• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Emeliana Rice-Oxley

PETRONAS

Vice President Exploration, Upstream

Emeliana Rice-Oxley has served as the Vice President of Exploration at PETRONAS since 2016. She is responsible for PETRONAS global exploration business and geoscience function and she is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 25 years ago, she started her career as a biostratigrapher. Since then, she has held numerous technical and managerial roles in upstream at Shell and PETRONAS. Ms. Rice-Oxley serves as a Director of PETRONAS Gas Berhad and is a strong advocate and champion of Upstream PETRONAS Leading Women’s Network. She holds a degree in geology from the University of South Carolina, United States, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School.

Sessions With Emeliana Rice-Oxley

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?

Wednesday, 13 March