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Leading figures from the oil industry, inter- national organizations and government will head the bill in a diversified conference at

ONS 2006, scheduled to take place in

Stavanger, Norway from August 22-25, 2006. Top speakers include Claude Mandil from the International Energy Agency,

Exxon Mobil's Rex W Tillerson, Helge Lund of Statoil and Norwegian premier Jens

Stoltenberg.

Chaired by Siv S Oftedal of Statoil, the conference committee has worked to create a program which addresses the ONS 2006 theme of bridging the energy gap. "This has become a solid and highly-interesting sched- ule in terms of geopolitics and technology," says Kjell Ursin-Smith, managing director of the ONS Foundation. "It will also make a valuable contribution to the recruitment of young people to the Norwegian oil industry, which has become a key concern of this busi- ness. "ONS is known for helping to set the world's energy agenda, and I'm sure we'll be doing that again with the 2006 program. It exudes strength, knowledge and focus on the future."

The conference will be opened on Tuesday,

August 22, by Crown Prince Haakon, the third generation of Norway's Royal Family to perform this ceremony at ONS since the show started in 1974. Following a speech by

Stoltenberg on Norwegian oil policy, the theme of bridging the energy gap will be addressed by Mandil, Tillerson and Lund from their respective perspectives.

A morning session on Wednesday, August 23, will focus on new and alternative resources, with an afternoon session devoted to managing resources to add reserves.

Contributions from Malcolm Wicks, the

U.K. minister of state for energy, Odd Roger

Enoksen, the Norwegian minister of petrole- um and energy, and Andreas Piebalgs, EU commissioner for energy, give the morning programme the character of a European "mini-summit."

Both the afternoon session and the morn- ing session on Thursday, August 24, which addresses access to acreage and resources, will be more technical in character. Top execu- tives from leading technology companies will focus in this part of the programme on explo- ration, research and development, and increased utilization of existing resources.

The ONS innovation awards are due to be announced for the first time at a lunchtime event on August 23. Enoksen will make the presentations together with jury chair Rolf

Wiborg. Health, safety and the environment

ONS Set for Stavanger news

ONS 2006 Exhibition Hours

Aug. 22 - Aug. 24: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Friday, August 25: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

For more information: www.ons.no

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