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OTC 2013 combines

OTC Peeview star power with fre power tions, and the expanding role of

The 45th annual Offshore national oil companies, which will

Technology Conference in include a panel featuring executives

Houston places the spotlight on from Brazil’s Petrobras, Malaysia’s the latest technological advances

Petronas, and Mexico’s Pemex. plus industry stars such as new

Other discussions will focus on the head of BP Upstream Lamar latest developments regarding major projects such as Petrobras’ Gulf of

McKay and PEMEX’s E&P

Mexico development, Cascade and director Carlos Morales-Gil.

Chinook; BPZ Energy’s CX-15 buoy-

OTC returns to Houston’s Reliant Schotman, and James Watson, the ant tower platform off Peru, Husky’s

Park complex May 6-9, 2013, and Director of the US Bureau of Safety South China Sea deepwater Liwan attendees have multiple options to and Environmental Enforcement. project, and Woodside’s Pluto hear keynote speeches by senior oil New for this year are applica- Greenfeld LNG development.

and gas executives. tions and solutions on topics such In addition to its technical pro-

Technical breakfasts, scheduled as subsalt geosciences, safety and gram, since 2004, OTC has offered

Monday through Thursday, will environmental management sys- its Spotlight on New Technology feature BP’s CEO of Upstream tems, unconventional subsea explo- Awards (see accompanying article

Lamar McKay, NOIA President ration and mining, deepwater HP/ on page 90) recognizing innovative

Randall Luthi, PEMEX’s General HT well construction, fber optics, advancements in ocean resources

Director of Exploration and marine geohazards, and pore pres- development. Since 2006, OTC

Production Carlos Morales-Gil, sure prediction. played host to the Next Wave pro- and Anadarko’s Mozambique OTC draws more than 89,000 gram where young professionals facilities Project Manager Cory participants from 110 countries, under 35 learn about responsibilities

Weinbel. Luncheon speakers will and includes 2,500 exhibiting and challenges facing the industry include Saudi Aramco’s Vice companies annually. This year’s in the decades to come.

President of Petroleum Engineering conference has eight panel sessions, OTC is sponsored by 12 organi- & Development Khaled Buraik, feature 29 executive keynote pre- zations including the American

Semcorp Marine Ltd.’s President sentations, and make available 300 Association of Petroleum Geolo- and CEO Weng Sun Wong, Shell’s technical papers. gists (AAPG); American Institute

Executive Vice President of Other program highlights include of Chemical Engineers (AIChE);

Innovation, R&D and CTO Gerald discussions on offshore regula- American Institute of Mining,

Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engi- neers (AIME); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); ASME

International Petroleum Technol- ogy Institute (ASME-PD); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi- neers – Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE-OES); Marine Technology

Society (MTS); Society of Explora- tion Geophysicists (SEG); Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Explora- tion Inc. (SME); Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME); Society of Petroleum

Engineers (SPE); The Minerals, Met- als, and Materials Society (TMS).

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