Luca Rigo de Righi
General Manager Global New Ventures at Chevron
Luca Rigo de Righi
General Manager Global New Ventures at Chevron
Houston, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
General Manager Global New Ventures
2018 - Current
Managing Business Development and Exploration Teams towards assessing and capturing Global New Ventures opportunities. Subsurface technical support for Business Development, Carbon sequestration and Geothermal new ventures assessments.
Unit Manager Exploration & Technology Unit
2016 - 2018
Managing 5 Teams providing Subject Matter Expert (SME) based evaluations for critical risk element subsurface components and workflows for global exploration efforts. Develop and deploy new technology and workflows associated with Exploration efforts.
Unit Manager Global Exploration and New Ventures
2013 - 2015
Managing 10 teams of a 115 Earth Scientist associated with global exploration related New Venture efforts, advancement of research associated with exploration related risk elements, unconventionals and Subsurface Integrity related initiatives. New Ventures evaluations in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe. Functional specific work and research focus on Basin Analysis (Hydrocarbon Charge), Seal, Structure, and Reservoir Quality.
Manager- Reservoir Management Team North\Asset Optimization Team Duri Field
2010 - 2013
Managing Asset development and production optimization related activities for a 160 MBOPD Heavy Oil Field located in Sumatra, Indonesia. Yearly Capital expenditures of $250MM USD.
Advisor-Reservoir Management
2009 - 2010
Coordinate and establish best practices reservoir management practices for producing field of Chevron's Indonesia Buisness Unit.
Subsurface Manager-Malongo Asset
2006 - 2009
Managed Reservoir management, Field development, and production efforts associated with 65,000 BOPD oil from 8 fields with $150 MM to $200 MM in capital work program expenditure in Block 0, Angola, West Africa
Planning Advisor-Block 14, Angola
2005 - 2006
Formulate budgets and production related forecasts for Deep Water Development and Production for Block 14 in Angola. Worked with Government representatives to Secure budgetary approvals and Partner related approvals for Annual Budgets and development programs.
Growth Manager-Asia South Exploration
2003 - 2005
Formulated work programs for bidding round associated with acquisition of Block G4\43 in Gulf of Thailand. Discovery of the Lanta Field in G4\43. Organized and received Government approvals for 3500 SqKM of 3D seismic acquisition program in Block A, Cambodia. Managed $25MM well related exploration program, discovery of the Apsara Field in Block A Cambodia. Managed all TCM, OCM and Government related approval processes.
Development Geologist
2000 - 2003
Responsible for Greenfield Development for the Benchamas Field located in Block B8/32, Gulf of Thailand. Waterflood Secondary recovery methods where applied.
Senior Geologist
1998 - 1999
Senior Geologist researched Reserve reservoir distribution of oil fields located in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela and Eastern Venezuela.
Senior Geologist
1995 - 1997
Exploration Geologist for 2 Blocks located in Tunisia , New Ventures evaluations of Algeria, Lybia, Albania, & Qatar
Senior Development Geologist
1993 - 1994
Development efforts for the Lower Morrow, Hunton Group and Granite Wash.
Senior Exploration Geologist
1990 - 1993
New Ventures Geologist Tunisia, Hungary, Albania, Eastern Germany. Development Geologist Mid-Continent, Anadarko Basin.
Geologist
1989 - 1989
Geologic regional study of the Iberian Peninsula depositional settings and hydrocarbon system.