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Presentations 2026

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ENVEXX - Final Speaker Programme 

 

Session One

Mike Lakin - The State of Global upstream A&D & Potential Targets for the Changing E&P Landscape

Christine Shearman - State & Trends of Global Upstream Deals: The History & Potential Future of E&P 

Jerry Smart - The Ongoing Challenges of Running & Growing a Small E&P Company in the Curent Upstream Climate 

Pierre Eliet - The Challenges of building a Pure E&P Play as an Independent: A Malaysian Case Study’

Ian Cloke - Opportunities & Challenges of establishing an E&P foot hold & where to go in Africa 

Jason Robinson - Licence Application to PSA: Making Operator - State Partnerships Work

Ian Cross - E&P Opportunities from around the World

Martin Riddle - Global Energy Opportunities 

 

Session Two

Neil Hodgson - “The growing prospectivity of the western Atlantic margin and lessons from the conjugate Africa margin"

Vandana Gangaram Panday - Suriname’s Open-Door Offering : Unlocking New Exploration Opportunities 

Tom Liskey - The Future of South American Upstream Energy: The Opportunity & Challenges 

Randy Hiscock - Uraguay: An untapped land of conjugate opportunity

 

Session Three

Mike Cooper - An exploiration bonanza awaits former War Zones (Ukrainer, Arabian Gulf, East Med & Levant)

Ivan Karpenko - Ukraine's E&P Sector: Resiliant & Rising

Will Holland - The challenges of unlocking material new gas in NW Europe compared to elsewhere

Ahmed Elghorori - Exploration Farmout in the Republic of Georgia

Nikoloz Tevzadze Jr - Unlocking material upside in the Samgori Basin - Onshore Georgia (A land of unexpected upstream opportunity)

Michael Volcko - A matrerial gas field development opportunity in the Thrace Basin - Turkey

 

Session Four

Ian Cross - Hidden Gems of Asia-Pacific: High-Impact Opportunities in Underexplored Basins

Rajeev Madhavan - Where in Australiasia can an E&P company go to grow and/or enhance cashflow

Chris Matchett-Downes - Large Prospectivity Unlocked by Tech - The Seychelles

Kalil Nourafkan - Whicker Range - The Untapped Gas Giant, Onshore Perth Basin (Western Australia) 

Stuart Lake - Project Opportunities in the Officer Basin - Onshore Western Australia 

 

Session Five

Karl Farrow - The Potential of Geothermal in the UK benefitting from historical O&G wells 

Kathryn Porter - The Truth about Transition & the need for Affordable Secure Energy with E&P to fill the gap

Jason Harris - The future of Nuclear SMRs & their ability to replace secure emmissive energies

Dan Grech - Cutting edge ocean geothermal technology to 'cut costs' of powering offshore facilities

Jonathan Watson - Predicting Geothermal Potential with remote sensing 

Ivan Karpenko - Pioneering lithium exploration in Ukraine

Mike Lakin - Geothermal Power Opportunity - Bavaria Germany 

Neil McLoughlin - UK Transition - Is there a realistic and secure plan & how long will it take? 

 

Session Six

Anne McAfee - Opportunities abound onshore & offshore Africa, but where does the geology guide us for future exploration success? 

Jonathan Watson - “Opportunities & Challenges of building the Angola prospectivity with Gradiometry”

Ben Sayers - Refining the Future: Why Africa's Upstream is just getting started!

Seun Olakotan - Proven and Undeveloped Discovery Opportunities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 

Stuart Lake - Opportunities in Somalia 

Stuart Lake - Opportunities in Liberia 

Stuart Lake - Appraisal / Development in Chad 

Neil Mundell - A South African Seismic Option on a 3 Play Opportunity 

Cany Jobe - The Gambia - Open for E&P