Conference Programme
Over the two and a half days, industry experts will be talking about the current state of oil and gas exploration around the world, as well as showcasing prospects & plays from across the globe, from Papua New Guinea to Iceland, from Tanzania to Brazil.
Exhibiting companies with a prospect to promote will have the opportunity to book a 10 minute speaking slot in the Prospect Forum sessions within the conference.
Prospect Forum speaking slots are available for booking now. To find out about becoming an APPEX Global 2016 exhibitor, click here.
| DAY 1 |
Tuesday 1st March |
| 09:00-09:03 |
APPEX Conference Chairman's Welcome - Mike Lakin, Envoi |
| 09:06-09:10 |
AAPG Europe Region President's Welcome, Jonathan Craig, Eni |
| Session One | Global Recovery |
| 09:15-09:35 | UKCS North Sea – Mature or Frontier Basin, Gunther Newcombe, Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) (Read More...) |
| 09:35-09:55 | Global E&P what's next? A geoscience perspective - Sue Corrigan, Back to Basics Geoscience (Read More...) |
| 09:55-10:15 | The state of exploration 2016 – activity, trends and valuations, Keith Myers, Richmond Energy Partners |
| 10:15-10:35 |
The Future of Global Energy: Oil or Gas? Richard Herbert, BP (Read More...) |
| 10:35-11:05 |
Break |
| Session Two | Global Deal Flow |
| 11:05-11:25 |
A Global E&P farmout update - Challenges of the Evolving Landscape, Joe Staffurth, JSI Services |
| 11:25-11:45 |
The UK's future potential in Global deal flow, Andrew Vinall, Hannon Westwood (Read More...) |
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Prospect Forum |
| 11:45-11:55 | A review of Global E&P opportunities - Ian Cross, Moyes & Co |
| 11:57-12:07 |
Kris Energy - SE Asian opportunities, Mike Whibley, Kris Energy |
| 12:09-12:19 | Global Upstream Opportunities (Europe, Africa & Middle East), Mike Lakin, Envoi |
| 12:20-12:30 | Newfoundland and Labrador – Upcoming Licensing Rounds, Wes Foote, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 12:32-12:42 |
CGX’s Farm-Out Opportunities in the Guyana Basin, Julio Colmenares, CGX Energy |
| 12:45-13:50 |
Lunch |
| Session Three | Europe and Mediterranean |
| 13:50-14:10 | Acquiring Production in Egypt - The Risks and
Opportunities, Owain Franks, Independent Resources |
| 14:10-14:30 |
Unlocking the Petroleum Systems & Play types in the UK Rockall Trough, Mark Sawyers, Beagle Geoscience (Read More...) |
| 14:30-14:50 |
Ireland's Porcupine Basin: The next North Atlantic exploration hot spot, Hugh Mackay, Europa Oil & Gas (Read More...) |
| Prospect Forum |
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| 14:50-15:00 | New exploration opportunities around the Iberian Peninsula, Raffaele Di Cuia, GEPlan Consulting |
| 15:02-15:12 | High impact North Sea exploration opportunities, Matthew England, Azinor Catalyst |
| 15:14-15:24 | Scarinish – a Late Jurassic
Fulmar prospect in Quad 29, UKCS Central Graben, Simon Green, Total |
| 15:26-15:36 | IRELAND Atlantic Margin Licensing Round - Phase 1 awards, Clare Morgan, Irish Government, Department of natural resources |
| 15:38-15:48 |
3rd
License Round: New exploration opportunities offshore Cyprus, Stelios Nicolaides, |
| 15:50-16:20 | Break |
| Session Four | Asia and Australasia |
| 16:20-16:40 |
PNG: E&P birth and frontier, Keiran Wulff, Oil Search |
| 16:40-17:00 | Jack up territory exploration NW Shelf of Australia - the North Sea of 20 years ago? - Stephen Molyneux, Carnarvon Petroleum (Read More...) |
| Prospect Forum |
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| 17:00-17:10 |
Carnarvon Petroleum's shallow water oil and gas exploration permits of the NW Shelf, Stephen Molyneux, Carnarvon Petroleum |
| 17:12-17:22 | A feast of North West Shelf opportunities, Craig M. Gumley, Finder Exploration |
| 17:22-17:32 | Four Offshore licenses in Grenada, Leonid Mironov, Global Petroleum Group |
| 17:35-19:00 |
Exhibitors Reception |
| DAY 2 |
Wednesday 2nd March |
| Session One | Mature Basins - Feeding the Recovery |
| 09:00-09:20 |
Mature Basins of West Africa: Still where future production growth lies?, Jeremy Berry, Gaffney, Cline & Associates |
| 09:20-09:40 |
Revitalising UKCS Exploration through application of advanced technology, Nick Terrell, Azinor Catalyst (Read More...) |
| 09:40-10:10 | Break |
| Session Two | Finance Forum |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Funding E&P companies in a bear/low oil price market, Emily Morris, Colligo Energy |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Understanding the gaps in industry and city metrics is the key to funding future E&P activities, Shreyas Bordia, Citi Group |
| 10:50-11:10 | Equity, Mezzanine & Senior Debt Financing
Options for Junior E&P Companies, Roy Kelly, Kerogen Captial |
