Hemant Kumar

Systems Thinker | Value Chain Optimization | Energy Transition

Houston, Texas, United States

About

Experience

  • Chevron (Full-time · 4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Production Operations Advisor - Midland Basin
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Energy Transition Advisor- Chevron New Energies
      Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr

      Lead author (Executive Summary) of the National Petroleum Council’s pivotal report ‘Harnessing Hydrogen’, providing a unified industry perspective on at-scale development of the hydrogen market in the U.S. This influential report identified three critical enablers for at-scale hydrogen growth: Policy, Technology Development and Deployment, and Safety & Societal Considerations and Impacts.

    • Advisor- Workflow Acceleration and Optimization
      Oct 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Transformed the operating model framework by strategically identifying and prioritizing high-value work linked to improving competitive performance. This innovative approach led to the development of a patented (pending) methodology. Contributed to the development of a next-generation asset development platform, significantly reducing engineering cycle time through the implementation of standardization and automation. Led a partnership with Microsoft and Schlumberger on next-generation upstream data management systems.

  • Fellow System Design and Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Chevron (Full-time · 7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Reservoir Engineer- Appalachian Basin
      Jan 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Production Engineer- Major Capital Projects
      Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs

    • Lead Engineer- Deepwater GoM
      Mar 2015 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Research Assistant at Rock Mechanics Lab and G3 Center, Penn State University
    May 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Engineering Intern at ExxonMobil
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 · 4 mos