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Conference day one, Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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8am | Registration and coffee
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8.50am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| A NEW E&P FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP BRAZIL’S PRE-SALT FIELDS |
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9.15am | Keynote panel: the congressional debate
- The framework of the debate surrounding a new E&P framework to develop Brazil’s pre-salt fields
- Perspective from the Workers Party (PT)
- Perspective from the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB)
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| ESTABLISHING SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS – THE UPSTREAM LIFECYCLE |
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10am | Presentation: succeeding in the new Brazilian oil and gas market
- How has the pre-salt find changed the game for the Brazilian oil sector?
- How has the find impacted IOCs operating in Brazil?
- How can firms best protect themselves and continue to invest for future growth in light of the oil price volatility?
- Forecasting the supply of and demand for Brazilian energy
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10.30am | Morning refreshment break
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11am | Keynote presentation: Ascent of Brazil in the global natural gas market
- Growth of the use of LNG in the domestic Brazilian market
- Understanding the size and scope of new natural gas discoveries on the global scale
- Developing and taking Brazilian natural gas to market
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11.30am | Presentation: Know how and future developments on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)
- Technological advances in LNG extraction
- Efficiency of FLNG platforms versus pipelines
- Industry case study for LNG/FLNG
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12pm | Networking lunch
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1.30pm | The Brazilian licensing process – offshore petroleum and gas E&P
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| | Edmilson Maturana , General Coordinator of Petroleum and Gas, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources -IBAMA Environmental Licensing Department - DILIC
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| INVESTING IN BRAZILIAN OIL & GAS |
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2pm | Panel: Considerations for international investors in the Brazilian upstream market
- What are oil and gas investors looking for from local firms?
- Project extraction costs versus industry average
- Local and global partnerships necessary to attract investor funds
- Anticipating the consequences of oversupply on contracting for rigs and services and other disputes that may arise in a falling market
- Adding the correct service and technology providers
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2.45pm | Speed Networking
Fun, high-speed networking
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3.30pm | Afternoon refreshment break
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4pm | Keynote presentation: Lessons learned from investing in Brazilian E&P
- Benefits of investing in local markets
- Overcoming investment challenges specific to the Brazilian E&P market
- Investing in multi-party partnership projects
- Exiting investments from local markets: comparing public and private equity
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Farhat, Principal, Head of infrastructure Brazil, Darby Stratus Administradora de Investimentos
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4.30pm | Keynote presentation: investing in the future of Brazilian oil and gas
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5pm | End of day one
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Conference day two, Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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8.30am | Registration and coffee
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8.50am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY & DEMAND |
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9am | Panel: Causes and consequences of global supply and demand
- Addressing concerns about weakening global demand
- Growth of emerging market consumption as a key driver of long-term growth for the global oil industry
- Effect of short term supply shocks on the price of oil
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| | Gianna Bern, President, Brookshire Advisory and Research
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9.45am | Interactive roundtable discussions
Table 1: Building human capital for Brazilian operations
Table 2: Selecting solution providers to match your local and global operations
Table 3: Mitigating risk in Brazilian oil and gas ventures
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| | Gianna Bern, President, Brookshire Advisory and Research
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10.30am | Morning refreshment break
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10.50am | Panel: The future of oil and gas in Brasil
- The role of government in the oil and gas industry
- Understanding MME mandated changes to new bidding rounds and revenue agreements
- Facilitating and financing the development of Brazilian discoveries
- Possible adjustments to the Brazilian regulatory framework based on international experiences
- Challenges for the unitization process in the pre-salt areas
- Direct state participation in the concession areas
- Growing domestic ownership, knowledge and human capital in new projects
- Possibilities for the future of Petrobras
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| SECURING AND FINANCING PROJECTS IN BRAZIL |
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11.30am | Case study: Capital funding options in the Brazilian market
- Changes in the funding environment during a global credit crisis
- Tapping new and non-traditional avenues of capital for oil and gas projects
- The role of government and multilateral organization in providing funding alternatives
- Importance of investments from other developed and emerging market NOCs and IOCs in Brazil
- The relationship between deal size and the types of financing partners
- Utilizing financing options to stay competitive in a crowded environment
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12.15pm | Networking lunch
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| EXECUTING NEW E&P PROJECTS |
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1.45pm | Keynote presentation: Best practices in developing offshore E&P blocks
- Identifying oil fields in explorations blocks within the mandated time windows
- Leasing, buying and renting exploration equipment in a lower cost environment
- Conducting appraisals on newly discovered fields
- Estimating accurate recovery numbers and their importance in valuation and taxation
- Building a cost-effective and viable extraction plan
- Factoring the price of oil into continuing E&P activities
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2.15pm | Presentation: Shallow water drilling in Brazil
- Technological advances in shallow water equipment
- Availability of vessels and pipelines
- The state of shallow water oil fields in Brazil
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2.45pm | Afternoon refreshment break
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3.15pm | Panel session: Challenges of deep sea drilling and extraction
- Understanding the implications of water depth on E&P operations
- Deepwater infrastructure – the challenges of pipelines and platforms in ultra deepwater drilling
- Trends in deepwater development technology
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4pm | Panel session: Driving new onshore projects
- Growth of onshore E&P activity post round 10
- Developing seconday recovery in onshore mature fields
- Differences between financing offshore and onshore projects
- Analyzing the potential of remaining onshore areas
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4.45pm | End of conference
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Pre-conference workshop - Monday, May 11, 2009
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| Doing business in Brazil: technical standards for the oil and gas sector |
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8.15am | Registration and coffee
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9am | Overview of technical standardizations for the worldwide oil and gas secto
- The ISO and IEC subcommittees which relate to oil and gas
- Industry standardization bodies: API, ASTM, ASME and ISA
- Regional and national standardization bodies: CEN, CENELEC, AMN, COPANT, ANSI, ABNT, DIN and BSI
- The role of company specifications from the oil and gas companies: Petrobras, Shell, PDVSA and BP
- Conventions and regulations from the International Maritime Organization and classified societies such as DNV, Bureau Veritas, ABS and Lloyd
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10.30am | Morning refreshment break
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11am | Technical standards and regulations used for oil and gas activity in Brazil
- The role of the Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP)
- The technical standards from the Brazilian National Technical Standardization Body (ABNT) for oil and gas activity in Brazil
- The adoption of international and industry technical standards
- The impact of Petrobras’s internal specifications on product and supplier service organizations for the Brazilian oil and gas sector
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12.30pm | End of workshop
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