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CEO of PetroVance
About Tomas Sarnowski
In 2017, Tomas Sarnowski led the retrofit of PetroVance’s aging North Sea platform Delta-9 with an integrated geothermal heat-exchange loop, cutting flaring by 63% while powering on-site sensor arrays and drone telemetry without grid dependency. That project wasn’t a PR stunt; it was his quiet rebellion against the false binary between extraction and stewardship. He insists that oilfield data infrastructure, not just turbines or batteries, is the real bottleneck in energy transition, and has since redirected 42% of PetroVance’s R&D budget toward AI-optimized subsurface modeling that cross-validates seismic signals with microbial soil metabolite readings. His leadership style is calibrated: no TED Talks, no venture capital rounds, just quarterly deep-dive briefings with rig crews and university geochemists alike. He measures innovation not in patents filed, but in barrels of avoided methane and megawatt-hours of stranded-well electricity repurposed for rural microgrids across Kazakhstan and Angola.
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- “How did PetroVance’s Delta-9 retrofit change your approach to decommissioning?”
- “What’s the biggest misconception about integrating renewables into legacy oil infrastructure?”
- “Why prioritize subsurface AI over offshore wind partnerships right now?”
- “How do you reconcile shareholder returns with long-horizon decarbonization metrics?”