Eric Sirgo

Chevron Corporation

Vice President, Facilities Designs & Solutions, Chevron Technical Center

Eric currently serves as Vice President for Facilities Designs & Solutions (FDS) where he oversees specialized technical expertise and innovative R&D solutions for new and existing facilities across all asset classes and the enterprise. Before serving as FDS’ VP, he was the General Manager of Major Capital Projects within Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU) in Covington, Louisiana. He has held a variety of upstream technical and managerial positions in his Chevron career, including multiple assignments in Construction, Operations, Business Planning, and Asset Development in both offshore and onshore environments. He served as an advisor to the Executive Vice President of Upstream at Chevron’s headquarters in San Ramon, California, as well as the North America Information Technology Manager in Houston. Before his position in GOM, he was appointed General Manager of Operations for Chevron Europe in the UK North Sea and Director of Chevron’s non-operated business in Denmark. With more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Eric received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and joined Chevron that same year as a facilities engineer in Midland, Texas. In addition to being a husband with two children, Eric is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and a registered Professional Engineer.

Sessions With Eric Sirgo

Tuesday, 8 March

  • 08:30am - 09:10am (CST) / 08/mar/2022 02:30 pm - 08/mar/2022 03:10 pm

    Evolution of Robotic Technologies in Energy Systems
    Panel Digitalization/AI/Machine Learning/Robotics/Cybersecurity

    Recently, the energy industry has started deploying new types of semiautonomous robots, such as animal-like crawlers and four-legged systems. Although robotic technologies have been applied for years in drilling and surveillance, the recent expansion of robotics systems appears indispensable for the energy industry to manage its asset base in the most efficient and low-carbon manner. What acceleration of developments and deployments of robotics can the energy industry expect? What are potential ethical and legal boundaries that may hamper wide-scale adoption? How will the workforce and operating models transform through the broader introduction of robotic systems?

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