Finding Oil in Central & South America
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina
£50 + VAT
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Julian Bessa
» VP exploration
» Echo Energy
Lucía López Esquivelzeta
» Senior consultant
» Control Risks Group
Jon Watson
» Geosciences Exploration Manager
» Austin Bridgeporth Ltd
Full Agenda
Monday, October 28, 2019
London
The Geological Society
At our "Finding Oil in Central and South America" forum, Julian Bessa, VP Exploration, Echo Energy will give a talk on investing in Argentinian E&P. Echo is a mid-cap Latin American exploration company based in London, which announced on Monday last week a commitment to buy five mature producing blocks in the Austral Basin, Southern Argentina.
Lucía López Esquivelzeta, Senior consultant with Control Risks Group, will give an update of non technical risks for oil and gas operations in Mexico.
Neil Hodgson of TGS will speak about Argentina's second license round opportunities.
Jon Watson, geosciences exploration manager with Austin Bridgeporth, will talk about using non-seismic methods in exploration with case studies from onshore/offshore Mexico and onshore Colombia.
John Weston, technical director of Ulysses Petroleim Management, will talk about the E&P landscape in Brazil, with opportunities for companies from independents to super majors, including with Petrobras disposals.
People interested in environmental, social and governance issues for oil and gas companies have plenty to get their teeth into in Central and South America. As an example, the Economist reports that Ecuador just withdrew a decree eliminating fuel subsidies after "a fortnight of protests, rioting and looting". It also reports that in Bolivia, a reduction in gas revenues, the profits from which had been distributed to the poor, is a factor in giving Bolivian president Evo Morales his "toughest re-election battle yet" - since he was first elected in 2006. And the Operação Lava Jato criminal investigation into corruption at Petrobras, with allegations of awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices, continues.
This event continues from our Central & South America events held in:
October 2018
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and Mexico events held in:
October 2016
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September 2015
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Karl Jeffery is editor and co-founder of Digital Energy Journal, and conference producer of Finding Petroleum. He is also publisher of Carbon Capture Journal and Tanker Operator, and co-founder of Digital Ship, a publishing and events company covering digital technology for the deep sea maritime industry. He has a BEng in chemical engineering from Nottingham University
Finding Petroleum
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Echo Energy is a full cycle, exploration led, gas focused AIM-listed E&P with an exciting
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Lucia is a Senior Consultant within Control Risks’ Markets and Partnerships Department. She works with corporations, international development organisations, NGOs and educational institutions to manage political, integrity and security risks in complex operating environments. In conjunction with Control Risks’ subject matter experts, she provides clients with strategic consulting and advice, including the handling of sensitive political issues, emergency and crisis response, and support to mitigate operational disruptions. She works with Control Risks’ regional offices across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe and Africa to deliver complex multijurisdictional projects for multinational organisations.
Prior to this role, Lucia was based in Control Risks’ office in Mexico where she focused primarily on the energy sector. During that period Lucía was an active member of several security and energy commissions including the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, the British Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CANCHAM).
Following the recent creation of the new anti-corruption system in Mexico, she has participated in working groups with political analysts from the Canadian, US and UK embassies to share information on the challenges faced by international companies operating in Mexico.
Prior to joining Control Risks, Lucía served as Director of the Australia, New Zealand and Mexico Business Chamber and has worked at the Australian embassy and the French Embassy in a variety of roles related to international commerce.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from the Monterrey Institute of Technological and Higher Education (ITESM) with an academic stay at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently studying a Master of Psychology from the University of Derby.
Control Risks Group
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TGS is the world's largest geoscience data company, known for its asset-light, multi-client business
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Jonathan Watson is Interpretation Manager at Bridgeporth who has extensive experience in acquisition, processing and interpretation of potential field data within the oil and gas industry.
Jon has worked for over 15 years within the industry, starting as a processor, and then moving onto interpretation geophysicist and then team leader of interpretation department at an airborne acquisition company. He has worked predominantly in gravity and magnetics worldwide, particularly in its integration with seismic data , and has experience in working internationally.
Jon has a BSc from Manchester Metropolitan University and MRes from UCL-Birkbeck, has been external supervisor to a number of MSc students and involved in research projects within the petroleum industry. Jon is now responsible for a growing team of interpretation geophysicists at Bridgeporth.
Austin Bridgeporth Ltd
AustinBridgeporth comprises two global providers of geoscience services. Austin Exploration, who hav
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Talk Description
This review will include the technical opportunity from exploration to rehabilitation against the political/legal/commercial realities and access to funding.
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