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2nd Joint OPEC- IEA Workshop on Oil Investment Prospects
 
Location and date(s) of workshop:
IEA, Paris: 28 April 2004
   
Organiser(s): IEA / OPEC
   
Contact(s):
   

Background:

On Wednesday, 28th April, 2004 the IEA and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) held a high-level Workshop on Oil Investment Prospects at the IEA's Paris headquarters. This was the second joint workshop organised by the two organisations. The first took place in Vienna in June 2003 with the primary objective of providing input to the IEA’s World Energy Investment Outlook (WEIO) which subsequently concluded over $3 trillion is needed in the oil sector by 2030. During this second workshop, the findings of the WEIO were presented as was OPEC's oil outlook. Discussions focused on the future challenges involved in making the necessary investments in the oil sector, as well as the associated key drivers, uncertainties and implications.

 
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List of Participants
Conference Photos


 
Proceedings: Welcoming Addresses
Mr. Claude Mandil, Executive Director, IEA
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, OPEC

Session I : World Oil Outlook

Chair: Prof. Robert Mabro, President, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

World Oil Investment Outlook
Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, IEA

Oil Outlook and Investment Prospects
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, OPEC

Open Discussion (led by Chair)

Session II : Investment Challenges

Chair: Ms. Marit Engebretsen, Director General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway

Long-term oil development and production strategy for Saudi Aramco
Mr. Amin Nasser and Mr. Nansen Saleri, Saudi Aramco

Investment Plan of PDVSA
Mr. Carlos Figueredo, Senior Advisor , PDVSA

Update on Competitiveness of Non-conventional Oil
Mr. David Knapp, Senior Editor, Energy Intelligence Group

Russian Oil Sector: The Empire Strikes Back
Mr. Stephen O'Sullivan, Head of Research, United Financial Group

Open Discussion (led by Chair)


Session III : Drivers, Uncertainties and Implications

Chair: Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, OPEC

An assessment of oil sector investment uncertainties
Prof. Robert Mabro, President, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Main uncertainties for investment prospects
Prof. Sadek Boussena, Former Algerian Minister of Energy & Mines, Professor of Economics, Institute of Energy Politics and Economics, Grenoble

Factors affecting investment decisions of international oil companies
Mr. Michael Smith, Head, Energy Analysis , BP

Oil Industry Strategies: Walking the Tightrope
Mr. Leonardo Maugeri, Group Senior Vice President, ENI

Open Discussion (led by Chair)

Session IV : Workshop Wrap-up: Looking Ahead

Chair: Ambassador William C. Ramsay

Open Discussion (led by Chair)