Keynote Speakers

Dr Marc van Grondelle

Head of the Global Joint Venture Practice, Partner
KPMG
Gareth Burns

Senior Vice President
Strategy and Business Development, Exploration, Statoil ASA
Sarah Wharry

Corporate Finance, Oil & Gas
RFC Ambrian
Galib Virani

Associate Director, Afren Plc,
Director, Afren EAX
Bruno Gama

Senior Consultant
Palantir
Martin Copeland

Managing Director
Evercore
Neil Gilmour

VP Integrated Gas Development
Shell
Didier Holleaux

CEO of GDF SUEZ E&P
International SA
Dr. Mike Watts

Deputy Chief Executive
Cairn Energy
Nick Cooper

CEO
Ophir Energy
Sastry Karra

Executive Chairman
Inergia Petroleum
Eric Oudenot

Principal, Energy Practice
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Majid Shafiq

Managing Director, Corporate Finance
FirstEnergy
Nick Davis

Partner
Memery Crystal
Robert Hodges

Tax Director
Ernst & Young
Simon Toole

Head Exploration, Licensing and Development
DECC
Rob Leonard

Business Development Director
AMEC

Managing Oil & Gas Portfolios in Uncertain Markets

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Agenda

Day 1 Day 2

Day 1

22^nd May 2013

Opening Addresses: UK and Global Portfolio Management, 9:30 – 11:00(Lecture Theatre)

Mike Watts, Deputy Chief Executive, Cairn Energy
Galib Virani, Associate Director, Afren Plc
Gareth Burns, Senior VP, Strategy and Business Development, Exploration, Statoil ASA

Session 2: UK, 11:30 – 13:00(Lecture Theatre)

Simon Toole, Head, Licensing Exploration & Development, DECC: Incentivizing marginal projects
Mark Tandy, Commercial and Exploration Director, TAQA Bratani, Opportunities and challenges in the UK
Christopher Coombs, Associate Director, Oil & Gas Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, Financiers perspective

Session 3: East Africa, 14:00 – 15:30(Lecture Theatre)

Robert Hodges, Tax Director, Ernst & Young, Principles of oil & gas taxation
Nick Davis, Partner, Memery Crystal, Legal due diligence challenges in African projects
Nick Cooper, CEO, Ophir Energy, Offshore exploration – East Africa

Session 4: West Africa, 16:00 – 17:30(Lecture Theatre)

Eric Oudenot, Principal, BCG : Challenges and opportunities for investors and operators in Angola
Sastry Karra, Executive Chairman, Inergia Petroleum : Opportunities and challenges for independent oil companies in Nigeria
Fausta Alakwe, Deputy COO/Operations Manager, Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Production enhancement from Brownfield assets

Interactive Session – Challenges of Delivering HPHT Wells(Council Chamber)

14:00 – 14:45, James Hunt, Wireline Services Account Manager, Baker Hughes, HPHT Formation evaluation challenges
14:45 – 15:30, Marcus Garrett, Product Line Manager, Baker Hughes, HPHT Well completion challenges
16:00 – 17:00, Panel discussion (Session Chair, Jean-Claude Choux, Technical Sales Director, Total E&P UK, John Owens, Lead Petrophysicist, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited)

Day 2

23^rd May 2013

Opening Session 1: Global Prtfolios/Gas Portfolios, 9.00 – 10.30(Lecture Theatre)

Global portfolio management: Didier Holleaux, CEO, GDF Suez E&P
Global gas market challenges in portfolio management and investment decisions: Saad Rahim, Chief Market Economist, BG Group
The new energy future: Neil Gilmour, Vice President Integrated Gas Development, Shell

Session 2: Growth Strategies, 11:00 – 12:30(Lecture Theatre)

M&A market trends: Martin Copeland, Managing Director – Oil & Gas, Evercore Partners
Global growth strategies: Rob Leonard, Business Development Director, AMEC

Session 3: Capital Raising Under Constraint Market Conditions, 13:30 – 15:00(Lecture Theatre)

Toronto/London: key differences in risk approach: Majid Shafiq, Managing Director, Corporate Finance, First Energy Capital
Private/Public where is the money coming from?: Max Bascombe, Investment Banking, Sanlam Securities UK
Investors perspective: Sarah Wharry, Corporate Finance, Oil & Gas, RFC Ambrian

Session 4: Portfolio Optimization, 15:30 – 16: 30(Lecture Theatre)

Tools and techniques of portfolio optimization: Bruno Gama, Senior Consultant, Palantir
Technology and R&D portfolio optimization: Xiaojing Wang, Senior Consultant, OTM Consulting Ltd.

Interactive Sessions – Estimating Reserves & Resources

Reserve estimating principles & focus on conventional resources: 13:30 – 14:15(Council Chamber)
John Barker, Technical Director – Reservoir Engineering, GCA
Challenges of estimating unconventional resources : 14:15 -15:00 ( Council Chamber )
Chris Burns , Senior Geoscientist, GCA

Panel discussion: 15:30 -16:30 (Council Chamber )

Session Chair, 2 GCA speakers, another panelist Joel Price, Siekierki Asset Manager, San Leon

Why should you attend?

This conference includes topics and themes carefully selected to be of interest to a unique mix of technical, commercial and financial professionals active in the oil and gas sector in the London area. You will learn from speakers who are oil and gas sector experts working in oil and gas companies, financial institutions and research and strategy companies.

As a delegate, you will gain insight into technical, commercial, financial and market considerations in portfolio management; challenges encountered in the reservoir characterization and exploitation of HPHT reservoirs; and assessment and booking of unconventional resources and reserves such as shale gas.

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