R.C. Neff is the President of Upstream at Chevron Corporation, where he leads the company's global exploration and production operations, spanning conventional and unconventional resources across key regions like the Permian Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Australia, and Kazakhstan. With more than 30 years in the energy industry, Neff joined Chevron in 1991 as a petroleum engineer in Midland, Texas, rising through the ranks with expertise in reservoir engineering, field