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NCS EXPLORATION
STRATEGY 2020
RESPONDING TO PRESSURE
NCS EXPLORATION STRATEGY 2020
NOV 18-19 2020 // NCS-STRATEGY.NO
NOV 18-19 2020 // NCS-STRATEGY.NO
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About
What are the oil companies exploration plans and strategies for 2021? How do the companies look at infraled exploration vs. frontier exploration?
For whom?
Authorities, oil companies, service companies and consulting companies. Financial advisors, explorationists, business developers and energy experts.
Why?
To provide a broader insight into short- and long term exploration on the NCS and how companies build their portfolios in order to maximize reserves, and position their companies to respond to the fluctuating oil price and outside pressure.
RESPONDING TO PRESSURE
Volatile oil prices, low discovery rates and the corona virus pandemic have together increased the pressure on the exploration community. However, oil prices are on the rise and Norwegian tax changes will be a boost. The oil & gas industry have adapted, and out of the “ashes” new trends and opportunities emerge.
Innovation in Exploration
The need for energy will continue to grow, as oil and gas remains a dominant part of the energy mix in the next decades. In order to support the transition to cleaner energy, finding the remaining resources on the NCS is therefore critical. But what does it take to succeed? Contributions from the exploration community include identification of new play concepts, improved de-risking and a commercial mindset in the early stages of exploration.
Focus on Sustainability
Increased pressure from both society and investors is forcing companies to develop exploration strategies with rigid carbon emission goals and a clean environmental profile. For small companies it is a challenge to adopt and implement such strategies to compete for equity against the larger energy-companies. Innovation usually comes from smaller companies, where new ideas are allowed to prosper. But the diversity of companies on the NCS is under threat. How can we ensure the diversity of companies exploring the NCS going forward?
New Ways of Working
Technology, digitalization and more recently, the pandemic, are all reshaping how explorationists work. A renewed focus on cost-savings and a shift towards ILX are also reshaping organizations, as more companies merge their reservoir and exploration groups, and has led to increased cooperation within licenses. What have we learned, and how can it improve exploration success?
Registration
With a delegate pass to the NCS Exploration Strategy conference*, you can view all sessions on the platform until November 30, 2020.
*This does not apply to delegates who only hold a pass to the Deep Sea Minerals mini-seminar.
Discountes available for start-ups, students and out-of-work professionals
Please contact Ingvild Ryggen Carstens, events@geonova.no for information about pricing and how to register.
Terms & Conditions: The organizers reserve the right to alter the program. Substitutions to your registration may be made at any time by contacting the organizers in writing to events@geonova.no. Cancellations must be received in writing to events@geonova.no by October 18th, 2020 and will be subject to a 20% processing fee (If paid in full you will be refunded minus the 20 % administration fee, if unpaid the invoice will be re-issued for payment of the cancellation fee only). We regret that no refunds can be made after October 18th 2020. Any cancellations received after October 18th, 2020 or non-attendance will be liable for the full registration fee.
Program - TBA
Day 1
Session 1: 9am CET
RESPONDING TO PRESSURE
Lars Erik Aamot, Director General at the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum & Energy
Ingrid Sølvberg, Director General at NPD
LIVE: NCS Analysis by Anders Wittemann, Analyst at WEPC
Virtual Coffee Break: 10:20am CET
w/ Arild Dybvig & Per Øyvind Seljebotn at Lundin Energy Norway
w/ Halfdan Carstens, Editor in Chief at GeoPublishing
Session 2: 11am CET
EUROPEAN ENERGY
Roy Davies, VP Exploration at Wintershall Dea Norge
Greg Rock, Head of Exploration & Appraisal at OMV
Nigel Marsh, Subsurface Director at INEOS
Q&A / Discussion w/ speakers lead by Bente Bauknight, Director/Manager at Infima
LUNCH
Virtual Coffee Break: 1pm CET
Host: TBA
Session 3: 1:30pm CET
BD FOCUS
Morten Sola, Head of G&G at Horisont Energi
Jørgen Moe, VP Exploration at Sval Energi
Maciej Zwierzchowski, BD Manager at PGNiG
Q&A with Anders Wittemann, Analyst at WEPC
Panel Discussion
w/ Maciej Zwoerzchowski, Anders Wittemann & Arild Dybvig, Commercial & Business Development Director at Lundin Energy Norway
Virtual Coffee Break: 2:45pm CET
Host: TBA
Session 4: 3:15pm CET
INTERNATIONAL NORWEGIANS
Henrik Jakobsen, Group SVP Exploration at MOL Norge
Q&A w/ Anders Wittemann, Analyst at WEPC
Elisabeth Femsteinevik, Exploration Manager at DNO Norge
Steinar Meland, Exploration & Development Director at Neptune Energy
Q&A / Panel discussion moderated by Kari Johnsen
w/ Morten Sola, Jørgen Moe, Elisabeth Femsteinevik & Steinar Meland
LIVE: Summary Day 1 with Anders Wittemann at WEPC
END DAY I: 4:45pm
Day 2
Session 5: 8:30am CET
RESPONDING TO PRESSURE
North Sea plays – focusing on the Cenozoic
Bjørn Seeland, CMO and Senior Geologist at Exploro
How have the Events of 2020 Impacted Exploration on the NCS?
