Neil Theobald
Senior General Manager, Gas Marketing and Commercialization
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
Neil Theobald is the senior general manager, Gas Marketing and Commercialization, for Chevron Australia.
The Gas Marketing and Commercialization group manages all gas marketing activities for the company’s projects and also provides commercial gas expertise on a range of issues such as transportation, gas-to-liquids, business development and overall gas strategy. Chevron Australia’s projects include the North West Shelf, Greater Gorgon, Wheatstone and Browse.
Neil commenced with Chevron Australia in 2004 as president of Marketing for the Gorgon Project and headed the marketing team responsible for international and domestic gas marketing efforts. In November 2007 he moved into his current position as the scope of activities the department was responsible for expanded.
Prior to joining Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, Neil held the position of vice president LNG with ExxonMobil, responsible for all gas activities in Western Australia. Before the ExxonMobil merger he held the role of Planning and Business Development manager at Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia in Perth, and prior to this, a range of operational and commercial positions in the United Kingdom and Australia. These included drilling engineer and supervisor, production engineer, planning advisor, asset manager, planning manager and business development manager.
Neil is a graduate from Birmingham University in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering.