker Hughes

• Kim Padeletti, Global Head, Energy Data and AI Platforms, AWS

As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are increasingly focused on where it can deliver the greatest operational impact. Drawing on experience implementing AI across upstream, midstream and downstream operations, this session will explore the use cases delivering measurable business value today, how Weatherford are prioritizing AI investments, and the lessons learned from scaling initiatives that improve efficiency, reliability, productivity and decision-making at enterprise scale.

• Where AI is delivering measurable operational value across oil and gas operations today 
• How organizations can identify and prioritize AI use cases with the greatest potential to drive operational excellence 
• Lessons learned from scaling successful AI initiatives and demonstrating measurable business outcomes beyond the pilot stage