Dave Moseley, Senior Analyst - NW Europe at Westwood Global Energy
Resource Report NPD - Diving into the Details
Abryl Ramirez, Geologist & Hans Martin Veding, Statistician at NPD
LIVE Q&A with Torgeir Stordal, Hans Martin & Abryl at NPD
Virtual Coffee Break: 10am CET
w/ Dave Moseley at Westwood
w/ Per-Gustav Granholm & David Poole at Vår Energi
Session 6: 10:30am CET
NORWEGIAN STARS
Lars Hübert, Exploration Manager & CEO at Lime Petroleum
Joanna Ponicka, Subsurface Manager at Petrolia NOCO
Andrew McCann, SVP Subsurface at OKEA
Q&A / Discussion w/ speakers moderated by Anders Wittemann
LUNCH
Virtual Coffee Break: 12noon CET
w/ Joanna Ponicka at Petrolia NOCO
w/ Nick Ashton, SVP Exploration, & Mohammad Ibrahim Kahn, Senior Consultant, Corporate Management Support at Equinor
Session 7: 12:30PM CET
THE BIG FIVE
Mohamed Amine Soudani, North Sea Area Exploration Manager at Total
Tore Løseth, Executive Vice President at Equinor
Evy Glørstad, SVP Exploration & Production at Aker BP
Per-Gustav Granholm, New Ventures Strategy & BD Manager at Vår Energi
Per Øyvind Seljebotn, Exploration and Reservoir Development Director at Lundin Energy Norway
Q&A / Discussion w/ speakers moderated by Bente Bauknight, Director/Manager at Infima
LIVE: Summary Day II w/ Anders Wittemann at WEPC
Virtual Coffee Break: 3:10pm CET
w/ Mohamed Amine Soudani at Total
w/ Olav Antonio Blaich, VP Exploration & Reservoir Development-Access, Eilif Ertesvåg, Subsurface Manager & Alexander Hartwig, Subsurface Manager Play Analysis & Access at Aker BP
Session 8: 3:30pm CET
DEEP SEA MINERALS
Moderated by Ronny Setså, Editor at GeoPublishing
Hydrothermal Activity and of Mineral Deposits in the Norwegian Sea - some Underlying Factors Controlling the Resource Potential
Rolf Birger Pedersen, Professor at University of Bergen
Seabed-mineral exploration geophysics
Ketil Hokstad, Specialist Geophysics at Equinor
Providing Minerals for the Green Transition
Walter Sognnes, CEO at Loke Marine Minerals
Exploration for the Future
Anette Broch Mathiesen Tvedt, Co-Founder at ADEPTH Minerals
Technological Challenges in Deep Sea Mining
Steinar Ellefmo, Associate Professor at NTNU
Developments in Deep Sea Minerals Management
Harald Brekke, Project Coordinator at NPD
LIVE: Discussion with the speakers moderated by Halfdan Carstens, Editor in Chief at GeoPublishing
END DAY II: 5:30pm
PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Arild Dybvig

Kristina Helland-Hansen

Lars Hübert
