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Seminar Programme

  • Pre-Seminar Buffet Dinner
    12 June
    18:00 - 20:00 Intercontinental Hotel

  • DAY ONE
    13 June
    08.00 Registration and welcome coffee

  • 09.00 Welcoming address

    Welcoming Address: 
    HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh, President of the OPEC Conference, Minister of Oil, Iraq

    Welcoming Address: 
    HE Dr Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria

  • 09.20 – 11.20 Session One: The Global Energy Scene

    Themes:

    • Recent trends and energy outlooks
    • Challenges and opportunities facing the petroleum (energy) industry
    • Potential game-changers in the industry (transportation, consumer behavior, supply/ demand, etc.)

    Chairperson:
    HE Ali I Naimi
    Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia

    09:30 Keynote Speaker:
    HE Rafael D Ramirez
    Minister of Popular Power of Petroleum & Mining, Venezuela

    09:45 HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri
    Secretary General, OPEC

    09:55 HE Günther Oettinger
    Commissioner for Energy, EU

    10:05 Ryan Lance
    CEO, ConocoPhillips
     
    10:15 Michael Suess
    CEO Energy Sector, Siemens AG

    10:25 Wang Dongjin
    Vice President, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

    10:35 Discussion

  • 11.20 Coffee break

  • 11:50 – 13.40 Session Two: Oil and the World Economy

    Themes:

    • Developments in the world economy: lessons learned from the economic crisis
    • Impacts of the global business cycle and threetrack economic recovery on the world oil market
    • The changing paradigm in global economic cooperation and governance (G20, Regulations, etc.)

    Chairperson:
    HE Diezani Alison-Madueke
    Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

    12:00 Keynote Speaker:
    HE Wilson Pástor Morris
    Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Ecuador

    12:15 HE Rostam Ghasemi
    Minister of Petroleum, Iran

    12:25 HE Jaipal Sudini Reddy
    Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, India

    12:35 Lars H Thunell
    Executive Vice President & CEO, IFC

    12:45 Michael Masters
    Chairman, Better Markets, Inc

    12:55 Discussion

  • 13.40 Lunch

  • 15.40 – 17.40 Session Three: Capacity Expansion and Investment

    Themes:

    • Capacity expansion plans and investments (managing spare capacity)
    • Uncertainties in demand and their impacts on upstream investment decisions
    • Strengthening cooperation between NOCs and IOCs: challenges and opportunities
    • Challenges facing oil companies: upstream and downstream (oil prices, fiscal regimes, project costs)

    Chairperson:
    HE Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli
    Minister of Energy, UAE

    15:50 Keynote Speaker:
    HE Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada
    Minister of Energy & Industry, Qatar

    16:05 HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh
    President of the OPEC Conference
    Minister of Oil, Iraq

    16:15 HE Abdurahman Benyezza
    Minister of Oil & Gas, Libya

    16:25 HE Sergei Shmatko
    Minister of Energy, Russian Federation

    16:35 Paolo Scaroni
    CEO, Eni

    16:45 Gerhard Roiss
    Chief Executive Officer, OMV

    16:55 Discussion

  • 17:40 Coffee break and close of day one

  • 19:30 Gala dinner at Vienna City Hall

    Presentation of the OPEC Awards

    • OPEC Award for Research
    • OPEC Award for Journalism
  • Presentation ceremony

    OPEC Award for Research 2012
    OPEC Award for Journalism 2012

  • DAY TWO
    14 June
    08.00 Welcome coffee

  • 09.00 - 11.00 Session Four: Technology, Environment and Policies

    Themes:

    • Importance of multilateralism in addressing climate change 
    • Environmentally friendly technologies: solutions and challenges for the oil sector
    • New technologies in supporting the oil industry
    • Technological developments and their potential impacts on oil demand
    • Policies affecting the energy scene

    Chairperson: 
    HE Youcef Yousfi
    Minister of Energy & Mines, Algeria

    09:10  Keynote Speaker:  
    HE Hani Abdulaziz Hussain
    Alternate President of the OPEC Conference Minister of Oil, Kuwait

