• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Nick Farrant

Uptake Technologies

Senior Vice President, Industry - Oil & Gas

Nick Farrant, Senior Vice President of Business Ventures, Uptake, works with the Industry team to grow cross-market solutions and partnerships. Mr. Farrant has built a career on advancing operational data and analytics to drive competitive advantage and customer value. He began as a Materials Scientist at Rolls-Royce, and in 1999, founded the company’s first digital venture. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Farrant worked with the University of Oxford, as Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Bio Signals, and Chief Executive Officer of Oxford YASA motors, among other positions. Previously, he ran OSyS Industrial, a digital services business in oil and gas markets. Most recently, Mr. Farrant led Rolls-Royce’s Aerospace Digital Services, where he focused on co-creation of capability with key airline customers and industry collaboration.

Sessions With Nick Farrant

Monday, 11 March

  • 04:30pm - 05:15pm (CST) / -

    Oil & Gas: Realizing value from digital transformation

    Panel Oil Gas Technology/Innovation

    The oil and gas industry is increasingly embracing digitalization to help manage costs and increase efficiencies in a volatile oil price environment. At the same time, oil companies sometimes struggle with rapid deployment for this and other technology-related initiatives. What technical and organizational approaches to digitalization are proving most effective? Where is value being realized today? Where do the next wave of opportunities lie?