World Petroleum Council Yearbook 2015 – Leading the Industry

• Official Publication of the World Petroleum Council 2015. The 2015 Edition was also given to all delegates at the WPC Leadership Conference.
• 144 pages, softback, A4 sized
• May 2015
• English

Contents

Welcome to the WPC Yearbook 2015 – The road ahead for the WPC
By Dr Pierce Riemer, Director General, World Petroleum Council

Leadership Perspectives

Leadership perspectives
By József Toth, WPC President

The oil industry as an innovator and leader
By Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation

The energy industry’s role in meeting supply and environmental challenges
By Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell

Setting a sustainable growth agenda
By Eldar Sætre, CEO, Statoil

Energy trends in a world of growing demand
By Spencer Dale, Chief Economist, BP

The challenge to achieve sustainable energy for all
By UN Under-Secretary-General Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and CEO, SE4All

Case study: Solutions to improve access to energy
By Jean-Marc Fontaine, Vice President of Sustainable Development, Total

Global Cooperation

Challenges facing the oil and gas industry in the coming decades
By Patrick Pouyanné, CEO, Total

Sustainably energising the world
By Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Security of supply and meeting demand on a global level
By Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Energy for all
By Besim Şişman, CEO and President of the Board, Turkish Petroleum Corporation

Maintaining strategic reserves as a guarantee of security of supply
By Pedro Miras Salamanca, Chairman of CORES, Chairman of the Standing Group on Emergency Questions, International Energy Agency and Chairman of the Spanish National Committee of the World Petroleum Council

Bank financing in a low oil price environment
By Peter Gaw, Managing Director of Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Standard Chartered Bank

Outlook on offshore oil and gas in the Arctic
By Jon Marsh Duesund, Senior Project Manager, Rystad Energy

The rise and rise of LNG in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Jorge Ciacciarelli, Executive Secretary, Regional Association of Oil, Gas and Biofuels Sector Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Petroleum development and future opportunities in East Africa
By Wanjiku Manyara, General Manager, Petroleum Institute of East Africa

The bright future of India’s petroleum industry
By Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, International Systems and Communications Ltd

Overview of the Russian oil industry: Challenges and prospects
_By Ekaterina Grushevenko, Research Associate, and Dmitry Grushevenko and Anna Galkina, Researchers, Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Industry Innovation

Engineering progress and possibilities
By John S. Watson, Chairman and CEO, Chevron

The WPC Youth Survey 2014
By Katharina Gruenberg, Economist, Shell Global Solutions and WPC Youth Representative for the UK, and Csaba Zsótér, Head of Feedstock Supply and Trade for MOL Group and WPC Youth Representative for Hungary

Future prospects for Angola’s oil and gas production
_By Tako Koning, P.Geol, Senior Petroleum Geologist and Business Development Manager, Gaffney, Cline & Associates

The role of the European refining industry in developing clean fuels
By Chris Beddoes, former Director General, Fuels Europe

US unconventional energy development and the use of industry standards
By J. Gerardo Uría, Director of Membership and Global Industry Services, American Petroleum Institute

FLNG – F is for floating and flexibility
By Mark Blacklock, Editor-in-Chief, International Systems and Communications Ltd

FLNG – A game changer for the industry
By Datuk Abdullah Karim, Vice President for LNG Projects, Petronas

Responsible Operations

Unlocking energy efficiency: A win-win strategy
By Amin H. Nasser, Acting President and CEO, Saudi Aramco

Leading the industry on climate change
By Brian Sullivan, Executive Director, IPIECA

Taking the chill out of Arctic operations
By Liv Hovem, Director for Europe and Southern Africa, DNV GL – Oil & Gas

A case study for sustainable development in Peru
By Ambassador Jeanne L. Phillips, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and International Relations, Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and President, Hunt Global Partnerships

A Turkish perspective on unconventional gas
By James D. McFarland, CEO, Valeura Energy and Member of the WPC Congress Programme Committee

Managing change and maintaining deepwater safety
By Brian Salerno, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

The evolution of the Operations Excellence Management System
By Brett Doherty, Chief Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Officer, RasGas

Committed to safety and the environment
By Jaime Martín Juez, Director of Safety and Environment, Repsol

WPC Vision, Mission and Values

Acknowledgements

The World Petroleum Council Yearbook 2015 can be downloaded as a PDF for free directly from the WPC’s website or viewed online via the Issuu publishing platform.