    09:25  Christiana Figueres
    Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

    09:35  Peter Voser
    CEO, Royal Dutch Shell

    09:45  Brad Page
    CEO, Global Carbon Capture& Storage Institute (GCCSI)

    09:55  Urban Rusnák
    Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

    10:05  Alan Crain
    Senior Vice President, Baker Hughes

    10:15 Discussion

  • 11.00 Coffee break

  • 11.30 – 13.30 Panel Discussion: Petroleum for Progress and Cooperation

    Themes:

    • The role of oil within the global energy scene
    • Importance of multilateralism in stabilizing the world oil market
    • Petroleum in a changing world economic landscape
    • Energy poverty and the quest for development

    Chairperson:  
    HE José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos
    Minister of Petroleum, Angola

    HE Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza 
    Minister of Energy, Bahrain

    HE Rilwanu Lukman
    Former Secretary General, OPEC

    Aldo Flores-Quiroga
    Secretary General, IEF  

    Christophe de Margerie
    CEO, Total   

    Michael Lynch
    President, Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc (SEER)

    Recipient of the OPEC Award for Research 2012

  • 13.30 Closing remarks followed by lunch: End of seminar



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Already registered attendees include:

  • Invensys IOM
  • Kuwait Energy
  • OMV Exploration & Production GmbH
  • Financial Times
  • mergermarket
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • ConocoPhillips Norge
  • Global Pacific & Partners
  • Danish Energy Agency
  • Financial Standard Newspaper
  • The Crown Estate
  • Mubadala Development
  • CPMZ
  • Repsol YPF SA
  • GasTerra BV
  • BP
  • LegendArk Energy International
  • Dancocrush Global Nig.Ltd
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • Dietsmann
  • Tamoil Italia SPA
  • OMV AG
  • Servizi Gestiti srl
  • Total SA
  • Chevron Ltd
  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
  • Atlas Invest
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Morgan Stanley & Co International
  • UNIDO
  • Upstream
  • Upstream
  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
  • NGP Energy Capital Management
  • Fidelity Investments
  • BP Kuwait Ltd
  • Thomson Reuters
  • CBS Radio
  • Simmons Cooper Partners
  • CNPC
  • Petroleum Policy Intelligence
  • Kinnear Financial Ltd
  • Gunvor SA
  • South Asia Gas Enterprise
  • Riyad Bank London
  • First Asset
  • Platts
  • Sulphur Streams
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Il Sole 24 Ore
  • Menas Associates
  • Argus Media
  • E ON Ruhrgas AG
  • RWE AG
  • Lukoil Overseas Holding Ltd
  • Statoil ASA
  • Chase Geotechnique FZE
  • Iran Oil Gas Network Member Services
  • Imagen Radio, Excelsior Newspaper
  • Arcadia Energy Suisse SA
  • Tudor Investment Corporation
  • Fox Petroleum Ltd
  • The National
  • Morgan Stanley & Co Intl Plc
  • Ducroire Delcredere SA. NV
  • AME & T Group SA
  • Total SA
  • SPG Steiner GmbH
  • Saudi Aramco
  • Lees Oil & Gas Ltd
  • Energy & Environment Holding
  • Dagens Naeringsliv
  • Interim Partners
  • HOT Engineering GmbH
  • WorleyParsons Europe Ltd
  • Hazel Oil
  • Ndian Onshore & Offshore Services Agency Ltd
  • NYNAS AB
  • Schlumberger Ltd
  • Saudi Petroleum Overseas Ltd
  • Tamoil SA
  • Bahrain National Gas Company (B.S.C.)
  • Dow Europe Gmbh
  • Business Week
  • Better Markets Inc
  • Grupa Lotos SA
  • EVN AG
  • Datamonitor
  • LUKOIL Overseas Baltic Ltd Dubai
  • Shell International BV
  • INA Industrija nafte d.d.
  • CNBC Europe
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
  • Total SA

Opening remarks from the 4th OPEC International Seminar


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