Geothermal and Artificial Intelligence: Developing Perspectives - Exebenus Drilling

This session features:
Olav Revheim, Chief Executive Officer, Exebenus
Ghazal Izadi, Chief Operating Officer, XGS Energy
About the Speakers:
Olav has led Exebenus since 2014 and has set the vision and strategy for the company's Product portfolio. He has had many different roles and positions in his career, giving him a unique and broad knowledge base throughout the entire value chain from exploration to production. With his experience in technology and international service companies, onshore and offshore, in Norway and around the world, he has a particular focus on securing and carrying out drilling and well operations to reduce downtime and increase efficiency..
As the Chief Operating Officer at XGS Energy, Dr. Ghazal Izadi plays a pivotal role in driving global operations, spearheading technology advancement, and company expansion efforts. With over a decade of experience, she is a driving force at XGS Energy. Her expertise and leadership are deeply rooted in creating and delivering technology-centric business solutions, marked by exceptional client service. Before joining XGS Energy in 2022, Dr. Izadi held key technical positions at Baker Hughes, making significant contributions in both Unconventional oil and gas as well as Geothermal domains. Her responsibilities encompassed overseeing reservoir technical services across North and Latin America, Middle East, and APAC regions. This rich background reflects her commitment to a holistic approach, spanning from subsurface insights to well construction and tailored surface geothermal facility design. Dr. Izadi earned her Ph.D. from Penn State University, specializing in a diverse range of areas such as computational geomechanics, fluid transport in fractured and porous media, applied rock mechanics, and Advanced/Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Her profound expertise extends to authoring or co-authoring more than 40 technical papers, further cementing her reputation as a notable figure in the field.