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Report of JOGMEC Techno Forum 2013
JOGMEC (headquarters: Tokyo, president: Mr. Hirobumi Kawano) held “JOGMEC Techno Forum2013” at Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 7 and May 8, 2013. The Forum was held in order to conduct acomprehensive discussion on current technological issues in global oil and gas developments andpotential Japanese industrial technologies that could be used to overcome them. With more than
650 participants, special guests from natural resource producing countries and specialists fromJapan and abroad engaged in discussions on various topics surrounding the “Solution Providing with
Innovative Technologies,”* an initiative JOGMEC started in FY2013.
*”Solution Providing with Innovative Technologies”: it is a new initiative, in which JOGMEC coordinateswith Japanese companies to solve technological challenges in upstream oil and gas industry.
From FY2013, JOGMEC launched the “Solution Providing with Innovative Technologies.”
Through this new initiative, JOGMEC aims at strengthening relationship with oil and gas producing
countries as well as with their national oil and gas companies (NOCs) and international oil companies(IOCs) by utilizing cutting-edge, innovative Japanese technologies to assist them in overcoming their
upstream development challenges. The “JOGMEC Techno Forum 2013” was held to introduce this new
initiative to a wide range of innovative Japanese companies to create a platform of dialogue to start thematching of upstream technological challenges with potential technological solutions possessed byJapanese innovation.
At the Forum, in order to deepen the understanding of upstream oil and gas industry ofparticipants from other industrial sectors, JOGMEC invited many speakers from upstream oil and gas
industry, including H. E. Mr. Thamir Abbas Ghadhban (Chairman of the Advisory Commission, Prime
Minister Office, Government of Iraq), to speak on the flow of upstream oil and gas projects as well as key
technological challenges in the industry. At the Forum, JOGMEC invited specialists in the field of resource
development, including unconventional resources such as shale gas, to speak on the change in global
energy landscape, the potential of Japanese technologies, and the future role of JOGMEC in a panelsession.
The Forum was a success, and attracted more than 650 participants, well above the original
capacity of 500. Participants included not only representatives of innovative Japanese companies, but

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also NOCs, IOCs, and foreign embassies. The Networking Reception, held after the Forum, also attracted
many participants. Some participants commented that the Forum provided a unique opportunity to listen
to the specific technological challenges of NOCs, allowing them to consider ways to match innovativetechnologies with the needs of NOCs.
JOGMEC is committed to continuing the new initiative, the “Solution Providing with Innovative
Technologies,” to match the innovative, cutting-edge technologies of Japanese companies withtechnological needs of NOCs. Using the valuable comments from our participants, JOGMEC plans to hostthe next “JOGMEC Techno Forum” in the fall of 2014.
■Speakers of JOGMEC Techno Forum 2013 (partial listing)
Keynote・H.E. Mr. Thamir Abbas Ghadhban, Chairman of the Advisory Commission, Prime
Minister Office, Government of Iraq・Mr. Arafat Al Yafei, Representative, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
・Mr. Carlos Lechuga Aguinaga, PEMEX E&P Representative・Mr. Yoshihiro Shigehisa, Chairman Emeritus of JGC GroupSpeakers

・Dr. Phan Ngoc Trung, General Director, Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI)(partial listing) ・Mr. Le Ngoc Son, Deputy General Manager of Oil and Gas Production Division (OGPD),
PetroVietnam
・Mr. Randall Hnatuik, Team Lead, Business Development, Canadian Division, Encana
・Mr. Dave Thompson, Group Lead, Completions Technical Solutions, CanadianDivision, Encana
・Mr. Barry Penner, Q.C., Senior Counsel, Davis LLP - Canada & Japan.
Former Attorney General and former Minister of Environment, British Columbia,Canada・Mr. Maarten Wetselaar, Executive Vice President Integrated Gas, Shell Upstream
International・Dr. Yves Le Stunff, Science and Technology Program Manager, Total
・Mr. Karl Johnny Hersvik, Senior Vice President of Research and Development
Division, Statoil
・Mr. James Raney, Director, Engineering, Engineering & Technology Global, Anadarko
・Mr. Stephen Trammel, Research Director & Advisor, HIS・Dr. Michele Turitto, Consultant, OTM Consulting Ltd.

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Opening remark by Mr. Hirobumi Kawano, President,

Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Thamir Abbas Ghadhban,

JOGMEC

Chairman of the Advisory Commission, Prime Minister Office,
Government of Iraq
"Progress of Oil and Gas Development Project in Iraq and Its
Future Production Strategy"

Keynote speech by Mr. Arafat Al Yafei,

Keynote speech by Mr. Carlos Lechuga Aguinaga,

Representative, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)PEMEX E&P Representative"ADNOC: Contribution to Sustainable Development""Oil and Gas Projects in Mexico and Expectations for JapaneseTechnologies"

Keynote speech by Mr. Yoshihiro Shigehisa,

Guest speech by Mr. Maarten Wetselaar,

Chairman Emeritus of JGC Group

Executive Vice President Integrated Gas, Shell Upstream"A New Focus on Natural Resource-Producing Countries"

International"Global Energy Landscape and Role of Innovation"

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Guest speech by Mr. Stephen Trammel,

Speech by Dr. Yves Le Stunff,

Research Director & Advisor, IHS

Science and Technology Program Manager, Total"The Tight Oil Revolution in North America and Its Global"Tackling Upcoming Technological Challenges with an Open R&D

Implications"

Strategy"

Speech by Mr. Karl Johnny Hersvik,

Speech by Mr. James Raney,Senior Vice President of Research and Development Division,Director, Engineering, Engineering & Technology Global, Anadarko

Statoil"Technical Challenges in Offshore Development – New"Future of off-shore development and its challenges"

Technology Required for Future Offshore Development"

Speech by Mr. Barry Penner,

Speech by Dr. Michele Turitto,

Q.C., Senior Counsel, Davis LLP /Former Attorney General

Consultant, OTM Consulting Ltd. "Accelerating Technology

and former Minister of Environment, British Columbia, Canada

Deployment: on the basis of some technology uptake examples"Rewards, Risks & Regulations: Environmental Trends infrom the 2000s"

North American Oil & Gas Development"

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Speech by Mr. Randall Hnatuik,

Speech by Mr. Dave Thompson,

Team Lead, Business Development , Canadian Division,

Group Lead, Completions Technical Solutions, Canadian Division,Encana

Encana"Technology Applications & Challenges Related to"Technology Applications & Challenges Related to

Unconventional Gas Development"

Unconventional Gas Development"

Speech by Mr. Le Ngoc Son,

Speech by Dr. Phan Ngoc Trung,

Deputy General Manager of Oil and Gas Production Division

General Director of Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI)(OGPD), PetroVietnam"Water Treatment in Vietnam Oil & Gas Production Activities""Examples of Innovative Solution Provision for Oil and Gas
Producing Countries"

Forum hall

Day 1 Panel Discussion"Global Energy at the Crossroads: the Contribution ofJapanese Technologies"

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Day 2 Panel Discussion

Poster session at the foyer"Water-Treatment Technologies in Production Sites of Oiland Gas Producing Countries"

Networking Reception

Networking Reception remark
by Mr. Fumiaki Fujita, Executive Vice President, JOGMEC

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