Uncapped with Executive Roustabouts: Greg Hill on Trust, Toughness, and Why Your Handshake Is Your Bond | Episode 6

In this episode of Uncapped with Executive Roustabouts, Jon Krome sits down with Greg Hill, former President and Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, global energy, operational excellence, and the future of oil and gas.

Greg reflects on his Wyoming roots, the leadership lessons he carried from rodeo culture into the boardroom, and the importance of humility, resilience, trust, and servant leadership. He also shares perspective from a career spanning more than 40 years and 56 countries, including lessons learned from leading across cultures, building high-performance teams, and creating long-term supplier partnerships rooted in trust rather than price alone.

The conversation also dives into lean manufacturing in oil and gas, the role of reliability and waste reduction in operational performance, America’s strategic energy advantage, LNG, AI, material science, fusion, and why Greg believes the industry may be entering a new exploration renaissance.

This is a thoughtful and candid conversation with one of the industry’s most experienced leaders on what it takes to lead well, innovate responsibly, and keep oil and gas competitive in a changing world.