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Cameron Rempel is VP of Subsurface Engineering at Occidental, where he leads teams of experts that drive innovation and provide simulation and optimization support for Oxy’s assets around the world. After graduating from Colorado School of Mines with a BS in Petroleum Engineering, he began his career at Anadarko (now Oxy), where he was the engineering manager on one of the company’s first shale operations in the Maverick Basin. In his 25 years at the company, he has worked in nearly every aspect of upstream operations, from conventional to unconventional, exploration to production to EOR, automation and safety to budgeting. He has managed projects in North Africa, Europe, the US, and South America and has become a champion for the training and development of engineers.

Douglas Frisby established the Houston branch for Sword Group in 2020, to provide quality data and information management services to the local energy industry.  This leveraged his 30+ years’ experience at Amoco and BP in all phases of the Exploration and Production business across multiple continents. Douglas has been based in the US, UK and Argentina and he has worked extensively with local staff and leaders in many different countries.

His assignments in the oil and gas industry include leadership roles of teams in Petroleum Engineering, Geoscience, Drilling, Exploration, Business Development, Learning and Data Management. Douglas has had great success through building multi-disciplinary teams to work collaboratively across organizational lines to resolve complex problems. He is recognized for his development of technical staff and leaders through coaching, mentoring and support. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, an MBA from Cranfield University, and a Coaching qualification from Rice University.