Conference Programme

The Business of Energy Opportunities Show

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Conference Schedule - Tuesday, 4th March

Time Auditorium Rooms BC Room A
0915-1000 "In Conversation With..."    
1000-1030

The Outlook for High Impact Exploration in 2025 and beyond

Graeme Bagley (Westwood)

   
1030-1100

How is an achievable Energy Transition linked to the Upstream sector and the weather?

Mike Lakin (Envoi)

   
1100-1110 The Future for YP's    
1110-1140 BREAK
 

 Bussiness Commercial

 

Exploration and Opportunity Promotion

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Natural Hydrogen and Helium Session

Natural hydrogen is ubiquitous in the subsurface and has the potential to be a global low-carbon and low-cost energy source. What does it take to make it a commercial success?

Moderator: Max Brouwers (Getech) 

1140-1200

Funding – The World is changing

Dee Patterson (Moyes and Co)

Gas Appraisal Opportunities next to Angola's Block 20 & 21 Kaminho development

Matt Tyrrell (TROIS)

Natural hydrogen - Show me the money

Morten Stahl (NH Ventures)

1200-1220

Global E&P licensing 

Bruce Walker (Enverus)

Exploration results, Appraisal & Development next steps, an investment opportunity, onshore Timor Leste

Stuart Lake (Timor Resources)

‘Economic Basement’ – A matter of perspective

Owain Jackson (H2AU)

1220-1240

The diverging paths of exploration in the UK and Norway

Stephen Coomber (Westwood)

Timor-Leste PSC 19-11 oil development project

Aaron Bond (Finder Energy)

Natural Hydrogen Development-Potential and Challenges

Arnout Everts (AEGeo Sdn Bhd)
1240-1300

Balancing the barrels: The impact of fiscal policies on oil finds in MENA

Lauren Mayhew (Welligence)

Innovation and Growth: Block Energy’s Approach in Georgia

Penny Milner (Block Energy)

Lorna Blaise (Helium One)
1300-1410 LUNCH
 

Technology and Innovation

 

Business Commercial

 

Carbon Capture and Storage 

Carbon storage in the subsurface is critical to meet international climate goals. Projects are progressing, though the speed of investment is not meeting the targets. What are the causes and what should be done about it?

Moderator: Beth Hebditch (CCA) 

1410-1430

Bottom Current-Influenced Depositional Systems: Implications for Energy Exploration

Deborah Duarte (CSIC)

Old Data, New Methods: Unlocking Exploration Opportunities in Block 31, Offshore Equatorial Guinea with Innovative Geophysical Technology

Lisa Fullarton (Africa Oil Corp)

 

Matthew Taylor (DESNZ)
1430-1450

Orange Basin: Imaging new Geology 

Neil Hodgson (Searcher)

Oil & Gas Farmout Financing for Non-Finance People: Finance for Geologists

Jens Johansen

Nick Terrell (CarbonCatalyst)
1450-1510

Title TBC

Ed Hager (Shearwater GeoServices) 

What's next for E&P?

Jerry Jarvis (S&P)

Marta Gonzalez (Repsol)
1510-1530

Rebooting Biostratigraphy for Subsurface Success: New Approaches, New Insights, New Frontiers

Imran Ali (Petrostrat)

Pivoting marginal and stranded projects to profitable using Pivotree

Paul Howlett (Pivotree)

 Justin Green (CoreLab)
1530-1550

Low Carbon High Value Exploration and Development

Geoff Minielly (Equinor)

The State of the E&P Market RE: Funding Requirements and Investor Deal Parameters.

Iek Van Cruyningen – Strand Hanson Financial Advisors

 
1530-1620 BREAK
 

Exploration and Opportunity promotion

 

Financing Our Future – Successes, Challenges & Some Good Advice

Moderator- Stacey Kivel

Subsurface Energy Storage

The shift towards renewable and alternative energies highlights the need for consistent and long-duration storage solutions. How can underground storage systems overcome challenges to implement and ensure energy reliability?

Moderator - Irene Garcia (Repsol)

1620-1640

High-impact E&P opportunities Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific

Ian Cross (Moyes & CO)

Grayson Andersen (Reconnaissance Energy Africa)

Keji Ajayi (Cambridge Growth Partners) 

Henry Davey (XHerbert Smith)

David Mirzai (SP Angel)

Duncan Rushworth (Tower Resources Plc)

Jozsef Marton (Preng & Associates)

 

Rosa Maria Nieto (Enagas)
1640-1700

Offshore Papua New Guinea

Alaister Shakerley (Larus Energy)

Perspectives on the Future of Underground Thermal Energy Storage

Elke Mugova (PUSH-IT project)
1700-1720

Offshore Philippines – 50 years on, but riches still remain

Colin Murray (Sundagas)

Alistair Metcalfe (Corre Energy)
1720-1740

International Opportunities fit for the World’s new Energy Mix

Mike Lakin (Envoi)

 Bruno Colcombet (Geostock)
1740-1900 NETWORKING RECEPTION

 

*Please be aware this program is subject to modifications

Conference Schedule - Wednesday 5th March

Time Auditorium Rooms BC Room A
0900-0920

Keynote: Change: A Personal Perspective

David Latin (Serica)

   
 

Technical E&P Developments

 

Exploration and Opportunity promotion

 

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy has been at the cusp of breakthrough for several years. Are the latest geothermal technology advances, increased demand for power (e.g. data-centres) and improved regulations the pivot point?

