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Progress Report to the IGU. World Petroleum Council. Pierce Riemer – Director General. 19th WPC - Congress Theme. A World in Transition: Delivering Energy for Sustainable Growth. 19th WPC Call for Papers online submissions site. Call for Papers results: - 600 presentations.
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Progress Report to the IGU World Petroleum Council Pierce Riemer – Director General
19th WPC - Congress Theme A World in Transition: Delivering Energy for Sustainable Growth
19th WPC Call for Papers online submissions site Call for Papers results: - 600 presentations
Madrid 2008 - Numbers • 4300 Delegates • 700 young professionals and students • 35 Ministers • 500 CEO’s • 590 Speakers • 14,500 Attendees – Exhibition • Exhibition – 260 companies • Total area used 35,000 m2 • Total Exhibition area 20,000 m2 • 865 Media and Journalists • 90 Countries represented
19th Congress Results 19th Congress Poster Plaza
19th Congress – Issues and topics discussed Non-Technical: • Oil price • Peak oil • IOC’s / NOC’s • Energy security • Access to acreage • Social licence to operate • Youth and gender • Cooperation between oil producers and service companies
19th Congress – Issues and topics discussed • Carbon capture storage • Reserves reporting • Biofuels • Renewables • GTL / LNG Technical: • Exploring the new frontiers • Enhanced oil recovery • Unconventional oil and gas • Refinery optimization • Motor fuel quality • Climate change • Water
19th Congress – Excellence Awards Social Responsibility • Overgas Inc., Bulgaria ‘Corporate Social Responsibility of Overgas’ • Petrobras, Brazil (Anamaria Ballard) Carnauba Viva Technical Development • Sarkhoon & Qeshm Gas, Iran (Najaf Balali/Gholamreza Bahmannia) “Solar Dew” as an Innovation System for Sarkhoon Gas Treating Plant’s Oily Wastewater’ • Indian Oil Corporation, India (Brijesh Kumar) ‘Hydroprocessing Technology for Green Fuels: Basics to Commercialisation through Innovation’
19th Congress – Issues and topics discussed Opec’s Abdulla El-Badri and IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka
International Co-operation - SEC • Significant developments • 2007 – WPC, SPE AAPG; et al; • 2008 – recent SEC proposals • New technologies allowed for proved reserves • Able to disclose probable to investors • Allow oil sands • Report on average price rather than year end.
World Petroleum Council We look forward to Argentina 2009 and to continued co-operation Thank you for listening