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

Cindy Yeilding

bp p.l.c.

Senior Vice President, BP America

Cindy Yeilding is the Senior Vice President of BP America. Previous roles include Vice President Gulf of Mexico Exploration & Appraisal, and Global Geoscience Research and Technology Manager for BP. Ms. Yeilding’s specialties include exploration and technology, and she is currently leading the working team for the US National Petroleum Council study on Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS). Ms. Yeilding is Chair of the Offshore Technology Conference and serves on the Board of Directors of BPX&P and the Greater Houston Partnership. She is BP’s Executive Sponsor for Princeton University and serves on the Advisory Board for the Jackson School, University of Texas and the Executive Board of Dedman College, Southern Methodist University (SMU). She has served as an American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Distinguished Lecturer and was named a “Legend in Exploration” by AAPG. Ms. Yeilding actively promotes STEM education and created the OTC High School Energy Challenge. She was recognized as one of Houston’s “Top 15 Business Women” by the National Diversity Council, received a “Women in Energy Leadership” award from the Houston Business Journal, and was named one of Houston’s “50 Most Influential Women” by Houston Woman Magazine. Ms. Yeilding holds a BS in geology from SMU and an MSc in geology from the University of North Carolina.


Sessions With Cindy Yeilding

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 03:00pm - 03:45pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Future of Carbon Capture, Use & Storage
    Climate & Sustainability Clean Tech

    Major emitters, such as utilities using coal and gas and heavy industries, require technologies that can enable longer-term use of fossil fuels while capturing and storing CO2 emissions. CCS and CCUS technologies have been around for decades; however, deployment is still in early days. In December 2019, US National Petroleum Council (NPC) completed a major study “Meeting the Dual Challenge, A Roadmap to At-Scale Deployment of Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage.” This study outlined a roadmap along with a set of recommendations to the US policy makers to significantly accelerate development and deployment of CCUS technologies. This panel will use the NPC study as the context to discuss the state of CCUS and the outlook not only in the United States but around the globe.