Finding Oil in Central & South America

Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina 0

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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Agenda

9:30

Karl Jeffery - editor - Finding Petroleum

Welcome & Introduction

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
Finding Petroleum was established to help the oil and gas industry network, and stay up to date on the latest technological developments. It does this via hosting regular events and with an online social network of nearly 10,000 members.

9:40

Julian Bessa - VP exploration - Echo Energy

Investing in Argentinian E&P

Talk Description.

Echo Energy

Echo Energy is a full cycle, exploration led, gas focused AIM-listed E&P with an exciting asset base in Latin America.

We have an ambitious growth strategy to deliver shareholder value from both the existing portfolio and new opportunities.

10:15

- Senior consultant - Control Risks Group

Non-technical risks landscape for Oil & Gas operations in Mexico

Control Risks Group
We are a specialist global risk consultancy that helps organisations succeed in a volatile world. Through insight, intelligence and technology, we help you seize opportunities while remaining secure, compliant and resilient. When crises and complex issues arise, we help you recover.

10:50

Coffee & Tea; Exhibits

11:15

Neil Hodgson - VP geoscience - Searcher Seismic

Argentina 2nd Licence Round Opportunities

Talk Description.

Neil Hodgson is VP Searcher Seismic, a company which provides high quality exploration data and leading edge tech to the global exploration industries. He is formerly executive VP geoscience with Spectrum ASA, and exploration manager at Matra Petroleum, Premier Oil and GB Group.

Searcher Seismic
Searcher provides high quality exploration data and leading edge tech to the global exploration industries.

Our data library includes seismic, potential fields, multi-beam, coring and well data derived from geophysical and geological projects that we operate world wide.

11:50

Jon Watson - Geosciences Exploration Manager - Austin Bridgeporth Ltd

The use of non-seismic methods to aid successful exploration. Case-studies from onshore/offshore Mexico and onshore Colombia

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 have been delivering land and marine potential field acquisition services since 1976 and have an extensive data library of land and marine gravity and magnetic data covering the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. While Bridgeporth was formed in 2011 by a group of highly experienced geoscientists to provide airborne and land geophysical data acquisition, processing and integrated interpretation services utilising gravity gradiometry, gravity, magnetics, LiDAR and magnetotelluric techniques for natural resource exploration. AustinBridgeporth brings a team of talented professionals with extensive geoscience technology skills in areas that include marine, land and airborne data acquisition, QC, processing, interpretation, project management, and software development

12:25

John Weston - Technical Director - Ulysses Petroleum Management

Brazil's E&P Landscape: Petrobras Disposals to Pre-Salt Giants - Opportunities for Independents to Super Majors

Talk Description.
This review will include the technical opportunity from exploration to rehabilitation against the political/legal/commercial realities and access to funding.

Ulysses Petroleum Management

13:00

Lunch & Exhibits

Sponsors of this event

TGS
TGS is the world's largest geoscience data company, known for its asset-light, multi-client business model and global data library. Our primary business is to provide geoscience data to energy companies worldwide. We offer extensive global libraries that include seismic data, magnetic and gravity data, multibeam and coring data, digital well logs and production data. Additionally, the company offers advanced processing and imaging services, interpretation products and data integration solutions.

Austin Bridgeporth Ltd
AustinBridgeporth comprises two global providers of geoscience services. Austin Exploration, who have been delivering land and marine potential field acquisition services since 1976 and have an extensive data library of land and marine gravity and magnetic data covering the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. While Bridgeporth was formed in 2011 by a group of highly experienced geoscientists to provide airborne and land geophysical data acquisition, processing and integrated interpretation services utilising gravity gradiometry, gravity, magnetics, LiDAR and magnetotelluric techniques for natural resource exploration. AustinBridgeporth brings a team of talented professionals with extensive geoscience technology skills in areas that include marine, land and airborne data acquisition, QC, processing, interpretation, project management, and software development

Registered Delegates

Jeremy Lockett Associate 1st Subsurface	Julian Bessa VP exploration Echo Energy	Peter Allen Consultant Layla Resources United Kingdom
David Roberts Consultant 3-DMR United Kingdom	Bryan Man Oil and Gas Consultant Enerqueste United Kingdom	Mark Jones Director - Sales & Business Line Logstor United Kingdom
Geoffrey Boyd Field Development Consultant Antium FRONTFIELD United Kingdom	Mark Lonergan Senior Business Development Manager EPI Group United Kingdom	Rupert Simcox Data Analyst Lynx Information Systems United Kingdom
Sergey Drachev Principal Geologist ArcGeoLink Limited	Jorgen Keyser Equinor United Kingdom	Rowan Edwards Structural Geologist NPA Satellite Mapping United Kingdom
David Craik Consultant Atlaslocal United Kingdom	Karl Jeffery Editor Finding Petroleum United Kingdom	Senem Uygun van Rijsewijk Senior Business Development Manager Ocean Infinity
Chris Walker Chief Geophysicist BGP Offshore United Kingdom	Avinga Pallangyo Events Coordinator Finding Petroleum	Clarke Shepherd Commercial Director Oil Plus Limited United Kingdom
Ben Dewhirst Commercial Analyst bp United Kingdom	Chantelle D'Souza Fulcrum Diligence	Paul Barrett MD OK Energy Limited United Kingdom
Christian Richards Sales Manager Bridgeporth United Kingdom	Bryan Moseley Geologist Geologist United Kingdom	Abi Mirkhani COO OPG Supply United Kingdom
Jonathan Watson Geophysicist Bridgeporth ltd United Kingdom	Jim House Director GeoSeis Ltd United Kingdom	Roger Doery Retired Retired United Kingdom
John Glass MD Cloverfield Consulting Ltd United Kingdom	Charlotte Jones Senior Engineer HSBC United Kingdom	Neil Hodgson EVP Geoscience Searcher Seismic
Micky Allen consultant consultant United Kingdom	Michael Clutterbuck Exploration Geologist Impact Oil & Gas United Kingdom	Simon Bradbury Director Simelis United Kingdom
Diwin Amarasinghe Geophysical Specialist Consultant United Kingdom	Edward Prescott Chief Geophysicist Impact Oil and Gas United Kingdom	Andy Harris SpectrumGeo United Kingdom
Simon Adamsdale Director Control Risks	Mark Robinson Consultant Independent United Kingdom	Tim Browne TGS United Kingdom
Lucía López Esquivelzeta Senior consultant Control Risks Group	Nick Steel Consultant Independent United Kingdom	John Weston Principal Ulysses Petroleum Management United Kingdom
Raffaele Di Cuia Technical Director Delta Energy Limited Ltd Italy	Manouchehr Takin Independent consultant United Kingdom	Benjamin Marsh Analyst Westwood Energy