FIRST

Welcome to the Official WPC Congress Publication!

Renato Bertani

President, World Petroleum Council

The "Petroleum Olympics" return to Moscow

Dr Pierce Riemer

Director General, World Petroleum Council

How technology led to tectonic shifts in oil and gas supply

Daniel Yergin

Vice-Chairman, IHS

Unlocking opportunity with innovation and cooperation

Rex Tillerson

Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation

Developing new technologies to meet expanding demand

Bob Dudley

Chief Executive Officer, BP

US unconventional output redraws the global map

Maria van der Hoeven

Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Energy security is vital for producers as well as consumers

Abdalla Salem El-Badri

Secretary General, OPEC

Unconventionals add new dimension to dialogue

Aldo Flores-Quiroga

Secretary General, International Energy Forum

A helping hand in developing Africa"s energy resources

Mark Simmonds

Minister of State for Africa, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK

Is a shale revolution possible in Russia?

Vagit Alekperov

President, LUKOIL

Mexico opens up its energy sector and frees PEMEX to change

Emilio Lozoya Austin

Director General, PEMEX

Fiscal and cultural barriers to raising recovery in Russia

Ildar Davletshin

Lead Analyst, Oil and Gas, Renaissance Capital

Maximising ultimate recovery from unconventional reserves

Jeff Miller

Chief Operating Officer, Halliburton

High hopes for Angola’s pre-salt potential

Paulino Jerónimo

Executive Vice-President, Sonangol

Changing the world: America"s tight oil revolution

Harold Hamm

Chairman and CEO, Continental Resources

Making the most of what"s left in the North Sea

Sir Ian Wood

Former CEO and Chairman, Wood Group

The global refining industry adapts to new realities

Toril Bosoni

Oil Industry and Market Division, International Energy Agency

A renaissance "made in the USA"

Charles Drevna

President, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

Gulf refiners expand capacity and opportunity

Bassam Fattouh

Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Prospects and problems facing European oil refiners

Pedro Miras Salamanca

Chairman, CORES and Chairman, IEA Emergency Group

India leads Asia in exports of petroleum products

Nishi Vasudeva

Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

Biofuels and oil: More than just competitors

Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira & Ernani Filgueiras de Carvalho

UNIFEI, Brazil & IBP, Brazil

Global gas prices: A random walk or inevitable convergence

Howard Rogers

Director, Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Towards a gas-fired era

Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada

Minister of Energy and Industry, State of Qatar

LNG to grow twice as fast as overall demand for gas

Steve Hill

President, Global Energy Marketing and Shipping, BG Group

Australian LNG floats to the top

Peter Coleman

CEO and Managing Director, Woodside Energy

The EU takes an option on developing shale gas

Dafyfdd ab Iago

Brussels Correspondent, Argus Media Group

Natural gas engines hit the roads of North America

David Demers

Chief Executive Officer, Westport

Preparing and promoting the energy transition

Christophe de Margerie

Chairman and CEO, Total

Make a start to climate change by cutting flaring

Rachel Kyte

Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank

Is the future of natural gas leaking away?

Laszlo Varro

Head of Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division, International Energy Agency

Balance of power in Russian partnerships

James Henderson & Alastair Ferguson

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & Former Head of Gas, TNK-BP

Realising Africa"s full oil and gas potential

Dr Donald Kaberuka

President, African Development Bank

Energy and development: A rallying call to action

Suleiman Al-Herbish

Director General, OPEC Fund for International Development

Local content rules: From compliance to shared value

H Sola Oyinlola

Chairman, Africa & Global Head of Sustainability, Schlumberger

Developing local industry: The Kazakh case

Dr József Tóth

Senior Vice President, World Petroleum Council

Using petroleum wealth to diversify the Kazakh economy

Umirzak Shukeyev

Chief Executive Officer, Samruk-Kazyna

Innovative financing for upstream oil and gas

John Martin

Managing Director, Global Energy, Standard Chartered Bank

Private Equity: Working hand in hand with oil and gas

Will Honeybourne

Managing Director, First Reserve

Fuelling the oil and gas industry with innovation

Olivier Appert

Chief Executive Officer, IFP Energies nouvelles

The human challenge in the oil and gas industry

Milton Costa Filho

Secretary General, Brazilian Institute for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels

Fostering talents for the future with a stress on field practice

Professor Zhang Laibin

President, China University of Petroleum - Beijing

Coping with cycles in educational enrolment

Professor Daniel Hill

Department Head, Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University

Preparing specialists for the future

Professor Anatoly Zolotukhin

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas