IENE’s 2nd SE Europe Regional Upstream Workshop

Thursday, October 31, 2013 - Friday, November 1, 2013

Following a successful first international workshop which IENE organised in Athens on April 26-27, 2012 on Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production in the East Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, it was decided to convene a second one in 2013.

This year the geographical area of the workshop has been broadened to include the Black Sea. The scope of this event, which will be a one and a half day workshop, to be held again in Athens on October 31st – November 1st, 2013, is to present the latest research work and carry out an evaluation regarding the region's hydrocarbon potential, but also refer to specific examples of exploration and production work. The Workshop, which is organized under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change (which is in charge of Greece’s hydrocarbon sector) will be attended by specialists and executives from international companies with experience and active presence in the region in the upstream sector.

Among others, the Workshop will refer to the latest geological, geophysical and seismic research and will cover specific regions, in the Black Sea, the Eastern part of the Mediterranean basin and the Adriatic Sea. A thirteen country group is proposed which includes Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. A review of the different countries’ exploration work and production activities will be undetaken, as well as a review of their national programmes, including international concession rounds (ongoing and planned) and companies' investments. Also an examination of all relevant legal and financial issues will be undertaken. The objective is that of an overall assessment of activities in the region related to hydrocarbon exploration and production.

The detailed programme of tis IENE Workshop is available on the Institute’s website ( www.iene.gr). The Workshop is sponsored by the Energean Oil and Gas Company and Romania’s Grup Servicii Petroliere SA. Media partners include Energia.gr and SEENews.

For further information please contact IENE at tel: +30 210 36 38 457, +30 210 36 40 278, The Institute of Energy for South East Europe, 3, Alex. Soutsou, 106 71, Athens, Greece, e-mail: [email protected]