Greece’s Minister of Environment and Energy,
Mr. Panagiotis
Skourletis, and his Israeli counterpart, Mr. Yuval Steinitz, will be speaking at
the opening session,
today,
in
the
2nd Global Oil & Gas South East Europe and
Mediterranean Conference & Exhibition, a
landmark event on the latest oil and gas projects and
policy priorities for the broader region.
The
event is jointly organized by
ITE Group, a UK-based international
exhibition organizer and
ROTA SA, a major exhibition organizer and
promoter in Greece, in partnership with the
Institute of Energy for
SE Europe (IENE) and with
Energia.gr, Greece’s leading energy portal, among its media
sponsors.
The
Global Oil & Gas South East Europe and Mediterranean Conference &
Exhibition will take place
on Wednesday the 28th, and Thursday,
the 29th, 2016 at the
Metropolitan Expo exhibition and
conference centre (
Athens International
Airport "El. Venizelos”) in
Athens, Greece,
aspiring
to become the
region’s most significant annual oil and gas event for keeping abreast of
developments in this critical economic area.
IENE’s Executive Director,
Costis
Stambolis, who chairs the Conference, will deliver the opening remarks, while a special
address will follow by Mr. Grigoris Stergioulis, CEO of
Hellenic Petroleum, the leading energy Group in Southeastern Europe, focusing
on the regional environment of intense competition and significant
opportunities.
The 1st session will focus onEastern
Mediterranean & Adriatic Upstream Focus and will examine
the prospects for development in the Eastern Mediterranean, providing
information on the blocks and regions that offer the best prospects for getting
hydrocarbons to the market and the various ways of co-operation between the region’s
operators, in order to maximize asset production and recovery. The session
includes a speech by Ms. Ana Misevic, Director of Exploration Projects Dept. of Croatia’s INA, on the company’s development
strategy for offshore Adriatic E&P, a presentation of the development
strategy for E&P of Romania’s Romgaz by the company’s Director of
Exploration and Production, Mr. Dan Paul Stefanescu, as well as a presentation
on Hellenic Petroleum’s upstream activities and the resurgence of the Greek
E&P, by the company’s General Manager for Exploration & Production, Mr.
Yannis Grigoriou.
Opening
the
2nd session, which
will focus on "New Frontiers -
Emerging Market and Trends”, a keynote address will be delivered by Mr. Patrick
Larkin, Senior Advisor to Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat, on
"Creating and Energy
Master Plan for South East Europe”. "Rapid field development planning and
lifecycle costing using QUE$TOR”, will be the subject of the presentation by
Mr. Anastasis Kokkinos, Director of Esanda Engineering, followed by a speech by
Mr. Julius Walker, Senior Consultant ofJBC Energy, on the challenges and opportunities of SE Europe's
downstream sector in a lower oil price environment.
The
3rd and last
session
of the Conference’s opening day
will concentrate on the issue of regulation, which is a key for the
development
of the region’s energy resources. A discussion between regulators,
including
Dr. Nektaria Karakatsani , Member of the Board of Greece’s Regulatory
Authority
for Energy (RAE), and Mr. Niculae Havrilet, the President of
ANRE,Romania’s Regulator, chaired by Mr. Andrew Costin, President of
Petroleum Club of Romania, will attempt
to outline a strategy for co-operation between regulators in different
countries and the way that regulation forms the fuel types and
generation
choices being pursued.
Parallel
to the Conference, the
Global Oil &
Gas
Exhibition provides an important platform for stakeholders in
the region to showcase their products and services. Meeting existing and future
customers face-to-face is now more important than ever. The exhibition will
give the participants the opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and
create new ones, see new technological developments and innovations, discuss
future business andlearn more about the market. (
Opening hours: 28- 29
September, 10.00
‐
17.30).
For
more information and registrations, visit the event’s
website:
http://global-oilgas.com/SEEMED/Home