Oil & Finance 2019 – “End of rebound or full steam ahead?”
The Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) has great pleasure in inviting you to the Oil & Finance Conference in Oslo, 19 – 20 March 2019.
Oil & Finance 2019: End of rebound or full steam ahead?
From its low point of $26/bbl in January 2016, the oil price has steadily recovered, albeit with significant near term volatility, until it peaked at $86/bbl in October 2018. In the wake of the stronger oil market, capital budgets have increased and M&A activity has picked up. However, during the last quarter of 2018 the price plunged once again, which raises some questions: Have we seen the end of the rebound in the markets, will budgets yet again be cut and will M&A activity slow down? Or are we simply experiencing a bump in the road where the activity level will continue at the same pace? What are the implications for capital markets and companies’ access to funding?
We will get a fresh update on the M&A market in the North Sea and hear from companies that have recently succeeded in the transaction market. As usual, there will be an update on the bond and bank markets and we will also hear about alternative financing mechanisms available which might help fuelling transaction activity going forward.
All in all the 2019 Oil & Finance conference will give you both the industry and financial markets perspectives and hopefully give you an idea of where we are headed in these volatile times.
Welcome!
On behalf of the program committee
Morten E. Lindbæck (Chair)
Program
Tuesday 19. March
Registration
Lunch
MARKETS AND MACRO ISSUES
Opening remarks
What has happened?
Oil Market Outlook 2019: Back to Balance-For Now
NCS today - OED perspective
M&A Trends in the North Sea
Coffee
NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF
NCS trends and M&A
Future generation of NCS field developments
Coffee
The Other Side of the Hill – Exploring Through the Downturn
M&A case studies and discussion – what it takes to succeed and lessons learned
Helge Nordtorp, Deputy CEO & VP Business Development, Pandion Energy
Knut Evensen, Co-founder and CFO, OKEA
Riulf Rustad, Chairman, Noreco
Wine tasting
Dinner
Wednesday 20. March
Coffee/Networking
Chair: Day 2: Tore Orm Sitje, Partner, Corporate Finance, Arctic Securities
Upstream Oil&Gas Equity Capital Markets Considerations
Bond
Bank – Update on upstream bank financing
Coffee break
ALTERNATIVE FINANCING
Cathrine Hetland, Managing Associate, Thommessen and Ellen Heyerdahl, Partner, Thommessen
Viggo Pedersen, Senior Vice President, Offshore Merchant Partners ("The bespoke financier to the E&P industry")
Xavier Vénéreau, Head of Producers & Finance, Marketing & Origination- Europe, Africa & Russia, BP
Conference summary
Lunch
End of Conference day 2
Practical information
Organiser:
Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)
Venue:
Lysebuveien 12, Oslo
Telephone: 0047-21 51 10 00
Conference fee:
NPF personal members NOK 10,400 plus 25% vat
Non-NPF-members NOK 12,400 plus 25% vat
The fee includes:
– Coffee/tea
– Lunches
– Conference Dinner
– Access to the presentations after end of conference
Membership of the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF):
We offer conference participants to purchase membership of NPF together with registration and payment for the conference:
- 1 year membership for conference participants – with affiliation to NPF Oslo / Polyteknisk Forening (PF Olje) (NOK 1,700)
- 1 year membership for conference participants – other local charters (NOK 1,000)
Select the Membership price at the top of the registration form and check the desired membership type further down below the Participant information fields. The total price will be updated automatically before the registration is confirmed and you proceed to payment.
Payment:
Payment can be done upon registration by credit card (Master Card/Visa). If you do not want to pay with credit card, you can ask the project manager to send you an invoice from Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF). Please note that by choosing invoice you will be submitted to a fee of NOK 100. All international payments must be approved before the conference starts.
Cancellations:
Cancellations must be received in writing by 5th of March 2019 and will be subject to a NOK 2,000 cancellation fee unless a substitute delegate is offered. After this date, the full registration fee will apply, however, substitutions will still be accepted. Substitutions for registered delegates may be made at any time, but we would appreciate prior notification.
In case of cancellation of the conference by the Norwegian Petroleum Society, (NPF), the participant will be refunded the conference fee and/or the exhibition fee. Other expenses the participants may have are not refunded, and is not the responsibility of NPF.
Conference paper:
Presentations from the conference will be available after end of conference. Delegates will be informed when available via e-mail.
Programme changes:
It is sometimes necessary to change timing of the programme. The conference organizer will not be liable for any such unavoidable changes.
Accommodation: **Lysebu Hotel is now fully booked 19-20 March**
As Lysebu Hotel is now fully booked we recommend Hotel Soria Moria and Scandic Holmenkollen. To book a room please contact the hotels directly:
Soria Moria Hotel Tel: +47 23 22 24 00 (approx. 15 minutes walking distance from Lysebu)
Scandic Holmenkollen Tel: +47 22 92 20 00
For further information please contact:
Norwegian Petroleum Society
Kristin Øinæs
Project Manager
tel. +47 455 07 475
E-mail: kristin.oinaes@npf.no