In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit in Calgary, we caught up with Stephane Demers, Director of Operations at Suncor’s Montreal Refinery. As one of this year’s speakers, Stephane provides insight into how the refinery maintains exceptional environmental and safety performance as well as the role that technology will play in the company’s future.

In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit in Calgary, we caught up with Joy Romero, Vice President of Technology & Innovation at Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL). As one of this year's speakers, Joy provides insight into CNRL's use of 'game changing' technologies as well as their current carbon conversion initiatives. 

Camille Peres, PhD, Texas A&M School of Public Health sat down with us to talk about Human System Engineering: Human Factors, Procedures, and Safety Culture.

• ‘Contextual Inquiry’ and why some procedures aren’t consistently followed
• How to properly develop and maintain effective procedural systems
• The role of machine learning in the development of a robust system of procedures 

In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we sat down with Jennifer Rogers, Head of Learning at Anglo American to discuss their ‘Reimagine Learning’ programme and how the organization is transforming their workforce in order to remain competitive in an evolving and changing industry. 

Most oil and gas companies today have realized the value of automation technology, but many struggle to successfully employ it throughout the organization. In this exclusive interview with Biju Misra, Director of Operations for Enterprise Services at Enbridge, Biju discusses how Enbridge is working to deploy automation technology, starting with their newly created Automation Center of Excellence.

In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we sat down with Mike Krayacich, Vice President of Digital Technology and Analytics Transformation at Suncor. Mike discusses digital transformation - and what’s next when it comes to technology and advanced analytics at Suncor.

We recently interviewed Brendan Curley, Director, Heartland Chemical Project Operational Readiness at Inter Pipeline. Brendan shares how Inter Pipeline is merging IT and OT to drive operational excellence as it prepares to open the Heartland Petrochemical Complex, Canada’s first polypropylene petrochemical processing plant.

Welcome to the Operational Excellence Content Hub! Gain exclusive and actionable insight from senior industry leaders hailing from some of the largest organisations. Download now to get access to interviews with Global Risk Manager at BP, Director, Heartland Chemical Project Operational Readiness at Inter Pipeline, Director of Operations for Enterprise Services at Enbridge, Head of Learning at Anglo American and Vice President for Digital Technology and Analytics Transformation at Suncor.

As a sponsor of the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we sat down with Vicki Knott, P.Eng CEO and Co-Founder of Crux OCM to discuss the future of autonomous control room operations and how they can contribute to reducing inefficiencies and costs. 

In anticipation of the Calgary Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we sat down with Troy Geertson, Vice President, Health, Environment, Safety & Regulatory at Chevron Canada. Troy tells us about how Chevron is developing into a better learning organization and leveraging new technologies to enhance field operations and worker safety. 

Jim Claunch, Vice President of Business Efficiency at Equinor shares his unique insights on the digital transformation of oil and gas companies and the barriers facing companies on this transformation journey.  Jim has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and shares his expertise with us in this exclusive interview. Download the full interview to read about how Equinor is: defining business efficiency through a mission to integrate competencies, developing a culture that embraces digital transformation, leveraging big data, predictive maintenance and analytics. 

In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we caught up with Nigel Steward, Head of Processing Centre of Excellence at Rio Tinto.

With over 26 years in various roles within the company, Nigel tells us all about the technological transformations that are taking place within Rio Tinto as well as the role of sustainability in their future thinking.

In the lead up to the Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, we sat down with Hugo Ashkar, Global Risk Manager at BP, to discuss his work in human performance and the role of human factors in overall risk management.