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David Bamford - Director - Finding Petroleum
Video of the geothermal webinar May 2021
David Bamford is well known around the oil & gas industry both as an explorer and a geophysicist. He holds a Physics degree from the University of Bristol and a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the University of Birmingham.
Since 2004, he has been a non-executive director at Tullow Oil plc, being recruited for this position especially for his exploration knowledge. He serves on the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and was chairman of the latter, and Senior Independent Director, for 3 years prior to his retire from the board at the end of April 2014.
He was on the board of Premier Oil from May 2014 to May 2016.
He retired from BP plc in 2003, his last four positions being Chief Geophysicist (1990-1995), Business Unit Leader (General Manager) for first West Africa and then Norway (1995-1999), and finally Head of Exploration until 2003.
He has served on the boards of Paras Ltd, a small exploration and IS/IT consulting company in which he held 22% equity, until its sale to RPS Energy in 2008 and Welltec a/s, a Danish well engineering company, as the nominee of the private equity investor Riverside.
From 2012 to 201 he was on the board of ASX-quoted Australia Oriental Energy as a non-executive director.
He was a founder of Richmond Energy Partners, a small oil & gas research house, and several media companies that focus on the oil & gas sector, and has served as an advisor to Alliance Bernstein, Opus Executive, the Parkmead Group plc, and Kimmeridge Energy LLP. Since retiring from BP, he has undertaken asset and company valuation projects for investment banks, hedge funds and small oil companies.
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.
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Jon Gluyas & Chris Sladen - Founders - Geothermal Energy Advancement Association
Introducing the Geothermal Energy Advancement Association
Talk Description.
The Geothermal Energy Advancement Association (GEAA) advocates increased investment in geothermal energy and increased awareness of this sustainable source for near zero-carbon power, heat, and hot water. The Association is a not-for-profit organisation offering leadership, dialogue, and information in the energy transition debate, supporting the role of geothermal in transitioning to a world that will use less petroleum specifically and fossil fuels in general.
GEAA officially took effect on April 14.
Jon Gluyas. Jon is Director of the Durham Energy Institute at Durham University in northeast England. He is also the University lead on UK Industrial Strategy and is Professor of Geo-energy, Carbon Capture & Storage. Most of Jon’s career spanning 40 years has been in developing expertise in geo-energy delivery, technology, and research. In geothermal energy this includes the drilling of deep research wells. Also, his expertise covers petroleum development and production, carbon capture and storage and leading a team which developed and successfully tested a model for helium exploration, delivering the first new helium province in decades. In the past, Jon has co-founded and raised capital for energy companies and technology-driven companies and his work is well-known for transcending the industry/academia boundaries. In geothermal research, Durham University has become a national leader. Jon’s contribution to science has been recognised through many awards, including the Geological Society of London, which awarded him the Aberconway Medal in 2000 for excellence in the application of geoscience to industry.
Chris Sladen. Chris is an advocate for better energy solutions than the ones we have used so far! Chris is well known for laying a framework for co-investment between public and private sector energy companies, whilst explaining the different elements of project, contract, and country risk. He has a track record of helping governments and regulators to optimise private and co-investment, guiding the next steps for energy ventures, energy transition and climate strategies. Chris has a unique global experience having worked in over 40 countries where he gained direct experience on hundreds of wells particularly in the petroleum sector where he worked for many years. Chris’ experience includes on the Boards of companies, subsidiaries, business chambers and organisations, both in executive and non-executive roles. He is a non-resident fellow at the Institute of Americas focusing on low carbon policies and energy technologies, particularly geothermal and hydrogen. He has published extensively over five decades on energy matters and trends, technology, climatic signals in the rock record and the transformation of minerals and fluids in the subsurface. Chris’s contributions to the energy and education sectors have been recognised by the UK Government with both an MBE and CBE.
