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

Abdellah Merad

SLB

Executive Vice President, Core Services & Equipment

Abdellah Merad joined SLB in 1997, getting started as a financial controller in the UK. From there, his career took him around the world, holding controller positions throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. That international experience eventually took him to the US, working out of SLB’s Houston office since 2016. There, he’s served in a variety of leadership positions including president of NAL Production, president of the Production Group, and executive vice president of Performance Management. In April 2022, he started his current position as executive vice president Core Services & Equipment. Abdellah graduated from the Université Paris-Dauphine with a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Sessions With Abdellah Merad

Monday, 18 March

  • 03:45pm - 04:25pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 08:45 pm - 18/mar/2024 09:25 pm

    Spotlight | Unlocking Oil and Gas Resources

    Upstream Oil & Gas

    The global oil and gas industry largely retreated from searching for new resources in frontier areas in recent years amid concerns about long-term oil demand, the surge of production from the U.S. shale industry and highly volatile commodity prices. Yet new resources are likely needed to meet oil demand decades into the future. Is the industry’s appetite for frontier exploration and development returning? Where are the most promising areas and what is needed to unlock those resources? Which companies will play a leading role and how will they finance their operations?