Agenda

This session will showcase the knowledge acquired during the exploration of the prolific Guyana Suriname Basin. It will feature current operators and suppliers who will share their experiences, techniques and interpretations which have attributed to the modern understanding of the basin today. The session will also highlight how the many exploration and appraisal wells have transformed the development outlook of this basin. 

This session provides an overview of the regulatory systems in both Guyana and Suriname as well as, an introduction to other developed models adopted by more mature hydrocarbon producing regions. The main focus areas are risk management, outlining model regulatory frameworks through legislation and sustainable value growth. The speakers will discuss the lessons learnt over the years and ways to improve the overall industry regulatory regime.

The drilling session provides an insight on the history of drilling operations in offshore Suriname and Guyana basins as a basis to understand the current and future challenges to explore and develop oil and gas assets (Continental Shelf and Deepwater). It aims to discuss the technologies allowing to reach the current state of the art in Conventional Offshore and Deepwater operations (with consideration of the diverse geological contexts drilled), the technical challenges faced and key performance improvements. It gives as well a vision of upcoming challenges and technologies that will allow to overcome them.

Oil and gas development will play a significant role in the economic development of both Guyana and Suriname. Through a combination of pragmatic policy and successful implementation Local Content can be a fundamental component to the development a robust, diverse and healthy economy. The first discovery in the basin was in 2015, with the scale of reserves rapidly becoming clear. Seven years after discovery, is local content where it should be?

Learn from Guyana and Suriname stakeholders and international companies what their experience has been in building local capacity - successes, challenges. Explore what are the synergies that cross the border of the two countries, and how to realize these opportunities as a win for all stakeholders. This session will focus on the implementation and explore the key components that underpin a successful local content approach through the lens of the operator, the local business, and civil society.

As Sustainability become a mandatory matrix to perform operations with the awareness of the planet, the people and the preservation for a better future; session six will bring international companies or organizations to go over best practices and lesson learned in offshore operation. The focus will be the Environmental, Social and Governance process. A brief view of international standards and ESG/HSE Integration. The goal is to provide bring some examples to support the GSB development and get early adoption as the basin goes through exploration to appraisal then development.

Presenters will cover their experience starting up a completely new Petroleum Engineering and Earth Science Programs and will discuss strategies that were used and implemented to train existing Professors from other fields to engage in the Petroleum Engineering and Earth Science programs: training students and also addressing ways to build the internal collaborative alliances necessary to make the most of the university's vast knowledge and expertise with both industry and Governmental organizations