Moderator: Max Brouwers

0920-0940

Exploration potential offshore North Sumatra and Mergui basins, southern Andamans and the importance of the recent Timpan and Layaran discoveries

Andy Racey (Andy Racey Geoscience)

Exploration Opportunities – Mozambique

Esmeralda Sarmento dos Muchangos Dalsuco (ENH)

Mike Popham (Stryde)
0940-1000

History, Framework, and Future Outlook in the Faroese Sector

Barbara B. Thorsteinsson (Jardfeingi)

Unlocking Morocco’s Oil and Gas Promising Potential

Mrs. KARIM Atika, Onhym Morocco

Richard Hood (Woodmac)
1000-1020

Venus and her sisters on 3D in the Southern Pelotas basin, Brazil

Karyna Rodriguez (Searcher)

 

The Potential of the Matanda Block, Cameroon – Onshore Gas Production’

Sarah Lainchbury and Sam Metcalfe (Gaz du Cameroun)

Robert Winsloe (Eavor)
1020-1040

NVentures regional update – APAC

Jonathan Craig (NVentures)

Caribbean SEE - How improved data in the greater Caribbean is set to unlock new potential

Mike Powney (GEOEX)

Richard Day (Eden Geothermal)
1040-1100

Newfoundland & Labrador Energy Update 2025

Jovan Petrovic, Director of Petroleum Geosciences

Update of upstream activities offshore Uruguay

Santiago Ferro (ANCAP)

 
1100-1120

Multi-Stage Salt Diapirism: Implications for the Energy Mix

Gerardo Gaitan (S&P)

Uruguay’s Pelotas basin - A New Perspective

Randy Hiscock (Challenger Energy plc)

 
1120-1140 BREAK
 

Technology and Innovation

 

Business Commercial and Opportunities

 

Financing the Energy Transition Panel

Ambition and green intent is not enough to make energy transition projects happen. They need financial investment, but as the economic returns of these projects can be challenging, how to secure the required capital?

Moderator: Paul Bannister (LAB Energy Advisors)

1140-1200 Camille Cosson (Spotlight)

Exploration Activity in Central and Eastern Europe

Gehrig Schultz (EPI Group)

Julian Mylchreest (Bank of America)

Jerry Keen (OAK Securities)

Mark Taylor (Sightline Climate)

Amanda Lonsdale (Magnitude Global Finance)

 

 

1200-1220

SANAM Superbasin: antecedent structural controls on the prolific Cretaceous reservoir systems of the offshore South African and Namibian Deepwater Fairway

Edward Prescott (Impact Oil and Gas Limited)

Global Exploration 2025 Outlook

Patrick Rutty (Enverus)

1220-1240

Seismic Made Simple: Faster, Easier, and Affordable Exploration for Renewables

Amine Ourabah (Stryde)

 
1240-1300

Application of airborne geophysical techniques in different energy sectors

Jonathan Watson (Metatek)

UK Mid North Sea High

Peter Browning-Stamp (Horizon Energy Global)

1300-1410 LUNCH
 

 Exploration and Opportunity promotion

 

Core Workshop

 Kindly Sponsored by

   

Digitalisation

 

1410-1430

Boaz gas/cond prospect in the Sth Viking Graben

Matthew England (Finder Energy)

Presentations by:

Ann McAffee (Core Labs)

Henk Kombrink (North Sea Core)

Neil Hodgson (Searcher)

Large Language Models: A Framework to use in Exploration

Paul Cleverley (Robert Gordon University)

1430-1450

Kazakhstan 

Duncan McDougall (Lucent Petroleum)

10 years of Osokey digitalisation: Sharing learnings, risks and opportunities

Joseph Nicholson (OSOKEY)

1450-1510

Gabon and the Dussafu Field

Richard Morton (Panoro)

Joseph Court (Think Onward)
1510-1530

Selene & Blackadder – SNS Gas Development Opportunity

Matthew Dack (Deltic)

 
1530-1620 BREAK
 

Exploration and Opportunity promotion

 

 

Critical Minerals and Metals

Moderated by Joseph Court

1620-1640

Exploration opportunities beyond the border Rosebank and Cambo nearfield leads

Óluva Reginsdóttir Eidesgaard (Jardfeingi)

Core Workshop   

Kindly sponsored by 

More Than Just a Supply Issue: Rethinking Responsibility in Raw Materials

Aileen Doran (Satarla)

1640-1700

Sierra Leone Prospectivity 

Ian Bulley (Nventures)

 Thibault de Saint-Vaulry (Geolith)
1700-1720

Tunisian Hydrocarbon Opportunities

Fathia Lansari (ETAP Tunisia) 

Geothermal Lithium in Cornwall, UK 

George Howe (Cornish Lithium)

1720-1740 "In conversation with...?"  
1740-1900

ENERGY ON DRAFT RECEPTION

Sponsored by Badley Geoscience

Venue: The Old Queen’s Head (44 Essex Rd, Islington, London, N1 8LN)

 

*Please be aware this program is subject to modifications

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