Super Basins 15: Exploration Opportunities in the Caribbean

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Friday, February 24, 2023, Webinar, Online

The Caribbean's reputation as an exploration 'hotspot' is surging with licence rounds planned in Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados, and farm-in opportunities in various existing positions.

In this webinar, we plan to cover the rounds in Suriname and Barbados, and - possibly - a farm-in opportunity in Jamaica.

This event is at 1pm UK time

Agenda

13:00

David Bamford - Director - Future Energy Partners Ltd

Welcome & Introduction: The islands of the West Indies need our support


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 joined the board of Premier Oil in May 2014.

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.

Future Energy Partners Ltd
Future Energy Partners (FEP) is a unique oil and gas advisory service which prides itself on technical excellence in selected fields and supplementing business management and leadership; in the face of uncertainty.

We offer truthful, professional opinion and advice; no playback of what you already know, and no spin.

FEP was founded by 4 senior industry practitioners who consider the challenges faced by today's oil and gas environment are going to require herculean acts of leadership and technical skill in a transforming, transitioning, industry, in order to maintain an energy supply that is sustainable and even recognisable compared to recent history.

Similarly nations developing an oil and gas industry face related challenges as they seek to maximise the benefits of this new wealth-creating opportunity - in a responsible manner.

Global reach

FEP actively participates in the facilitation and conduct of seminars and webinars worldwide, for example in conjunction with its associate partner Finding Petroleum.

Our presence reaches parts of the globe, such as: the UK, the USA, Sub-Saharan Africa, with partners wherever we work.
13:10

Mike Lakin - Managing Director - ENVOI Limited

Projects in the Caribbean: Suriname, Jamaica & Cuba


A geology graduate from Cardiff University, Mike worked initially for independent oil and gas companies with operations in the UK, Europe and West Africa. In 1989 he joined Petresearch as a geologist, specialising in the marketing of international third-party projects. Mike went on to become the company’s General Manager, until leaving to establish Envoi at the end of 1999.

ENVOI Limited
Envoi specialises in upstream acquisition and divestment (A&D), portfolio advice and project marketing for the international oil and gas industry
13:30

Andrew Pepper - Director & Founder - This !s Petroleum Systems LLC

Joining discussion panel


Andrew Pepper has 39 years of experience in
petroleum geology and petroleum systems
analysis (geochemistry and basin modeling).

He is currently director of This !s Petroleum
Systems LLC, based in Fredericksburg, Texas.
He is a geologist, formerly holding positions as petroleum systems network leader at BP, chief geologist and director of new ventures at Hess Corporation, and vice president of geoscience and vice president of unconventional
exploration at BHP Petroleum.

Andrew’s interests are in regional geology, petroleum systems analysis, and unconventional
reservoirs. He has a bachelor’s degree, first
class, in geological sciences from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, where he is currently a visiting academic.

This !s Petroleum Systems LLC
13:45

Karl Jeffery - editor - Finding Petroleum

Q&A followed by Close no later than 14:15


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.

Sponsors of this event

Registered Delegates

Ron Daniel
Staff Geologist
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Suriname
tiago cunha
PSanalyst
IGI Ltd
Portugal
Isaac Nuti
Technical Research Principal
S&P Global
United States
Mike Cooper
MD
1st Subsurface
United Kingdom
Jaka Hardiwinangun

IHS Markit
United States
Aparicio Romero
Analyst
S&P Global
Mexico
Ben Duncan

1st Subsurface
United Kingdom
Laurence Pearce
Asset Compliance Manager
Impact Oil & Gas
United Kingdom
Sergio Perez
Tech Researcher
S&P Global
United States
Martin Cox
Director
ABerdeen Drilling Management Ltd
United Kingdom
Michael Clutterbuck
Exploration Geologist
Impact Oil & Gas
United Kingdom
Karyna Rodriguez
VP Global New Ventures
Searcher
United Kingdom
Tony Paul
MD
ACES
Trinidad and Tobago
Keely Harris
Asset & JV Manager
Impact Oil & Gas
United Kingdom
Bashir Badawi
Chairman
Seladon Petroleum Ltd
United Kingdom
ALASDAIR DUNCAN
DIRECTOR
ALBA ENERGY
Singapore
Neil Simons
Consultant
Independent
United Kingdom
Denis MOUGENOT
Chief Geophysicist - retired as consultant
Sercel-retired
France
Gabriel Perez
Solution Consultant
AspenTech
United States
Abimbola Durogbitan
GM Geosciences
Independent Consultant/Nigerian Association of Petroleum Exolorationists UK/EUROPE COORDINATOR
United Kingdom
Tom Martin
Director
Shikra Consulting
United Kingdom
Evelyn Haynes

