This page highlights Fernando C. Hernandez’s international association, participation and contributions to key government and industry initiatives.

Overview

Society for Low Carbon Technologies (SFLCT): He is the Founder and Global Chairman of SFLCT, a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing the global deployment of low-carbon technologies and solutions. Under his chairmanship, the Society has attracted participation from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Dell Technologies, Siemens Energy, SLB, and Equinor, while bridging industry, government, academia, and emerging companies across developed and developing nations.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): In 2023, as International Chairman of CCS Brasil, Fernando facilitated high-level engagement with the U.S. DOE of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, including Assistant Secretary Brad Crabtree and senior DOE officials. This engagement supported bilateral knowledge sharing on CCS, regulatory frameworks, and policy developments associated with Brazil’s efforts to establish South America’s first CCS legislation.
Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP): As Chairman of SFLCT, Fernando initiated and facilitated a bilateral government-to-government technical engagement (on a Federal level) between Brazil's ANP and the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Culminating in August 2026, this institutional exchange addressed offshore decommissioning cost methodologies, regulatory frameworks, and financial assurance mechanisms—advancing international regulatory cooperation to inform ANP's ongoing regulatory review and prospective Regulatory Impact Assessment.

NVIDIA Inception Program: Fernando serves as an External Advisor to a company accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program, advancing energy resiliency and commercialization strategies for AI-RAN, private 5G, edge computing, and critical digital infrastructure. His work spans behind-the-meter power, distributed energy systems, and AI infrastructure, further advancing the emerging AI-energy-carbon management nexus.
Brazil Ministry of Mines and Energy: Fernando participated, as SFLCT Chairman, in the Ministry’s CCS Technical Executive Subcommittee, which helped define Brazil’s operational framework for carbon capture, transport, and geological storage and contributed to the draft decree implementing South America’s first CCS law. The Subcommittee convened government, regulators, industry, and international stakeholders, including ANP, Petrobras, TotalEnergies, Empresa de Pesquisa Energética, Innovation Norway, and SFLCT.
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC): Fernando serves as the Lead on the Emerging Technologies Committee of OTC, contributing to the development and positioning of emerging technology themes. He draws upon more than two decades of experience spanning offshore energy, subsea technology, carbon management, and digital infrastructure.
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo: Fernando provided input and international support for Pemex’s initiative to develop Mexico’s first deepwater field. He served as a technical advisor for subsea production systems and hydrate remediation to future-proof the field from potential flow assurance issues such as hydrate blockages by applying his global subsea experience. This development was a key endeavor as it was initiated prior to Mexico's historic energy reform of 2014.
Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC): Appointed as a Technology Mentor for the TechX program in Aberdeen, Scotland, applying his international experience in the technology and commercial realms to further advance a patented technology that produces hydrogen in offshore environments without the need for desalination. The NZTC, in partnership with Equinor, BP, and KPMG, is investing in and supporting startups with potentially game-changing technologies for the UK energy sector.
Marine Technology Society (MTS): Appointed as Section Vice Chair to leverage his maritime and offshore experience for the betterment of MTS while providing strategic input and guidance. Fernando would go onto serve multiple appointments as Section Chairman. The Society was founded in 1963 and promotes awareness, understanding, advancement, and application of marine technology. MTS brings together international businesses, institutions, professionals, academics, and students who are ocean engineers, technologists, policymakers, and educators.
Scottish Development International (SDI) and Scottish Enterprise: Fernando was appointed as a business ambassador (GlobalScot) by SDI, the international arm of the Scottish Government and Scotland's enterprise agencies. He was made a GlobalScot due to his contributions and commitment to Scotland’s economic growth in the Americas’ oil and gas sector (Mexico and USA).
United States Coast Guard: Fernando served as a member of the Well Intervention Subcommittee of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. As an active member of the subcommittee, he collaborated with service companies, equipment manufacturers, operators, vessel contractors, and government bodies to provide recommendations for offshore rigless well interventions.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE): As part of the United States’ interagency collaboration between BSEE and the USCG, Fernando actively liaised with BSEE and provided key industry input and guidance to both agencies. Additionally, he extensively interacted with BSEE regarding new and emerging technologies, as highlighted by his offshore involvement in executing the first rigless wireline-intervention project after the Macondo incident of 2010.
American Petroleum Institute (API 17G2): Fernando was designated Group Lead for Task Group 5 and collaborated with other Riserless Well Intervention subject matter experts to define technology and design practices. He further advanced 17G2's format to accommodate future intervention technologies and hardware. This new specification was intended to provide the necessary safety review and campaign planning tools needed for such rigless projects.
Pipeline Research Council International: Fernando served as a member of the newly created Subsea Technical Committee dedicated to solving the unique challenges faced by subsea pipeline operators related to the design, construction, and integrity management of risers, flowlines, and umbilicals. He worked with other industry specialists to develop research projects addressing the concerns of offshore asset operators.