Matthew Forshaw

Matthew Forshaw, SPE, is the digital and automation well construction business development manager with Baker Hughes. His career has spanned several operations, technology, and commercial positions, including leading the automation team that helped drill the industry’s first offshore well section using a closed-loop, controlled directional drilling assembly. Forshaw and his colleagues received a 2020 World Oil Award for developing the disruptive automation technology that made the achievement possible. He actively participates in industry groups investigating how digital, automation, and remote operations can further reduce well construction capex and emissions to meet sustainability targets.