Baker Hughes
United Kingdom
Christopher Tiratsoo
editor
Journal of Petroleum Geology
United Kingdom
Julia Kotulova
Senior Researcher
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovakia
Ashleigh Costelloe
Micropalaeontologist
Biostrat JV
Trinidad and Tobago
Mike Larsen
Director
Metastream Ltd
United Kingdom
Shariva Darmaoen
Exploration Geologist
Staatsolie
Suriname
Bill Beck

BLM
United States
Winston O'Young
Senior Policy & International Relations Officer
Ministry of Energy & Energy Industries/Senior Policy & International Relations Officer
Trinidad and Tobago
Eshita Narain
geologist
Staatsolie
Suriname
Adrian Robinson
New Ventures Manager
Chevron
United Kingdom
Gerri Cumberbatch
Chemical Engineer
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries
Trinidad and Tobago
Carol de Seil

Staatsolie
Suriname
Li Yanqing

Cina Oilfield Service Limited
China
Robin Sutherland
Consultant
Monitor Exploration Limited
South Africa
VIRUN MAHABIRSINGH

THE NATIONAL GAS COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Trinidad and Tobago
Fearghal Hayes
General Manager Geoscience, Europe Africa
CNOOC International
United Kingdom
Susan Jemmott
Sr. Technical Advisor
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Andrew Pepper
Director
This is Petroleum Systems.com
United States
Diwin Amarasinghe
Geophysical Specialist
Consultant
United Kingdom
Denesh Ramnarace
Commercial Manager
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Maria Carolina Maninat
Senior Exploration Geologist
Totalenergies
United States
Colin Clarke
Geophysicist
Consulting Geoscience
United Kingdom
Virginia Jack
Mgr OSM (Ag.)
NGC
Trinidad and Tobago
Liliana Goncalves-Ferreira

TotalEnergies
United States
David Boote

DBConsulting Ltd
United Kingdom
Katerina Krylova
VP Business Development
Ocean Infinity
United Kingdom
Pascal Le Nen
New Ventures
TotalEnergies
United States
Wolfgang Nachtmann
Honorary Professor at Montanuniversitaet Leoben
E&P Petroleum Consulting
Austria
harald granser
Exploration Manager
Omv
Austria
Luke Jensen
Geoscience Advisor - Exploration Americas New Ventures
TotalEnergies
United States
Dirk Bodnar
Manager
El Pilar Petrotechnical Consulting
United States
Gina Godfrey
Manager
PetroWEB
Ali Karagul
Senior Operations Geophysicist
TotalEnergies E&P
United Kingdom
Murray Johnson
geologist
Europa Oil & Gas
United Kingdom
Steve Pitman
VP Corporate Marketing
PGS
United Kingdom
Ana Maria Vielma
Phd student
UH
United States
Gerry P LOURANTOS
CEO
G.P. LOURANTOS & PARTNERS
Angola
Matthew Plummer
Principal Geoscientist
PGS
United Kingdom
Myles Watson
Senior Geologist
United Oil and Gas Plc
Ireland
Jeni Masi
Chief Geoscientist
Geoex MCG LLC
United States
Kevin Sylvester
Director
Pinnacle Energy Limited
United Kingdom
Juan Pablo Ramos Vargas
PhD Geology
University of Houston
United States
Robert FE Jones
Director
Geoko Ltd
United Kingdom
Daryl Jones

Private
Switzerland
RAFFIE HOSEIN
Professor
UWI
Robert Gales
Chief Geoscientist
Halliburton
United States
Miles Leggett
Chief Geophysicist
Quantum Xploration International Ltd.
United Kingdom
Neil Ritson
CEO
Vanguard Energy Ltd
United Kingdom
James Howe

Howe Geology, LLC
United States
Richard Walker
Geophysical Consultant
Richard Walker Geoscience Ltd
United Kingdom
Mark Foster
Business Development Manager
Verif-i SG Limited
United Kingdom
Jim Hendry
Director / Consultant Geologist
Iapetus Geoscience Limited
Ireland
Gerardo Gaitan
Basin Researcher
S&P Global
United Kingdom
Mark Shann
CTO head of subsurface
Westlawn Americas Offshore
United States
Haddison Etchou
MD
IBC CONSULTANCY
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Stephanie Vargas Ortega
Research Analyst
S&P Global
United States