Overview

Our 5th Maghreb & Mediterranean Oil & Gas: Strategy Briefing, prior to the 8th Maghreb & Mediterranean Oil & Gas Conference, provides unique insights on North Africa’s fast-growing upstream game. It tracks key corporate players, Government strategies, and National Oil Companies, as well as breaking developments in exploration and development in oil and gas-LNG, with seasoned perspectives provided by Global Pacific & Partners. Presentations are by Dr Duncan Clarke (Chairman & CEO, Global Pacific & Partners) the leading strategist on Africa’s upstream, provided in an intensive and interactive forum. Duncan Clarke is author of the widely-acclaimed Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize (Profile Books, 2008), plus The Battle For Barrels (Profile 2007) and Empires Of Oil (Profile, 2007). Participants receive online access to a unique knowledge-base on our e-Conference facility, intimate networking, Luncheon, Cocktails.

Presentation Focus

08.00   Registration & Coffee

09.00-10.00   North Africa’s 21st Century

* North Africa’s Oil & Gas Landscape
* Reserves, Potential, Investments
* Regional Upstream Significance
* Resource Nationalism: Transitions
* New Vistas In Maghreb Oil/Gas
* Future: Mauritania-North Africa-Sudan.

10.00-10.30   Coffee

10.30-13.00   Company Strategies: Maghreb

* Minnows & Small Independents
* Local Companies: Emergence
* Worldwide Independents: 50 Companies
* Top 25 Super-Independents
* Super-Majors: ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Total, Chevron
* Entries, Acreage, Portfolio, Strategy
* Future Corporate Direction.

13.00-14.00   Luncheon

14.00-15.45   Governments-National Oil Companies

* Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco
* Mauritania, Sudan, Mali, Niger, Chad
* Government, Ministry Entities. States
* NOC-Libya, ETAP, EGPC, ONHYM
* SMH-Mauritania, SHT, Sudapet-NilePet
* National Oil Companies: Strategies
* Acreage Markets: Gas-LNG Strategies
* Foreign Assets: Internationalisation
* Future Shape: State Companies

15.45-16.00    Coffee

16.00-17.30   Foreign State Players: North Africa

* Chinese, Indians, Asian, Latin, Russian
* CNPC-Petro-China, Sinopec, CNOOC
* ONGC-Videsh, Pertamina, Petronas
* PTTEP, Petrovietnam, PetroSA
* MidEast State Entities
* Petrobras, TPAO, Hellenic, StatoilHydro
* Growth, Cooperation, Competition
* North Africa’s Oil & Gas Future.

Close of Briefing: Cocktails: Delegates
PetroAfricanus Dinner in The Maghreb
With Guest Speaker