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

James Alan Deckelman

GeoPark Colombia SAS

Chief Exploration Officer

JAMES DECKELMAN Chief Exploration Officer 

James was appointed to the position of GeoPark's Chief Exploration Officer on October 2023. He is a highly skilled explorer with over 25 years of industry success, who has generated over $2 billion in NPV through exploration and asset development in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and North America. The exploration projects he has led, ranging from ultra-deepwater to unconventional, have added over one billion barrels of recoverable resources for companies including ConocoPhillips, BP and Talisman Energy. James is highly experienced in investment evaluation, new asset capture, and delivering production and reserve growth. In Latin America, James has led projects and transactions in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. James is a geologist with a Masters in Geology from Utah State University and has authored over 15 industry publications focused on Latin America. Among other awards, in 2021 he was recognized as one of “Industry’s 100 Who Made a Difference” by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 

Sessions With James Alan Deckelman

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 07:15am - 08:20am (CST) / 19/mar/2024 12:15 pm - 19/mar/2024 01:20 pm

    The Future of Global Upstream
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    The global upstream oil and gas business has undergone enormous changes over the past decade as the rise of shale, highly volatile oil and gas prices and an accelerating energy transition has transformed the business. How will the upstream landscape change over the next decade? How can the upstream business continue to reduce its emissions to ensure it’s future in the energy transition? Where will future supply growth come from?