Geothermal Energy Advancement Association
The Geothermal Energy Advancement Association (GEAA) advocates increased investment in geothermal energy and increased awareness of this sustainable source for near zero-carbon power, heat, and hot water. The Association is a not-for-profit organisation offering leadership, dialogue, and information in the energy transition debate, supporting the role of geothermal in transitioning to a world that will use less petroleum specifically and fossil fuels in general.
GEAA officially took effect on April 14.
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Andy Wood - SubSurface Manager - CeraPhi Energy Ltd
Benefits of geothermal energy and the advantages of closed loop over the traditional dual well system
Talk Description.
Andy Wood, Subsurface Manager of CeraPhi Energy, a geothermal company based in Great Yarmouth, will talk about the benefits of geothermal energy and the engineering advancements which reduce geothermal project risk. Andy will also touch on Oil & Gas well repurposing and dual production
Andy has a BSc (Hons) in Earth Science from Queen Mary College (University of London) and 30 years Upstream Oil & Gas experience, specifically in Subsurface, Drilling & Wells.
From a Mudlogging, Wellsite Geology & Operations Geology beginning Andy developed skills in operational optimisation and cost saving, before combining his passions for O&G and Environmentalism to transition to Geothermal Energy.
Andy is now Subsurface Manager at CeraPHi Energy Limited, the U.K. Geothermal Development Company and a founding member of the Geothermal Energy Advancement Association.
CeraPhi Energy Ltd
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Rob Westaway - Senior research fellow - University of Glasgow
Repurposing Hydrocarbon wells for Geothermal Use in the UK
Talk Description.
One potential opportunity for the decarbonisation of heat supply in the UK is the repurposing of onshore hydrocarbon wells for the production and/or storage of geothermal heat. This paper reports an investigation into the most favourable candidate sites for such repurposing, taking into consideration the available thermal energy outputs and technological options for heat use.
A GIS mapping model was generated, combining public domain data on onshore wells and production data from onshore fields, provided by the UK Oil and Gas Authority, with available subsurface temperature data. This model has thus integrated information on location, depth, operational status, and bottom-hole temperature for onshore hydrocarbon wells with production rates from onshore fields in the UK. Of the 2242 onshore hydrocarbon wells thus reported, 560 have the potential to be repurposed, 292 of which are currently operating. Using aggregated water production data for all operating wells in each field, the fields with the greatest potential for geothermal repurposing are ranked.
Two of these, the Wytch Farm and Wareham fields, are selected for more detailed analysis. Wytch Farm, the largest onshore oilfield in western Europe, produces water at ~65 °C that might yield a feasible thermal power output of ~90 MW. If an end use could be found where it might substitute for burning of natural gas, the value of this output would be ~£90,000 per day or ~£30 million per year. However, this field is located in a protected landscape where local development would be restricted by planning regulations. The Wareham field is not in a protected landscape, but the low temperature, ~44 °C, and low flow rate limit the scope of potential end uses.
Nonetheless, these and the other highly ranked fields have potential heat outputs that are significant compared with other geothermal heat projects, thus offering the possibility of making useful contributions to the decarbonisation of UK energy use.
Rob is a senior research fellow in the Systems, Power and Energy division of the School of Engineering of the University of Glasgow. He has wide-ranging multi-disciplinary research interests, including geothermics and rheological modelling of Earth deformation, having authored almost 200 publications. Rob has a PhD from Cambridge University and has worked at several British and overseas universities and run his own consultancy company before joining the University of Glasgow in 2012. His research interests in geothermics include the development of techniques to correct raw heat flow data for effects of palaeoclimate and topography and investigation of effects of erosion, sedimentation and magmatism on the thermal state of the Earth's crust. His work also includes the development of conceptual models to facilitate the understanding of high conductive heat flow or hot groundwater in hitherto poorly understood geothermal fields. He is currently involved in this aspect as regards the commercial development of a geothermal field in Slovakia, and has also recently acted as a consultant regarding the assessment of geothermal energy resources in Britain
University of Glasgow
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13:45
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Peter Vivian Neal - CEO & Founder - Kalahari GeoEnergy
Kalahari GeoEnergy drilled wells in late 2020 in Zambia which found high enough temperatures for geothermal (working title)
Talk Description.
