APPEX Regional 2014 at ICE
 
Speaker Programme

Day One - Monday 15th September

11:00-11:05
APPEX Conference Chairman’s welcome Mike Lakin, Envoi 

11:05-11:10
AAPG European president’s welcome  Keith Gerdes, Shell
 

11:10 - 11:15
AAPG President’s comments Randi Martinson, University of Wyoming

Session One  Regional Forum Keynote Addresses
11:15 - 11:30 
TPAO's Exploration Activities and Opportunities
Dr. Coşkun Namoğlu, TPAO
11:30 - 12:00
Challenges to unlocking prospective Frontier Plays where East meets West Gabor Tari, OMV
12:00 - 12:30
Offshore Eastern Mediterranean Update Øysten Lie, PGS
12:30 - 13:45 
Break for Lunch
 
Session Two  Central & Eastern Europe: Licensing & Exploration
13:45 - 14:05
Opportunities for New Acreage Acquisition in Eastern Europe Joe Staffurth, JSI Services
14:05 - 14:25
Applying New Oilfield Technology in Turkey
Lee Muncy, TransAtlantic Petroleum
14:25 - 14:45
Overview of Panonnian Basin potential Past, Present & Future
László Csontos, MOL Group
Prospect Forum
14:45 - 14:56
Opportunities from Trans Atlantic Petroleum   
N. Malone Mitchell 3rd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TransAtlantic Petroleum
14:56 - 15:07
Opportunities from EnerMad Corporation
Ken Schubert
15:07 - 15:18
Various Opportunities
Mike Lakin, Envoi
15:20 - 16:00 
Refreshment Break
 
Session Three  Development of the Caspian and Black Sea Region
16:00 - 16:20
Traditional, Emerging and Untested Play Types in the Western Black Sea: An Overview  Zamir Bega, PETROM
16:20 - 16:40 Are there new E&P Opportunities Worth Chasing in the Caspian? Alexander Nikitin, Geology Without Limits
Prospect Forum
16:40 - 17:51
Guinea Bissau, West Africa: Unlocking Untapped Potential
Duncan Rushworth, Svenska Petroleum

17:51 - 17:02 An Analysis of Morocco's Geology - a Musing on Petroleum Systems and Promising Structures
Morocco
17:05 - 18:30
End of Day One - Reception in Exhibition Hall
 

Day Two - Tuesday 16th September

Session One  The Adriatic & the East Mediterranean
09:00 - 09:20
Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration in Croatia
Barbora Doric, Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency
09:20 - 09:40
The Eastern Mediterranean gas province - great geology but will it ever make money for the industry?
Prospect Forum
09:40 - 09:51 Oil and Gas Opportunities in Tunisia and Romania Trent Rehill, Serinus Energy
09:51 - 10:02 Potentials in Central Mediterranean basin Angelo Ricciato, GEPlan Consulting
10:02 - 10:13
Berenx Shallow: A 416 bcf Exploration Prospect in the Heartland of the French Petroleum Industry
Hugh Mackay, Europa Oil 
10:15 - 11:00
Refreshment Break
 
Session Two Russia & Former Soviet Union
11:00 - 11:20
New Opportunities in Mature Areas of Russia Konstantin Sobornov, Uralian Petroleum
11:20 - 11:40
The Opportunity & Challenges for Independents in Russia and FSU Ritchie Wayland, JKX
Prospect Forum
11:40 - 11:51 E&P Opportunities in Uruguay - Uruguay Round 3
Pablo Gristo,ANCAP
11:51 - 12:02 Hydrocarbon Exploration Activities in South Africa
Chantell Van Bloemenstein, Petroleum Agency South Africa
12:02 - 12:13
Exploration Opportunities in Malaysia Azhar Yusof, Petronas
12:15 - 13:30
Break for Lunch
 
Session Three  New Plays and Regional Frontiers
13:30 - 13:50
The Political & Commercial Challenges to Seeking New Regional Frontiers Charles Gurdon, Menas Associates
13:50 - 14:10
Unlocking the Complex Petroleum Geology & Prospectivity of Greece Yannis Grigoriou, Hellenic Petroleum

14:10 - 14:30
Exploration Success in Northern Iraq: Review of Key factors Raffaele Di Cuia, GEPlan Consulting

Prospect Forum
14:30 - 14:41
New Opportunities in the Fifth Philippine Energy Contracting Round Guillermo H. Ansay, Department of Energy Government of Phillipines
14:41 - 14:52 Opportunities in Suriname Marny Daal - Vogelland, Staatsolie

14:52 - 15:03 
2nd International License Round Offshore Greece Spyridon Bellas, The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change

15:05 - 15:45  
Refreshment Break
 
Session Four  Global Review & Opportunity
15:45 - 16:15
North West Europe: An Overview of the Region

16:15 - 16:35
Conventional Exploration Performance - 2014 the Year So Far
Keith Myers, Richmond Energy Partners
16:35 - 16:55 The Challenges to Participating in the Future E&P of Africa David Blanchard, Energy XXI

 Prospect Forum
 16:55 - 17:06 Resource Opportunities with the 2013 and 2014 Offshore Licensing Rounds        
Larry Hicks, Newfoundland and Labrador
17:07 - 17:15 APPEX Closing Remarks

 Mike Lakin