• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Stephen Greenlee

ExxonMobil

President, ExxonMobil Exploration Company & Vice President, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Stephen M. Greenlee is President of ExxonMobil Exploration Company and Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is responsible for ExxonMobil’s worldwide exploration activities and geoscience functional excellence. Since joining Exxon in 1981, Mr. Greenlee has held various technical and management assignments in Exxon and ExxonMobil’s research, exploration, and production affiliates. Prior to his current assignment, he was President of ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, where he was responsible for ExxonMobil’s extensive research program supporting its global oil and gas exploration and production business. Mr. Greenlee is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). He is a member of the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Advisory Board and the Alley Theatre Board of Directors, and he chairs the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from Duke University and a master’s degree in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island.

Sessions With Stephen Greenlee

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Offshore Revival: Retesting the deep water?

    Panel Finance/Trading/Risk Management

    Although investment in the deep water is finally rising, intense competition for capital continues. New areas with increasingly diversified investors, such as in Mexico, Brazil, and Africa’s MSGBC Basin, appear to be vying (successfully) with more traditional deepwater areas, such as the US Gulf of Mexico, Angola, and Nigeria, where consolidation and focus are key drivers. What are the new areas where the industry anticipates much greater investment focus? What are the different risks? What are the more traditional areas where investment outcomes appear to be less optimistic? Is the overall level of deepwater investment going to be lower or will technology and government terms react to increase attractiveness?