We are pleased to invite you to attend SPE Arctic and Extreme Environments Conference and Exhibition, taking place 15-17 October 2013 at the All Russia Exhibition Centre, Pavilion 75, Moscow. We will keep you updated on the highly topical conference programme and you can add the events of your interest to your calendar!

October 15, 2013

 

PLENARY SESSION “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC AND HIGH NORTH — COOPERATION ACROSS BORDERS AND REGIONAL POLITICS”

 

Session Moderators: Anatoly Zolotukhin, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Renaud Gauchet, Total E&P Russie

 

• Arctic Politics: Cooperation or Confrontation?

Anthony Brenton, Cambridge University

 

• Key Drivers for Economic Offshore Arctic Development

Bill Scott, General Manager – Chevron Arctic Center

 

• Development Prospect of the Russian Arctic

Maxim Nechaev, Director, Consulting /Russia, IHS Global Limited

 

• Hydrocarbon Resources Development and the Environment in the Arctic

Anatoly Zolotukhin, Deputy Chancellor, International Affairs, V. Ryzhkov, Gubkin Russian

State University of Oil and Gas, A. Ivakin, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DRILLING AND WELL CONSTRUCTION”

A. Wassink, R. Van Der List and H. Tiebout, GustoMSC

 R. Rezk, AGR Subsea

A. Kharitonov, R. Burdukovsky, S. Pogorelova, Halliburton, I. Menshikov, TAA S-Yuriakh

R. Kasumov, Y. Gallyamova, R. Akanaev, E. Dolgushin, L. Gavrilov, Schlumberger, A. Romanov, Sakhalin Energy

QUESTION OF THE MONTH:

 

The Arctic region is widely regarded as one of the world’s most costly to operate in. What impact do you think the advent of cheap shale gas and the impact of April 2010’s Macondo disaster is having on development of the most promising place on earth for new reserves?

 

Tsunevsky Andrey, Chief Specialist, Project Management Department, Gazprom:

Low cost of shale gas production is questionable. In any case, competition on the end market will be going up. At the same time, existing forecasts predict growing gas demand. The Macondo incident must turn the industry’s focus onto toughening the standards/control and prevention of oil spills.

 

Mikhail Gelfgat, R&D and engineering director, Weatherford:

There is an impact, of course, so we need to be very careful on selecting the new places of activities. Shale gas cannot replace the whole energy demand; the natural (conventional) gas is and will be the major source of energy in the foreseeable future. We are developing Arctic fields already: North Siberia and Alaska, so in first hand that areas would continue to be most promising.

 

Sponsors of the exhibition and conference:

 

Platinum sponsor- ExxonMobil

Sponsors - Schlumberger, Chevron, TOTAL, Superior Energy Services.

 

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