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Rick Tallant
EVP Supply Chain, C&P
Shell
Speaker Bio
Rick has a Bachelor’s Degree in both Petroleum Engineering and Economics from the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined Shell in 2003 in the United States as a Reservoir Engineer,
holding a variety of technical roles across the full lifecycle of Deepwater assets from exploration to producing assets. In 2007, Rick moved to The Netherlands to work in the Portfolio and Reporting team under the RDS Chief Petroleum Engineer. In 2011, he became the Deepwater Planning Focal Point, providing strategy and planning advice to the EVP Deepwater. Following this role, he became the Operations Manager of the Ram Powell Tension Leg Platform and was appointed as the GM East Assets GoM in 2015, where he led the Mars Corridor and Ram Powell Performance Units. Rick became Vice President GoM, Deepwater in February 2018 and in August 2021, became Executive Vice President of GTL for Shell and Managing Director of Shell Qatar Companies. In June 2024, he became the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain, Contracting and Procurement.
Rick is married to Leslie Tallant and they have three children, Ella, John and Jack, all born in New Orleans. He enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, and experiencing cultural flavours of all the places around the world where he’s lived during his career.
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holding a variety of technical roles across the full lifecycle of Deepwater assets from exploration to producing assets. In 2007, Rick moved to The Netherlands to work in the Portfolio and Reporting team under the RDS Chief Petroleum Engineer. In 2011, he became the Deepwater Planning Focal Point, providing strategy and planning advice to the EVP Deepwater. Following this role, he became the Operations Manager of the Ram Powell Tension Leg Platform and was appointed as the GM East Assets GoM in 2015, where he led the Mars Corridor and Ram Powell Performance Units. Rick became Vice President GoM, Deepwater in February 2018 and in August 2021, became Executive Vice President of GTL for Shell and Managing Director of Shell Qatar Companies. In June 2024, he became the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain, Contracting and Procurement.
Rick is married to Leslie Tallant and they have three children, Ella, John and Jack, all born in New Orleans. He enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, and experiencing cultural flavours of all the places around the world where he’s lived during his career.