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Lewis G. Weeks Gold Medal Presentation

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Meg O’Neill was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Woodside Energy in 2021. Meg has transformed Woodside into the largest energy company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and expanded its global footprint, notably into Africa and the Americas. She has 30 years of experience in the global oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Woodside as Chief Operations Officer in 2018, Meg worked for ExxonMobil in a variety of technical, operational and leadership roles based in Houston, Indonesia, Canada and Norway. She is Chair of the Australian oil and gas industry peak body, Australian Energy Producers (AEP), and serves on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the Business Council of Australia (BCA), and West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). Meg is originally from Boulder, Colorado, and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with degrees in Ocean Engineering and Chemical Engineering.

Australian Energy Producers Journal 65 https://doi.org/10.1071/EP24610
Published: 19 June 2025

© 2025 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of Australian Energy Producers.

Abstract

The Lewis G. Weeks Gold Medal honours individuals who have made exceptional contributions to petroleum exploration and helped shape the future of the Australian oil and gas industry by materially advancing exploration and production. It commemorates the remarkable geological work of Dr Lewis G. Weeks, whose pioneering research in the Bass Strait fundamentally advanced Australia’s petroleum exploration.

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Meg O’Neill was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Woodside Energy in 2021. Meg has transformed Woodside into the largest energy company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and expanded its global footprint, notably into Africa and the Americas. She has 30 years of experience in the global oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Woodside as Chief Operations Officer in 2018, Meg worked for ExxonMobil in a variety of technical, operational and leadership roles based in Houston, Indonesia, Canada and Norway. She is Chair of the Australian oil and gas industry peak body, Australian Energy Producers (AEP), and serves on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the Business Council of Australia (BCA), and West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). Meg is originally from Boulder, Colorado, and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with degrees in Ocean Engineering and Chemical Engineering.