1 - 3 August 2016

San Antonio

The integrated event for unconventional resource teams

Sponsoring Organizations:

Society of Petroleum Engineers American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Supporting Organizations:

Association for Iron and Steel Technology Association for Iron and Steel Technology American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Plenary Session URTeC 2016

Opening Plenary Session: The U.S. Returns to Pre-OPEC Dominance

Panelists

Scott D. Sheffield
Dan O Dinges
Gary N. Ross
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Scott Sheffield and Dan Dinges both lead U.S. independents that produce hydrocarbons from the Permian and Appalachian basins which host two of the largest petroleum provinces in the hemisphere and are among some of the largest in the world. The oil and gas production stream from these and similar unconventional resources contributed to the shale revolution/ insurgency and helped catapult the U.S. into a seat at the global petrostate table. Mr. Sheffield and Mr. Dinges will each speak about the emergence of the U.S. independent as a driver for joining the global petroleum exporting community and Dr. Ross from PIRA will review some of the lessons learned from this success and outline views of the future that arise from the globalization of our own domestic industry.

Date Monday, 1 August
Time 8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Location Stars at Night Ballroom 1
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Scott D. Sheffield

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pioneer Natural Resources

Dan O. Dinges

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.

Gary N. Ross

Executive Chairman and Head of Global Oil, PIRA Energy Group Inc.

Plenary Session: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Oil and Gas and Alternatives

Panelists

Roger Aines
Michelle Foss
Mike Lynch
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The last 20 years have seen the rapid rise and faster fall of oil and gas prices. Depressed natural gas prices have been the norm in North America for nearly 8 years. Continued growth in supply from the development of unconventional resources coupled with slow growth or even decline in demand in OECD countries have conspired to keep oil prices low while OPEC once again is showing its inability to act as an effective cartel. Will "lower for longer" be the scenario for oil?

With consideration to the spectrum of independent variables that control both the utilization and pricing of global energy, this follow-on session will present distinct points of view on supply and demand, new technology, changing perspectives on environmental policy and the role of producers in North America as marginal suppliers to the global market.

10:40 -  Introductory Remarks
10:45 - Roger Aines, Fuel Cycle Innovations Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:55 - Michelle Foss, Chief Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology’s Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
11:05 - Mike Lynch, President, Strategic Energy and Economic Research Inc.
11:15 - Moderated Panel
11:45 - Audience Q&A

Date Monday, 1 August
Time 10:40 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location Stars at Night Ballroom 1
Fee Included with registration
Moderator Mariano Gurfinkel, Senior Advisor, Hess Corporation

Roger Aines

Fuel Cycle Innovations Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Michelle Foss

Chief Energy Economist and Program Manager, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

Mike Lynch

President, Strategic Energy and Economic Research Inc.