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

Vanessa Ryan

Chevron Corporation

Manager, Carbon Reduction

Vanessa T. Ryan is Manager, Carbon Reduction at Chevron Corporation, responsible for methane strategy and implementing carbon reduction opportunities. She also serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of The Environmental Partnership, an industry group committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental performance. Previously, she was Senior Advisor for Shale Issues. She also served as Chevron Asia-Pacific Exploration and Production, responsible for providing advice to Chevron’s Asia-Pacific business on government and public affairs issues, including trade and community engagement. She has served as Coordinator for Policy, Government, and Public Affairs for Chevron Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. Ms. Ryan joined Chevron as a Public Policy Adviser at Chevron Corporation, where she was responsible for the corporate responsibility report and advised on environmental, social, and geopolitical issues. Prior to joining Chevron she worked in social marketing firm focused on health and environment issues. She holds a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Political Economy from UC Berkeley.

Sessions With Vanessa Ryan

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 01:30pm - 02:20pm (CST) / -

    New Technologies for Measuring & Reducing Methane
    Climate & Sustainability Clean Tech Innovation & Technology

    Methane’s powerful global-warming effect is attracting attention from policy makers and environmental NGOs. Although energy users and suppliers account for less than a quarter of global methane emissions, reducing methane leakage is one of the energy industry’s most effective ways to reduce its climate impact. What are the challenges to the practical implementation of methane reduction measures? How should industry address the public’s perception of its responsibility for methane emissions? What role should the oil, coal, and gas industries take?