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

John Ardill

ExxonMobil

Vice President Global Exploration & New Ventures

Dr. Ardill is the Vice President responsible for Global Frontier Exploration at ExxonMobil Upstream Business Development, located in Houston, Texas. He was born in the United Kingdom and is a United States and United Kingdom citizen, having lived and worked in the U.S., Europe, South America and the Middle East. After receiving his B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 and Ph.D. Doctorate in Geology from the University of Liverpool in 1996, Dr. Ardill began his career with Exxon in London, England as a Geologist. Over the last 20 years with ExxonMobil he has held various technical, supervisory, and managerial assignments in Exploration, Development, Production, Research, Ventures and Corporate. In his current Vice President role, Dr. Ardill is responsible for ExxonMobil’s global frontier exploration. Dr. Ardill is a fellow of the Geological Society of London and an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Additionally, he serves on the British-American Business Council (BABC) Board and Bilateral Chamber Board in Houston, Texas.

Sessions With John Ardill

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?