Keynote Panel: How to maximise the benefits from partnerships and strategic alliances

• What can IOCs offer NOCs? Do NOCs really need IOCs? If so, what is the optimal framework for collaboration? Are we witnessing the end of PSA’s?
• NOC-IOC relationships post Macondo -  what are the implications of the oil spill for the NOC-IOC dynamic?
• How can NOCs, IOCs and Service companies work together to tackle the skills shortage, HR, training and manpower challenges?
• What is the role of the Oil Service Company in the energy dynamic and how will it evolve?
• How can technology transfer be guaranteed – and how should it be done?
• Is collaboration in Iraq the model for future NOC-IOC collaborations? What is the future of Iraqi collaboration?
• How is NOC-IOC collaboration in gas and LNG projects evolving? What will be the impact of the ‘shale gale’ on future collaboration?

Mr Sami Al-Rushaid

Sami Al Rushaid is the Chairman and Managing Director (C&MD) of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) responsible for all Oil & Gas Exploration and Productions Operations in Kuwait. He was C&MD of Kuwait...

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HE Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif al Rumhy

H.E. Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif al Rumhy is the Minister of Oil & Gas and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Petroleum Development of Oman. He has previously worked for Sultan Qaboos...

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Mr Olivier Cleret de Langavant

Olivier Cleret de Langavant enters Total Group in 1981 and occupies at first several position as Reservoir engineer in France, then in Congo, in the United States and in Colombia. He is then...

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Mr James van Merkensteijn

James van Merkensteijn has been involved in Statoil’s strategic growth initiatives since 2006. He started with focus on maturing access opportunities in Asia, and then broadened his scope to...

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Boris Zilbermints

Born on 23 November 1967 in the city of Cherkassy. In 1992 he graduated from the Geology Faculty of the Gubkin Moscow Oil and Gas Academy (with honours) with a degree in Oil and Gas Field Geology. In ...

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Mr David Barringer

David Barringer is a Partner at Ernst & Young. He has over 17 years assurance and advisory experience, with a focus on the Oil & Gas industry for the last 12 years. David has served super-major oil...

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