Andrew Vaughan, Shell Upstream VP for Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Syria
Date: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Agenda: 11:30 – 12:00 Registrations, Drinks & Networking
12:00 – 12:45 Lecture
12:45 – 13:00 Q&A
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch
Venue: Seven Sands Restaurant, Dubai World Trade Centre
To register, reply to this email with the subject: Confirmation for Talk on 11th June 2014 to Deirdre O’Leary, Mark Grutters, and myself.
Abstract
The Middle East region – with 48% of the world's proven oil and 43% of proven gas resources – has an important part to play in the global energy future. The UAE has announced plans to increase oil production capacity from 2.7 million to 3.5 million barrels per day by 2017, and increase gas production from 5 billion to 6.8 billion cubic feet per day by 2020. This aspiration presents the question: “How can the UAE make the most of its existing oil and gas assets?”
Solutions are needed for managing mature assets with increasing water-cuts and water production, infrastructure nearing the end of its design life, modern HSSE standards, surface congestion issues, and multiple stakeholders with different corporate standards and philosophies.
These challenges create opportunities to develop skills and expertise in well and reservoir management, asset integrity management, asset life cycle planning, water management and disposal and enhanced oil recovery techniques.
About the Speaker
Andrew Vaughan is the Vice-President responsible for Shell’s upstream businesses in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Syria, with accountabilities for ventures formed to develop oil and gas reserves on behalf of the host nations. Andrew is also Shell Country Chair for Abu Dhabi. Andrew started his career in the nuclear industry, moving to oil and gas in 1981 where he worked as a petroleum engineer in the UK for Shell and other operators. Rejoining Shell in 1992 he has held a variety of technical and general management roles in Syria, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Egypt, Dubai and Kazakhstan before moving to Abu Dhabi in 2013 to take up his current role.
About the Event
Shell sponsors its annual Lunch & Learn session for our local chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the primary industry body for technical knowledge sharing. For further questions please contact Deirdre O’Leary or Mark Grutters.
Regards,
Pedro Saldungaray
SPE Northern Emirates Program Chairperson