• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Dominic Macklon

ConocoPhillips

President, Lower 48


Dominic Macklon, President, Lower 48, ConocoPhillips, oversees the company’s lower-48 operations, including the Gulf Coast Business Unit; Great Plains Business Unit; land and commercial gas activities; health, safety, and environmental (HSE); finance; and human resources. Mr. Macklon has more than 25 years of oil and natural gas experience. He previously served as Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development, and in other leadership roles with the company, including as President, ConocoPhillips UK and Senior Vice President, Oil Sands. He began his career with Conoco in 1991 and worked in a variety of engineering and business development positions in the United Kingdom supporting oil and gas operations in the North Sea. He then held several operations and business development roles in the United States, Australia, Norway, and Canada. Mr. Macklon holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Edinburgh.


Sessions With Dominic Macklon

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Future of North American Shale: After the slowdown
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    For the past seven years, US shale has been on a relentless quest for growth. Despite price gyrations, US producers have seen themselves as a “disruptive” force seeking to expand volumes. In 2019 and 2020, however, this business model has come under pressure, and producers have dramatically changed their value proposition. What is happening and what are its implications for both players and global markets? What is driving the changing business model? Have convictions changed, or are producers changing their behavior under duress? How durable is this change? Is there a price threshold that would lead to a return to the growth model? Will US unconventional producers succeed in making the transition and will investors care and reward their behavior? How does the lack of US hypergrowth affect the global supply situation? Are we underinvesting? How does this new business model affect longer-term structural changes that may be associated with decarbonization?