Posts held: Technical Electrical Engineer, Industrial Technology Institute of Luanda, 1974 Engineer Maintenance Technician, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, 1974–76 Marketing of Derivatives of Petroleum, Belgium, 1976 Deputy Inspector of the Directorate of Technical Fina Petro…more ›

Born in 1961, Mr. Yang is a senior engineer and graduated from China University of Petroleum with a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering. He also received an MBA degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT as a Sloan Fellow. Mr. Yang joined CNOOC in 1982 and has o…more ›

Jay Pryor is vice president at Chevron Corporation. He is responsible for identifying and developing new, large-scale upstream and downstream business opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions. A native of Mississippi, Pryor earned his bachelor's degree in …more ›

Tony Hayward studied geology at Aston University in Birmingham and completed a PhD at Edinburgh University. He was Group Chief Executive of BP from 2007 to 2010 having joined BP in 1982 as a rig geologist in the North Sea. Following a series of technical and commerci…more ›

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 National Petroleum Company (KNPC) from October 2004 till October 2…more ›

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 Operations Manager in Netherlands. He becomes Deputy Managing Director of the…more ›

Samir Al-Tubayyeb is the Executive Director, Employee Relations & Training for Saudi Aramco. He began his career with Saudi Aramco on July 1, 1981, and advanced through various assignments in the fields of Engineering, Project Management, Joint Ventures and Planning…more ›

Since June 2008, Christoph Schlichter has been Senior Vice President Production North Africa at RWE Dea AG, Hamburg, Germany. He is responsible for RWE Dea's operations in Libya and Egypt as well as for RWE Dea’s interests in Algeria. From 2002 to 2008, Christoph S…more ›

Øistein Bøe is the Head of Reservoir Technology for Statoil. Øistein Bøe took his PhD at the University in Bergen (1990) within the area of applied mathematics (reservoir mechanics) and was employed by Hydro (merge with Statoil in 2007) in 1990. He s…more ›

Dr. Rainer Seele has been Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall since October 2009.

Senator the Honourable Kevin Ramnarine was appointed to the 10th Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago by his Excellency the President, Professor George Maxwell Richards, acting on the advice of the Honorable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs. Kamla…more ›

Chakib Khelil was the Algerian minister of energy and mines from 1999 to 2010 and president of Sonatrach form 2001 to 2003. Khelil organised the first national oil companies forum meeting in Algiers in April 2002. Khelil was also president of OPEC in 2001 and 2008, of t…more ›

Al Ojaili holds a Bachelor Degree in mechanical engineering from University of Tulsa, USA and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Sultan Qaboos University. He has worked in Petroleum Development Oman for over 18 years, which included a 4-year assignment to …more ›

Shri B.C.Tripathi, is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from NIT Allahabad and graduated in 1982. He started his carrier in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and subsequently joined Gas Authority of India Limited (now GAIL India Limited) in 1984 when the Gas Industry in I…more ›

Graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris. After joining Total in 1979 he was assigned to various drilling, production, logistics, planning and operation management positions in UK, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Algeria, France, Venezula, Thailand…more ›

Paul van Gelder took up the position of the Chairman and CEO of N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie on 1 September 2010.Prior to taking on his new role at Gasunie, he was Managing Director TAQA Europa and TAQA Energy, responsible for TAQA‘s European operations. His previous positi…more ›

Mehmet Ogutcu si the Director, International & Corporate Affairs for the BG Group. He has thirty years of experience in diplomatic service (political, energy and trade diplomacy); international organisations (NATO, International Energy Agency and OECD); private sect…more ›

Mr. Fjeld is one of three persons who founded FLEX LNG Ltd. in 2006. He is the Chief Executive Officer of FLEX LNG. Prior to setting up FLEX LNG he held the position as Commercial Manager at Höegh LNG, an LNG ship owner in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Fjeld has a nautical d…more ›

Paulo Roberto Costa is the Chief Downstream Officer and Member of the Executive Board for Petrobras. He is the Petrobras Downstream Executive Officer as well as Chairman of the Board of Refinaria Alberto Pasqualini - REFAP, Chairman of the Board of Refinaria Abreu e Lim…more ›

Carlos Villegas Quiroga was born in Potosí, Bolivia. Economist from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) Bolivia, he has a Masters Degree in Economics with specialization in Political Economy from the Center of Teaching and Research in the Social Science…more ›

Fadi Kabboul is the Planning Director for PDVSA. He is a mechanical engineer graduated from Simon Bolivar University in Caracas Venezuela in 1985. He held a master degree from Sloan School of Management at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts; and several Executive and Energy E…more ›

Marcio Rocha Mello, PhD, Petroleum Geologist and Geochemist, expert in petroleum geochemistry, petroleum exploration and petroleum systems. Worked 24 years in PETROBRAS, most of them as the Head of the Petroleum Geochemistry Group. In 1996, foundered and headed the Firs…more ›

Francisco Nepomuceno Filho is the Executive Manager for E&P Corporate for Petrobras. He graduated in Geology from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. He has an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Texas, USA and a PhD in Mining Economics from the Uni…more ›

Tom Langford is a Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Investment Banking. Mr. Langford recently joined UBS from Morgan Stanley, where he spent seventeen years as an investment banker covering the energy industry, most recently serving as Global Head of the firm…more ›

Mr. Kumar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Osmania University. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has 29 years of experience in the oil and petroleum industry. Prior to joining our Company, he was the Director (Finance) …more ›

Mauricio Alazraki is the Managing Director of Finance at Pemex. He has also been head of capital markets at the oil company. Prior to that, he was manager for Latin America at West Merchant Bank in London.

Key Accountabilities: Mike is accountable for the leadership of BP’s access, exploration and resource appraisal activities and the long-term replacement of BP’s resource base. Education: Dr. Daly graduated from the University College of Wales in geology, and after sev…more ›

Nick Maden joined Statoil in January 2011 as Senior Vice President responsible for International Exploration at Statoil. Prior to taking up this role he was Exploration Vice President for International and East Coast exploration at Petro-Canada and then Suncor. Nick has…more ›

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Jan Panek is Head of Unit dealing with retail energy markets, coal and oil in the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission in Brussels. He joined the European Commission in 2005 following an earlier career in the diplomatic service of the Czech Ministry

Currently Head of Development and Production at Galp Energia. Before joining Galp Energia in 2004, Daniel held various positions in Schlumberger and Transocean at various locations (Nigeria, UK, France and Brazil). He has a mechanical engineering degree from Universidad…more ›

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Momodou has been the managing director of Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) since 2008. Before Joining the national oil company, Momodou started his carrier as a clerk with the then Gambia Commercial and Development Bank in 1979 and moved to the Gambia Telecommun…more ›

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Anon Sirisaengtaksin is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director for PTT Exploration and Production PCL. Mr holds a Bachelor degree in Geology from Chulalongkorn University , an MBA from Thammasart University and The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Public Admini…more ›

Dr Do Van Khanh is Member of Board of Directors, President & CEO of PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP). Previously he was Chairman of the Board of Directors, PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP).