David DesAutels

Executive Vice President of Corporate Development · VAALCO Energy · company speakers →

Mr. DesAutels is an oil and gas industry executive with over 40 years upstream experience in development and exploration. He has worked on over 100 development projects worldwide, both conventional and unconventional. Mr. DesAutels gained senior executive experience by working for Noble Energy (Director, Development Geoscience, 2008-2016) and Occidental Oil (Chief of Production Geoscience and Vice President of Geoscience, 2000-2007) and founding Synertia Energy, LLC and Seregon Energy, LLC, two oil and gas consulting companies. In addition, he has international experience from working in Colombia, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea, Qatar, Oman, Argentina, Israel, UK, Ecuador, Peru, Russia, Canada, and the UAE. Mr. DesAutels is also a published author of two books, one fiction and one non-fiction. Dave holds an M.S. and BA in Geology from University of Minnesota- Twin Cities.

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Speaking history

North America Energy Capital Assembly

28 October 2026 Houston, United States

Topics this speaker covers

oil-gas

Sectors

energy_utilities_sustainability

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