How to Deploy an AI Layer for Downstream Operations and Turnarounds

Thomas Lee Young is the Co-Founder and CEO of Interface, an AI company transforming frontline operations through agentic AI, operational workflows, and enterprise compliance automation. Interface enables end-to-end workflows across environmental health and safety (EHS), maintenance, inspections, permits, and operational procedures, helping energy companies connect corporate compliance with frontline execution. With deep roots in the oil & gas industry in Trinidad and Tobago and a background in mechanical engineering and human factors engineering, Thomas combines industrial expertise with AI innovation to build practical solutions used by some of North America's largest upstream and downstream energy operators.
 

In his session, Thomas will explore how agentic AI can create an intelligent operational layer for downstream oil & gas operations and turnarounds by connecting permits, procedures, inspections, maintenance, and frontline workflows into a single AI-driven system. He will demonstrate how organizations can eliminate bottlenecks created by paper-based processes and disconnected operational systems, while providing field teams with real-time procedural guidance, operational visibility, and faster issue resolution. The session will also highlight practical strategies for scaling AI from pilot projects to enterprise-wide adoption, delivering measurable improvements in compliance, turnaround execution, and frontline productivity across downstream operations.