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Prospect Forum |
| 11:10-11:20 |
Exploration Opportunities in Malaysia 2016, Mohammad Hishamuddin, Petronas |
| 11:22-11:32 |
Billion Barrel Potential in Irish Atlantic
Margin, Hugh Mackay, Europa Oil and Gas |
| 11:34-11:44 |
DeLorean (30/23a) and Draco (44/7-10), The Future of
the North Sea, Joe Staffurth, 4Gen Energy |
| 11:46-11:56 |
The new low cost, high impact frontier - Exploration onshore Benin, Elephant Oil |
| 12:00-13:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15-13:45 | UKCS Frontier Basin Potential and Licensing Framework - Nicholas Richardson, Oil and Gas Authority |
| Session Three | Value of E&P Technology in A&D |
| 13:45-14:05 | Increasing exploration success by effective use of remote sensing, Michael Hall, Airbus Defence & Space |
| 14:05-14:25 | Application of shale play fracking techniques to conventional reservoirs in mature basins – what’s the prize? Nick Holloway, IHS |
| Technical Forum | |
| 14:25-14:40 | Early insights from new exploration data over frontier Lower Tertiary play trend, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada, Richard Wright, Nalcor Energy |
| 14:40-14:55 | SeaExplorer autonomous underwater gliders for seep hunting in frontier exploration & environmental baseline: large scale and cost effective survey in the water column,Vianney Rochet, Alseamar |
| 14:55-15:10 | How DSDP, ODP and IODP information has been used to distinguish sedimentation / improve interpretation in frontier areas, Richard Cooke, TGS |
| 15:10-15:35 | Break |
| Session Four | The America's |
| 15:35-15:55 |
Keys to opening the door to Mexico's E&P potential, Colin Clarke, LR Senergy |
| 15:55-16:15 | Exploration Review of the Guianas & Brazil Equatorial Margin, Julio Colmenares, Pacific Energy/CGX Energy |
| 16:15-16:35 | Future E&P potential in South America - Where Next?, Andrei Belopolsky Premier Oil (Read More...) |
| 16:35-16:55 |
“Beyond the bust”: a U.S. perspective on the Middle East, impact of shale and implications for the global energy mix, Ronyld Wise, PLS |
| Prospect Forum |
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| 16:55-17:05 |
Location, location, location – Barreirinhas Basin Exploration Opportunity, Brazil, Duncan Wallace, Chariot Oil and Gas |
| 17:07-17:17 | Colombia, Putumayo & Llanos Basin Farmouts, Ian Conway, Gulfsands Petroleum |
| 17:19-17:29 | Exploration
Update and Opportunities offshore Uruguay, Pablo Gristo, Uruguay |
| 17:30-19:00 |
Sponsors' Reception |
| DAY 3 |
Thursday 3rd March |
| Session One | North and West Africa |
| 09:00-09:20 |
Upstream Sub-Sahara Africa 2015 E&P review, David Thomson, Wood Mackenzie |
| 09:20-09:40 | African gas, where is the domestic market? Andrew Hayman, DrillingInfo (Read More...) |
| 09:40-10:00 |
Unlocking the MSGBC's play potential - New data are the keys to the lock, Ben Sayers, TGS (Read More...) |
| Prospect Forum |
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| 10:00-10:10 | An overview on current exploration activities & frontier acreage in Mediterranean Sea & Nile Delta, Egypt, Mr. Nader Labib, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) |
| 10:12-10:22 |
Exploration opportunities in Mozambique, Nicola Eland, Mozambique (ERCL) |
| 10:24-10:34 |
Senegal: time for some shallow water success? Steve Smith, Simco Petroleum |
| 10:36-10:46 | Moroccan sedimentary basins: Identified Hydrocarbon Plays, Asmae Benarchid, ONHYM |
| 10:45-11:10 |
Break |
| Session Two | East and Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 11:10-11:30 |
Extending the Mozambique success east into the Comoros, John Craven, Discover Exploration Ltd |
| 11:30-11:50 |
Where is the oil in East Africa, and can it match the gas success story in the region? Gabor Tari, OMV (Read More...) |
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Prospect Forum |
| 11:50-12:00 | Paleogene and Upper
Cretaceous prospectivity in the Grand Prix License, Offshore Morondava Basin,
Madagascar, Greg Rock, OMV |
| 12:00-12:10 |
Republic of Congo license round 2016 - Jean Pierre Ngouaka, Ministry of Hydrocarbons, Republic of Congo |
| 12:12-12:22 | Overview of Offshore and Onshore Exploration Activities, South Africa, Thulisile Buthelezi, Petroleum Agency South Africa |
| 12:24-12:34 | Texas Conventional 89-Bcfe Prospect, Joe McClintock, ILEX Energy |
| 12:36-12:46 | Acreage portfolio of Namibian Sedimentary Basins, Alina Haidula and Patrisia Shigwedha, NAMCOR |
| 12:48-12:58 | Farm-in opportunities with Tullow Oil in Africa and the Atlantic, Jerry Jarvis, Tullow Oil |
| 13:00-13:10 | APPEX Chairman's closing comments |
| 13:10-14:10 | Fairwell Lunch |
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