Deep sedimentary basins are currently being assessed globally with respect to their geothermal energy resources.
So far, the utilization of deep geothermal energy has not been addressed or included in any renewable energy scheme of South Africa. For example, the most recent Bid 7 call for renewable power was focused entirely on solar and onshore wind and was completely ‘silent’ on the question of geothermal energy.
However, the Main Karoo Basin, with an area of 700,000 km2 and a basin fill of more than 5000 m of siliciclastic rocks, is a promising target for future enhanced geothermal system (EGS) resource exploration, development and production.
In South Africa itself, there has been little testing although a well in the Eastern Cape Province did find temperatures of 80 °C at 2200 m depth indicate a moderately elevated geothermal gradient. Sandstones of the Ripon Formation occurring at >3000 m depths in the southern Eastern Cape region were reported as “promising EGS reservoirs with temperatures >100 °C suitable for electricity production in a binary geothermal power plant”.
Further north though in Zambia, also in Karoo rocks, Kalahari GeoEnergy drilled wells in late 2020 that found significantly higher temperatures thereby offering better potential, and they will present their results today.
In the ‘Noughties’ Peter Vivian-Neal was co-founder and CEO of Kiwara plc, the London AIM listed exploration company which found one of Zambia’s bigger copper deposits. Following the acquisition of Kiwara by First Quantum Minerals in 2010, Peter switched his focus to geothermal energy for both the generation of electricity and the direct uses of thermal energy for agri-industry processes. He is founder and CEO of Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd whose objective is to be an independent sustainable power producer in power stricken Southern Africa. The Company holds exploration rights in Southern Zambia. After extensive research and exploration including drilling of over 6,000m of geothermal slim wells, the Company is currently (Q1-Q3 2021) running a feasibility study on a relatively shallow resource at Bweengwa River.
The experience gained in the geology and exploration challenges of the Karoo (Permian) basin that hosts this target has triggered optimism that other similar geothermal systems in Southern Africa can be developed for commercially viable, sustainable, power production.
Peter currently lives in Zambia.
Kalahari GeoEnergy
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Trevor King
Sr Geoscientist & Manager
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United States
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Isabel Florez
Horizons
United Kingdom
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David Pickering
Geological Consultant
Pickering Geoscience
United Kingdom
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Ben Duncan
1st Subsurface
United Kingdom
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Samuel Rosindell
Senior Petrophysicist
Hurricane Energy
United Kingdom
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Najeeb Ahmad
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
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Mike Cooper
MD
1st Subsurface
United Kingdom
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Jim Hendry
Director / Consultant Geologist
Iapetus Geoscience Limited
Ireland
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Aruna Mannie
Mexico Exploration Manager
Premier Oil
United Kingdom
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Will Sutton
Director
ABIS Energy
United Kingdom
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Nicholas Fry
Student
Iceland School of Energy
Iceland
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Musa Taramov
Engineer
Private
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Gordon Stove
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Adrok
United Kingdom
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Sharvnee RAJA MOHAN
STUDENT
IFP school
France
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Nigel Quinton
Consultant
QX Energy Limited
United Kingdom
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Amy Clare Ellis
Geologist
AE Geosciences
United Kingdom
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Lawrence Jackson
Senior Account Executive
IHS
United Kingdom
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Nicholas Shaw
Director / Principal Geologist
RCGC Ltd
United Kingdom
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Tim Papworth
General Manager Armenia
AGAPE Armenia
United Kingdom
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Edward Prescott
Chief Geophysicist
Impact Oil and Gas
United Kingdom
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Chris Sladen
Founder
Reconnoitre Ltd
United Kingdom
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Sanjeev Gupta
MD
Apptech
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Philip Birch
Director
Impact Oil and Gas
United Kingdom
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David Conroy
CTO
RelyOn Nutec (Global)
United Kingdom
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Michael Darke
Director
Asakir Energy
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Nick Steel
Consultant
Independent
United Kingdom
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Richard Walker
Geophysical Consultant
