General Session: Reflections On An Industry In Change – Past, Present and Future
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 1400 to 1630
During OTC 2000, the general sessions reflected on the challenges facing the offshore oil and gas industry in the new millennium. Today, a number of those challenges remain and new, unexpected ones have emerged.
This general session will focus on the changing face of the offshore oil and gas industry, and reflect on the key contributors including the:
- Role of the National Oil Company
- Technology advances that have opened new frontiers
- Continuing search for the most cost efficient exploration and production
- Influence of crude oil pricing on global economics
In addition to these issues, the panel will also address the push toward local content, supply chain sourcing from developing countries and the continued search for human resources to meet the needs of an expanding industry.
As the roles of national and international oil companies have become more blurred and the search for new oil has intensified to feed the demand of the emerging economies of China and India, there is concern over the security of supply, the protection of intellectual property and the replenishing of an aging workforce.
Audience participation is encouraged.
Moderator
Amy Jaffe, Baker Institute, Rice University
Panelists
Mark Pease, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Dalton Boutte, Schlumberger
Bob Long, Transocean
Alexandre Oliveira, Accenture
Fisoye Delano, Group General Manager, NNPC
Mohammed Hamel, Head, Energy Studies Division, OPEC
Moderator Profile
Amy Jaffe, Baker Institute, Rice University
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Amy Jaffe is the Wallace S. Wilson fellow in energy studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and associate director of the Rice University Energy Program. Jaffe leads the Baker Institute Energy Forum where her research focuses on the subjects of oil geopolitics, strategic energy policy and energy economics. Prior to joining the Baker Institute, Jaffe was the senior editor and Middle East analyst for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She is widely published in academic journals and numerous book volumes; she has also written for a variety of news organizations including the New York Times, Dow Jones International and the Mideast Report. She appears regularly on a variety of television news stations and programs including CNN, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, FOX, MSNBC, as well as on local broadcasts in New York and Houston. Jaffe has a degree in Arabic studies from Princeton University.
Panelist Profiles
Mark Pease, Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
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Mark Pease is senior vice president, exploration and production for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and has responsibility for all exploration and production assets in North America. Pease began his career with Anadarko in 1979 as an engineer in the company’s Liberal, Kansas office. He was named division production engineer for the Liberal office in 1983 and was later promoted to general manager of Anadarko Algeria Corporation in 1993, where he was instrumental in starting up the company’s Algerian operations. He was promoted to the position of vice president, Algeria for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in 1998 and returned to Houston in 2001 in the role of vice president, engineering and technology. Later that year, he was named vice president, international and Alaska operations. He was promoted to vice president, US onshore and offshore in 2002 and to his current role in May 2004. Pease graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1978 with a BS in petroleum engineering. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Kansas.
Dalton Boutte, President, WesternGeco, Schlumberger
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Dalton Boutte was appointed president of the WesternGeco business segment of Schlumberger in February 2003. Before assuming his current role, he held a variety of positions in Schlumberger Oilfield Services, most recently serving as vice president of Operations for Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Previously, he was president of the Europe, CIS & Africa area. During his 24 years with the company, Boutte also held several management positions throughout North America, and in Trinidad, Caracas, Buenos Aires and Paris, including serving as Gulf Coast GeoMarket manager, based in New Orleans. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1980 as a wireline engineer in Houma, Louisiana. Boutte has a B.Sc degree in engineering from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana and was a visiting fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Robert L. Long, Transocean
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Robert L. Long is president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Transocean Inc. Prior to being named to his current position in October 2002, he served in various executive-level positions. Long joined the company in 1975 as corporate planning manager and has held numerous operational and financial roles over his 30-year career, including division engineer and division manager of the North Sea and Egypt. In addition, Long is a member of the board of directors of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) and will serve as IADC's vice chairman in 2006. He is also a member of the board of directors of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). A 1968 graduate of the US Naval Academy, Long attended the US Naval Nuclear Power School and in 1975 earned an MBA in finance from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Alexandre Oliveira, Global Upstream Lead Partner, Accenture
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Alexandre Oliveira serves as global upstream lead partner for Acenture. He has over 20 years of experience and has held positions with Baker Hughes Inc., Shell, Western Atlas International Inc. (Litton Industries), Statoil A/S and Schlumberger Inc. His job responsibilities have been in The Netherlands, Norway and Brazil. He has a BSc with honors in electrical engineering and a degree in mathematics from Imperial College, London University.
