Planche, S.
Sebastien Planche is a Senior Advisor for DuPont Sustainable Solutions. With 20 yr of industry and consulting experience, he began his career with Shell in production operations and maintenance. In his consulting career, he has specialized in operations excellence transformation programs, working with oil and gas, chemical and manufacturing companies. Before joining DuPont, Mr. Planche was Vice President for Schlumberger SBC, leading the company’s operations excellence practice. Prior to Schlumberger, he served as Vice President for Hitachi Consulting, where he led the organizational effectiveness practice. Mr. Planche holds an MTech degree from the École Centrale in Paris, France and an MS degree in financial audits from the Paris School of Business.
Rethinking the risk mitigation process and revitalizing operational safety
For the past 2 yr, oil prices have been in free-fall. At the time of writing, the WTI price is around $50/bbl, up slightly since OPEC’s May 2017 announcement to extend its September 2016 production cut of 2.2%.
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