• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Colette Cohen

The Oil and Gas Technology Centre

Chief Executive Officer

Colette Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, The Oil & Gas Technology Centre, is ultimately responsible for ensuring that this Scotland-based company is globally recognized as the “go to” headquarters for oil and gas technology solutions. Ms. Cohen started her career offshore in 1991 and has worked for BP, ConocoPhillips, and Britannia in the North Sea, Norway, the United States, and Kazakhstan. In Kazakhstan she received a Jubilee Medal from the Kazakh Prime Minister in recognition of her contribution to the country’s oil and gas industry. Prior to joining The Oil & Gas Technology Centre, Ms. Cohen was Senior Vice President of Centrica Energy’s Exploration and Production business in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. She has served on the board of Oil & Gas UK, the Technology Leadership Board, and the OGA Decommissioning board. Ms. Cohen is the Chair of the National College for Onshore Oil and Gas.

Sessions With Colette Cohen

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 11:35am - 12:35pm (CST) / -

    Is Data the New Oil?

    Panel Technology/Innovation

    For over a century, oil has been one of the most valuable commodities and helped to create the modern global economy. As companies find new ways to derive value from analyzing the data associated with finding, producing, processing, and marketing this commodity, it too is becoming a key resource and source of competitive advantage. What steps are companies taking to ensure ownership and access to the data generated by their assets, and what new opportunities are emerging from it?