Richard Walker Geoscience Ltd
United Kingdom
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Simon Berkeley
Director
Berkeley Associates
United Kingdom
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Raymi Castilla
Exploration Geologist
Independent
Switzerland
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Martin Smith
Business Development Manager - Operations
RPS Energy
United Kingdom
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Chris Brown
NED
BLOCK ENERGY
United Kingdom
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James Hayduk
Geophysicist
Independent
United Kingdom
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Kyle Hodge
Senior Technical Research Analyst II
S&P Global
United Kingdom
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arun gurung
petroleum engineer
BP
United Kingdom
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ANDRES MESA
Independent consultant
United Kingdom
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Hamechan Madhoo
Senior Geoscientist
Schlumberger
United Kingdom
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Joanna Garland
Director
Cambridge Carbonates Ltd
United Kingdom
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Abimbola Durogbitan
GM Geosciences
Independent Consultant/Nigerian Association of Petroleum Exolorationists UK/EUROPE COORDINATOR
United Kingdom
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James Lemaux
consultant
self employed
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Camilo Sarmiento
Canacol Energy
Colombia
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Andrew Clark
Technical Advisor
Inova Geophysical
Romania
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Mike Rego
Managing Director
Septima Energy Pte. Ltd.
United Kingdom
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Richard Salway
Well Data Manager
CDA
United Kingdom
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Jan Mrlina
senior geophysicist
Inst. of Geophysics
Czech Republic
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Denis MOUGENOT
Chief Geophysicist - retired as consultant
Sercel-retired
France
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Gary Williams
COO
Ceraphi EnergyLtd
United Kingdom
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John Griffith
Upstream Advisor
JJG Consulting International Ltd
United Kingdom
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Aaron Lockwood
Software Sales Manager - EAME
Shearwater Geoservices
United Kingdom
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Lafayette Herring
Senior Advisr
CeraPhi Geothermal
United States
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jarryd thomas
Equity Analyst
JP MORGAN
South Africa
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David Owen
Shell
United Kingdom
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Rebecca Bolton
Project Geoscientist
CGG
United Kingdom
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Nick Johnson
Managing Director
JUC Ltd
United Kingdom
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Sigve Hamilton Aspelund
Independent consultant
Sigve Hamilton Aspelund
Norway
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Ellie MacInnes
CGG Robertson
United Kingdom
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James Rigg
Geoscientist
Kerogen Capital
United Kingdom
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Hani Ibrahim
SME
SME
United States
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Clare Slightam
Managing Director
Chimaera Consultants
United Kingdom
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David Egya
London South Bank University
United Kingdom
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John Argent
VP Geoscience
Sound Energy Plc
United Kingdom
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Sam Hanton
Managing Director
Claxton
United Kingdom
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Alan Smith
Director
Luchelan Limited
United Kingdom
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William David Hartell
Managing Director
Stellae Energy Ltd.
United Kingdom
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John Glass
MD
Cloverfield Consulting Ltd
United Kingdom
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Ross Kerr
Graduate
Lynx Information Systems
United Kingdom
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Chris Holmes
Sales Manager
Stratum Reservoir
United Kingdom
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Srdan Vlajkovic
Owner
Discovery resources
Serbia and Montenegro
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Attila Fogarasi
geologist
MOL Energy UK Ltd
United Kingdom
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Chris Einchcomb
Advisor
STRYDE Ltd
United Kingdom
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Peter Dolan
Director
Dolan & Associates Limited
United Kingdom
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Claire Tindle
Subsurface Manager
Mol uk
United Kingdom
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David Brecknock
Director
Summit Well Delivery
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Jonny Tribick
Project Geoscientist
Egdon Resources
United Kingdom
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Adrian Gregory
Principal Consultant
MORE Consultancy Ltd
United Kingdom
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Gehrig Schultz
CEO
Surus Geo B. V.
