Asia/Pacific Luncheon Meeting Tuesday, 27 October, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Cost US$30
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
GAC Regional Coordinators: Steve Chang and Apurba Saha, Asia; Shane Coperude and Koya Suto, Pacific
Sponsors: PGS, CGGVeritas, Anadarko
Speaker: Weidong Chen, executive VP, chief strategy officer, and company secretary of COSL, China Oilfield Services Limited, CNOOC
Topic: Evolution and Outlook of Oil and Gas Industry in China
Biography: Weidong Chen is the executive vice president, the chief strategy officer, and the company secretary of China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), CNOOC of China. He graduated from the Ocean University of China with a BS in geology and received his MBA from Peking University in July 2001. He joined the CNOOC group in 1982 after graduation from Ocean University. He joined COSL as a vice president in 2001. He has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 20 years.
Latin America/ULG (Latin-American Geophysical Union) Luncheon Meeting   Tuesday, 27 October, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Cost US$30
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
GAC Regional Coordinators: Sergio Chávez-Pérez and Ivan de Araujo Simoes-Filho, Latin America
Sponsors: PGS, CGGVeritas, Anadarko
Speakers: Claudia Ruiz-Graham, Exploration Manager Offshore Colombia, BP; John Oliver, Geophysicist, BP
Topic: Exploration in The Magdalena Fan (Colombia): How technology breathed new life into an old basin
Biography: Claudia Ruiz-Graham, a Colombian national, who graduated from National University in Colombia with a BS in geology, earned an MSc in basin evolution and dynamics from Royal Holloway, and received her MBA from London Business School. She has 15 years of experience in regional exploration and prospect generation in Colombia, Angola, Iranian Zagros, Arabian Plate, and Equatorial Guinea. She is currently BP’s exploration manager offshore Colombia and is based in Bogotá.
Biography: John Oliver is approaching 20 years of experience with BP, with core skills in geophysics and global experience as an explorationist. He has recently taken on the role of managing exploration renewal strategy in South America after three years in BP’s internal exploration audit team, where he has had contact with the breadth of BP’s exploration portfolio. | Europe/FSU Luncheon Meeting Wednesday, 28 October, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Cost US$30
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
GAC Regional Coordinators: Snezana Komatina-Petrovic and Jill Lewis, Europe; Andrey Bakulin and Aleksei Shevchenko, FSU
Sponsor: PGS
Speaker: Jonathan P. Stigant, supervisor geodetic operations, Devon Energy Corporation, Houston
Topic: International Oil and Gas Producers Association (OGP) -Standards for surveying, positioning and geo-information management - Worldwide industry focus
Biography: Jon Stigant holds a BS in Engineering Science from Durham, UK. He spent 11 years in the Royal Navy as a hydrographic surveyor. Mr. Stigant has worked for a number of companies including Recal Decca, Wimpol, Inc., Chevron, and Devon Energy. He is currently vice chairman of the new JIP “Geospatial Integrity of Geophysical Software” and vice chairman of OGP’s Survey and Positioning committee.
Middle East/Africa Luncheon Meeting Wednesday, 28 October, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Cost US$30
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
GAC Regional Coordinators: Bill Ayres and Shivaji Dasgupta, Middle East; Fela Aromolaran and Susan Webb, Africa
Sponsors: PGS, Anadarko
Speaker: Nansen Saleri, president and CEO, Quantum Reservoir Impact, Saudi Arabia
Topic: The Future of Oil
Biography: Nansen G. Saleri is the chief executive officer and president of Quantum Reservoir Impact, LLC based in Houston and is the former head of reservoir management, Saudi Aramco (1998-2007). Saleri worked for Chevron (1974-1992) before joining Saudi Aramco and served as manager of reservoir engineering, Houston, Texas. He holds MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Virginia and BSc from Bosphorus University in chemical engineering. |
