Oil&Money 20081
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Speakers
H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier & Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar
Andrew Gould, Chairman & CEO, Schlumberger
Ian R. Taylor, President & Chief Executive, The Vitol Group of Companies
Jon Z. Bentley, Partner, Innovation and Carbon Management, IBM Global Business Services
Brian Efird, Executive Vice President, Sentia Group
Pierre-Rene Bauquis, Adjunct Professor, IFP School
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Interviews and Coverage

A distinguished roster of panelists leads the two-day conference through lively exchanges centering on issues of critical importance to all market sectors, the exchange of confidential insights, and the opportunity to network with the industry's greatest leaders.

Oil & Money 2008 had in attendance almost 700 participants from 50 countries - senior executives from every energy sector and from every key country.

The Oil & Money 2008 theme — The New Realities of High-Cost Oil — elicited much discussion assessing the current and future trends affecting the global energy business, especially how it impacts and is impacted by a politically charged and economically fragile world. Topics addressed included the effect of national oil companies on oil supply and demand, the prospects and challenges presented by strong upstream activity, the future of natural gas and new carbon economies, and energy and foreign policy.


Here is a summary of some of our discussions and coverage in the press:

Just three months ago, the big topic would have been high oil prices: whether they were sustainable, whether markets were functioning properly, and whether something should be done to regulate speculation. In the next two days, oil executives and energy ministers will presumably focus instead on the oil-price collapse: the pros and cons of further production cuts, the new outlook for oil and the impact this will have on the projects needed to secure supply in future.

Keynote Presentation
Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer, Eni S.p.A.

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Paolo Scaroni

For the last year, Libya's state National Oil Corp. (NOC) has pressed hard on growth plans, forging new development contracts with producers aimed at underpinning a targeted 1.2 million barrel per day increase in oil output. But falling oil prices mean these plans could be revised, NOC head Shokri Ghanem told PIW at last week’s Oil & Money conference in London.

Libya's NOC Reassesses The Future
Shokri Ghanem, Chairman, National Oil Corporation, Libya

Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, November 3, 2008
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Shokri Ghanem

When it comes to enduring boom and bust cycles in the oil-field services sector, Schlumberger Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Gould has "been there, done that." In fact, the current looming slowdown will be his third in a career that dates back to 1975. Gould spoke to Houston bureau chief Barbara Shook about Schlumberger's view of the future on the sidelines of last week's Oil & Money conference in London.

Schlumberger's Gould Takes Downturn In His Stride
Andrew Gould, Chairman & CEO, Schlumberger Ltd.
 
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, November 3, 2008
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Andrew Gould

Carbon limits will fundamentally alter the petroleum business. What are some of the critical challenges and the biggest opportunities for oil and gas firms?

The Petroleum Business in the New Carbon Economy
Jon Z. Bentley, Partner, Innovation and Carbon Management

IBM Global Business Services
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Jon Bentley

Like oil, natural gas is facing price pressures and supply constraints. To what extent are these dilemmas the same and to what extent do they differ?

Natural Gas — Future Fuel and Future Constraints
Marcel P. Kramer, Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
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Marcel Kramer

Based on a presentation at the Oil & Money conference in London, Nansen Saleri challenges "peak oil" theorists with an optimistic outlook for the world energy balance. Saleri, former head of reservoir management at Saudi Aramco, is president and chief executive of Houston's Quantum Reservoir Impact.

Perspective: Brave New World of Oil
Nansen G. Saleri, President & CEO, Quantum Reservoir Impact LLC

Energy Compass, October 31, 2008
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Nansen Saleri


A View on the Outlook for Oil
Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman, Simmons & Company International

An International National Herald Tribune Video Interview
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Matthew Simmons

The great transfer of financial resources resulting from high oil prices is changing the global economy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the growing position of sovereign wealth funds. Key players will explore their goals, strategies, and impact.

Sovereign Wealth Funds and 21st Century Petrodollars
Alastair J. Maxwell, Managing Director, Global Energy & Utilities Group

Morgan Stanley
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Alastair Maxwell

Business input must be very clear on issues such as energy efficiency, demand-side management technology, carbon financing and sectoral approaches for markets and finance, Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development told the Oil & Money conference in London on Wednesday. Stigson stressed that companies must remodel their businesses with a longer-term sustainable environmental policy in mind to ensure success, profitability, and value to shareholders.

Climate Change and the Financial Crisis
Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

An International National Herald Tribune Video Interview
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Bjorn Stigson



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