United Kingdom
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Richard Pelling
Product Manager
Emerson
United Kingdom
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Martin Wadsworth
Director/Consultant
MWGeoData Ltd
United Kingdom
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Phil Houston
Founder / CEO
TalEng
United Kingdom
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David Wotherspoon
Director
Energy and Water Associates
United Kingdom
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Connor Sheerin
Postgraduate student
Newcastle University
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Les Anthony
CEO
Teyshas Energy, LLC
United States
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Jorgen Keyser
Equinor
United Kingdom
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Helen Turnell
Principal Consultant
NR Global Consulting Ltd
United Kingdom
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Anna Rundell
Sustainability and Environmental Lead
Third Energy
United Kingdom
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Kevin Freeman
Account Manager
Expro North Sea Limited
United Kingdom
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Antoine D'Amore
Manager
O&G
Russia
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Tahir Mehmood Chaudhry
Consultant Geoscientist
TMAG Oil & Gas U.K., Ltd
United Kingdom
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Avinga Pallangyo
Events Coordinator
Finding Petroleum
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Kareem Shafi
Business Advisor
Offshore Energies UK
United Kingdom
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Pejman Shoeibi Omrani
Scientist
TNO
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Greg Coleman
CEO
Future Energy Partners
United Kingdom
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Alan Poole
OGA
United Kingdom
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Cindy Jones
Geologist
Tullow Oil
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Andrew Shrager
Geodynamics Worldwide
Italy
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harald granser
Exploration Manager
Omv
Austria
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Freddy Khursetjee
Unemployed
India
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Kerri Wilson
Senior Petroleum Geologist
Getech
United Kingdom
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Maximilian Richards
energy transition consultant
OPC
United Kingdom
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Stuart Gilfillan
Senior Lecturer in Geochemistry
University of Edinburgh
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Ross Smail
Head of Innovation
GETECH Group plc
United Kingdom
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David Cox
Founder
Optykal
Canada
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Iain Esau
Upstream
United Kingdom
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Gareth Digges La Touche
Golder
United Kingdom
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Laurence Ormerod
Chairman
Ormerod Consulting Ltd
United Kingdom
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Richard Dawe
professor emeritus
uwi
United Kingdom
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Mark Cottrell
Technical Director
Golder Associates (UK) Ltd
United Kingdom
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Stephen Birrell
Advisor
Ossian Energy Ltd
United Kingdom
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Neil Ritson
CEO
Vanguard Energy Ltd
United Kingdom
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Jon Ferrier
CEO
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
United Kingdom
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William Ash
Paradigm
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Ugur Algan
Director
Volantice Ltd.
United Kingdom
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Lawrie Cowliff
Geoscientist
Halliburton
United Kingdom
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Andrew Foulds
Director
Petrafiz Ltd
United Kingdom
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Giles Watts
Consultant
Watts Geoscience Consulting
United Kingdom
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Alice Butt
Geoscientist
Halliburton
United Kingdom
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Vidar Andresen
Director
Petrodataonline
United States
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Fabio Rosas
Technical Manager
Welltec
Denmark
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Colin Saunders
Senior Regional Geoscientist
Halliburton - Neftex Exploration Insights
United Kingdom
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Thomas Hansen
?Geoscientist
PGS
United Kingdom
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Stephen Allen
Consultant
Wipro Technologies
United Kingdom
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claudio turrini
Exploration Manager
Helpe Upstream
Greece
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Frederic Yeterian
Director
Philax International (UK) Ltd
United Kingdom
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Hugh Ebbutt
Associated Director
WSS Energy Consulting
United Kingdom
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Bryan Magwood
MSc Student
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
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