• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

André Luyckx

ExxonMobil

Upstream Digital Transformation Manager

André-Marc Luyckx is the Upstream Digital Transformation Manager at ExxonMobil. During his early career, Mr. Luyckx held technical, supervisory, and managerial assignments in the United States and internationally, culminating in global leadership positions in upstream production operations and wells. In his prior role as ExxonMobil’s Global Drilling Manager, he broke through long-standing corporate norms and bureaucratic processes to develop an early digital strategy, enabling his organization to become a first-adopter of digital. Mr. Luyckx and his team partnered with a start-up tech company to produce a cutting-edge application for estimating and stewarding well costs. They were also the first in ExxonMobil to develop an application in the public cloud, paving the way for additional business-use cases. Mr. Luyckx championed insights from this initiative across upstream and IT organizations and was appointed Upstream Digital Transformation Manager in late 2017. His team is responsible for accelerating the value derived from digital enablement by defining and driving the upstream digital transformation blueprint. Mr. Luyckx holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.

Sessions With André Luyckx

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Digitalization: Innovating for lowest costs

    Panel Technology/Innovation

    “Digital Transformation” has become the latest must-have fashion accessory for oil & gas companies in recent years as they seek to assure shareholders of their ability to improve efficiency and embrace the vast set of opportunities emerging from massive (and growing) data resources, advances in computing power, sensors, advanced analytics, and AI. Some great strides have been made in reducing structural costs in both conventional upstream and unconventional projects. But in practice, what are the full range of innovations that have had impact? How much further impact can innovation have on reducing project and operating costs? What is the interplay needed between digital technologies, traditional E&P technologies, and changes in operating models and organizational models to realize these further gains?