The 5th OPEC International Seminar is fast approaching.
Ministers from OPEC Member Countries and other oil-producing countries, heads of intergovernmental organizations, chief executives of national and international oil companies, other industry leaders, renowned academics, analysts and media meet on 13-14 June at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.
The 5th International Seminar focuses on the theme ‘Petroleum: Fuelling Prosperity, Supporting Sustainability’. The Organization expects the latest in the series of Seminars, which began in 2001, to provide fresh impetus to key industry issues and to hopefully develop existing and new avenues of dialogue and cooperation.
HE Dr Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria is the special guest of honour, and confirmed speakers include:
• HE Mohamed bin Dhaen Al Hamli, Minister of Energy, UAE
• HE Ali Naimi, Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
• HE Hani Abdulaziz Hussain, Alternate President-OPEC Conference, Minister of Oil, Kuwait
• HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh, President of OPEC Conference, Minister of Oil, Iraq
• HE Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry, Qatar
• HE Abdurahman Benyezza, Minister of Oil & Gas, Libya
• HE Abdul-Hussain Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, Bahrain
• HE Abdalla El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC
• Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Secretary General, International Energy Forum
• Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Peter Voser, CEO, Shell
• Ryan M Lance, CEO, ConocoPhillips
• Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni
• Lars H Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, International Finance Corporation
Ministers from non-OPEC producers including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, India and the Russian Federation – as well as EU Energy Commissioner HE Günther H Oettinger – will also be in attendance.
Oil & Gas Middle East will be providing comprehensive coverage of the event and OPEC’s 161st Ordinary Meeting from Vienna for you to read online at arabianoilandgas.com, on twitter at @arabianoilgas and in our July special OPEC print edition. Tweet your questions for attendees to @arabianoilgas or email us.
Also in attendance will be representatives from across the industry, including: Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Eni, International Finance Corporation, UNFCCC, IEF, Baker Hughes, Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute, Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc, Better Markets, Energy Charter Secretariat, China National Petroleum Corporation, Companhia do Pipeline Mocambique Zimbabwe, BP Kuwait, Sonatrach, ConocoPhillips Norge, South Asia Gas Enterprise, Repsol, Ducroire Delcredere, OMV Exploration & Production, Dancocrush Global LNG, Statoil, Standard Chartered Bank, Wintershall, Barclays Capital, Petrobras, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, GasTerra, SPG Steiner, Thomson Reuters, RBC Capital Markets, Tamoil, Lees Oil & Gas, Fox Petroleum Ltd, Fidelity Investments, INA, Saudi Aramco, E.ON Ruhrgas, Simmons Cooper Partners, Dow Europe, Riyad Bank, Ola Macdonalds, HOT Engineering, Chase Geotechnique, Chevron, Gunvor, Atlas Invest, Tudor Investment Corporation, Schlumberger, EVN, Hazel Oil, Institute of Energy Economics Japan, Dietsmann, CNBC Europe, Arcadia Energy Suisse, Sulphur Streams, Mubadala Development, PetroSouth Sudan, LegendArk Energy International, Datamonitor, Danish Energy Agency, AME & T Group, Morgan Stanley & Co International, Interim Partners, Grupa Lotos, Bahrain National Gas Company (BSC), The Crown Estate, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, KOC, McKinsey & Co, Servizi Gestiti srl, Ndian Onshore & Offshore Services Agency, Lukoil Overseas Holding, Invensys, NYNAS, OAPEC, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, African Energy Commission, Petroamazonas, Petroleum Policy Intelligence, RWE, Sonangol, University of Grenoble, Qatar Petroleum International, ADNOC, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kinnear Financial, WorleyParsons, First Asset, Saudi Petroleum Overseas, NGP Energy Capital Management, Kuwait Energy, NCB plus many more.
