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

Adif Zulkifli

PETRONAS

Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer Upstream

Adif Zulkifli is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS’ Upstream Business. Leading up to his appointment, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gas and New Energy Business, where he was responsible for the company’s Midstream Gas Assets, LNG Marketing and New Energy. Having joined PETRONAS in 1993 as a reservoir engineer, Adif has worked in various areas in the company including reservoir engineering, strategic planning, business development and petroleum economics. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, United States. As a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Adif has played leading roles within the petro-technical community in Asia Pacific and Middle East via his role as the Chairman of the SPE Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Council, Chairman of the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) Board of Directors and serves on the international advisory committee for Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTCA). He was previously the Vice Chair for the E&P Working Committee for the International Gas Union (IGU).

Sessions With Adif Zulkifli

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 02:10pm - 02:55pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - The Case for Investing in the Upstream
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    The upstream oil & gas sector needs to convince investors that it can provide sustainable, profitable growth against a backdrop of low commodity prices and low returns in recent years, while also adopting low-carbon strategies in response to the energy transition. While the upstream industry has significantly reduced cost through operational and technological innovation and portfolio refocusing, and has also shown that lowering carbon emissions is an industry priority, what more can it provide to investors to ensure investment? What are the main levers available to upstream industry players to transform operational performance and profitability, while lowering emissions? How can the industry demonstrate progress to align with investor expectations?