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

Francisco Ortigosa

Repsol

Innovation Technology Director

Francisco Ortigosa, Director of Technological Innovation, Repsol, has dedicated his career to the petroleum industry, holding several international technology positions at Repsol. Mr. Ortigosa focuses on quantifying the economic value added to the E&P business by emerging technologies in the fields of geosciences and digital transformation. As Repsol’s Director of Technological Innovation, he is expanding his areas of influence to upstream, downstream, energy transition, and digital transformation. He is a Member of technology Boards, where he is an advisor in technology strategy and new technologies. Mr. Ortigosa received an award from IEEE Spectrum (2008) for the Kaleidoscope Project recognizing one of 2007’s most innovative projects and an award from Platt’s for the most Commercial Technology of the year (2009). In 2018 he received Repsol´s INN Award for innovative projects. Recently he received Repsol´s Digital Legend Award for his successful 15-year trajectory in digital transformation and big data. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical papers presented at international conferences and publications. He is also a frequent keynote speaker for conferences and a regular participant in panels regarding digital transformation in the oil E&P business. He is affiliated with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

Sessions With Francisco Ortigosa

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 09:30am - 10:20am (CST) / -

    Democratizing Data
    Upstream Oil & Gas Digitalization

    With advanced computing power and the increased use of digital technologies, the energy industry’s technical and commercial disciplines are de-siloing and democratizing their data, shaping the energy company of the future. Rallying to the “future is open” call, all levels of an organization—not just IT or data science teams—are enabled to solve problems using open access to data and analytical tools. In the process, traditional corporate structures evolve, and new models of change management are created. How can data-literate individuals add value to corporate decision making? What does data governance and integrity look like in this new reality of “data openness”? What are the benefits of global, industry-wide open data access, including lidar, GHGSat (methane emissions monitoring), and Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU)?