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Colloquy

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EDITORIAL

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Senior Editor

Victor Schmidt

Drivers of change [email protected]

European Editor

Elaine Maslin

The IHS CERAWeek conference unconventional oil production in [email protected] took Houston by storm in March, the US. Natural gas was discussed

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Associate Editor

Audrey Leon with a solid program of topical with exhuberance, particularly [email protected] breakfast discussions, illustrious natural gas liquids (NGL) and global

Geosciences Editor

Andrew McBarnet keynote speakers, plenary sessions, LNG, despite depressed prices in [email protected] and dialogues. The energy topics the US.

Asia-Pacifc Editor

John Mueller ran the gamut, from upstream to There were sobering discussions [email protected]

Contributing Editors downstream, investment and fnance of industry challenges: tightened

Meg Chesshyre to cyber threats. regulations, demographic shifts,

Bruce Nichols

Jennifer Leahy

IHS vice chairman Daniel Yergin building staff and the big crew

Jeannie Stell opened the conference with Saudi change. J. Michael Yeager, CEO at

ART AND PRODUCTION

Aramco president and CEO Khalid BHP Billiton Petroleum said, “We’re

Production Director

James W. Self

Al-Falih delivering the opening in a tight and delicate market for [email protected]

Design and Layout keynote. As conference chair, Yergin talent,” during the Upstream Growth

Bonnie James described the theme, “Drivers plenary.

[email protected] of Change,” as representing new Yeager was bullish on working

CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Events Manager technologies, sources of energy, and in North America, saying that the

Sandy Basler [email protected] shifts in global demand. Innovation US has a unique combination of

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales will be a constant; expected to drive favorable characteristics, including

John F. Lauletta, Jr [email protected] down costs, improve output, and the “world’s largest gas market,”

PRINT help shape the energy mix of the supportive regulators, attractive

RR Donnelley & Sons, Pontiac, Illilnois, USA future. fscal terms, and rig and service

EDITORIAL ADVISORS availability. “Fiscal terms change

John Chianis,

Houston Offshore Engineering

Susan Cunningham, Noble Energy

Upstream growth rapidly outside the US and Canada,”

Marshall DeLuca,

Wison Floating Systems

Edward Heerema,

Allseas Marine Contractors

The boom mentality was riding high he warned. BHP is the fourth largest

Kevin Lacy,

Talisman Energy on sustained high oil prices and acreage holder in the US Gulf of

Dan Mueller,

ConocoPhillips

Brian Skeels,

FMC Technologies success with the new abundance of Mexico, and has had four rigs

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