Naoto Yamabe is a Process Control Engineer with over 10 years of experience in Oil and Gas industry. Naoto joined INPEX Corporation in 2012 after he earned a master’s degree of Chemical Engineering.
It was natural that he started his career as Process Engineer. He was involved in major LNG projects through which he demonstrated his proficiency not only in conventional scheme of process engineering but also in advanced techniques of automation.
In 2016, he joined Ichthys LNG project which was expected to be ranked among the most significant oil and gas projects in the world. At this point, he started a next stage of his career – Process Control Engineer in Operations, and as a power user he got the most out of PI System for successful start-up of massive offshore facilities.
Since 2019, he has been in charge of PI System development in Digital Transformation Group, collaborating with both internal and external IT professionals for further growth of INPEX group.