Events

Explore, Invest in and Profit from the Latin American Oil and Gas Market"

Latin America has the potential to be one of the world's major sources of oil & gas. State-owned oil & gas companies currently control the market, but are often without the necessary funds to finance exploration & development, pipeline expansion and LNG facilities.

Attend the first Annual Latin American Oil & Gas conference in Calgary and gain the information you need. As an international oil and gas developer take advantage of this information to enter the market or improve the success and profitability of your Latin American investments. Learn what other governments have done to encourage foreign investment in the energy sector, while increasing benefits to the state and creating a mutually beneficial relationship.

• Formal opportunities to table questions to speakers
• Meet investors including fund managers, private equity firms, and pension funds investing in your market
• Network with equity and industry analysts covering your region and top oil and gas companies
• Learn about new bid rounds and opportunities to explore across Latin America from leading regulators and agencies, investors
• Learn where the top private equity firms and fund managers are doing and the criteria they are using to invest
• Hear from leading regulators and policy makers on issues that the markets are facing.

• Structured networking designed to facilitate real business
• Panels emphasis interactivity rather than lectures
• Formal opportunities to table questions to speakers
• Exhibition element where real deals are done

1. Latin America in the global Oil and Gas Context

• Emerging Latin American Markets
• Participation of Latin America in the Globals Oil & Gas Scene
• Foreign Investment in the Region: Statistics
• How does Latin America compare with other Regions in the World?

2. Petroleum Politics in Latin America

• Discussion of resource nationalism as key risk factor in the upstream Sector
• The current and future state of governments role in the energy Sector
• Examining the history and future or resource nationalism in Venezuela, the Caribbean, the Andes southern Cone.

3. Upstream opportunities Onshore and Offshore

• Identifying Countries with High Resource Potential and their exploiting difficulties
• Where will the investments for E&P go in 2011 in Latin America?
• Regional Look at Opportunities and Trends

4. Brazil

• Energy Market Overview
• Future Trends for the industry
• Regulation "Must-Know's"
• Advantages of investing in Brazil
• Brazilian Business Culture

5. Mexico

• Mexico's Advantages for foreign Investment
• Current & Future needs of Pemex
• The "Energy Reform": Where it stands and where it is headed
• E&P Opportunities and Exploiting Difficulties

6. Andean Region: Market Overview, Regulations, Advantages/ Risks and Future Trends

• Peru
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela: Cutting through the Anti-American rethoric
• Contrasts between Peru and Colombia

7. Shouter Cone

• General Market Observations for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay
• Chile's landscape for 2011 and trends report

8. Investing in Latin America E&P

• What are the Best Performing Companies and Why?
• What are the Governments that are Pro-Business?
• What are the Key Indicators?
• Conclusions on the Regional Opportunities and Trends

9. Investing in the Region: Criteria, Risks and Preparation

• Establishing an Investment Criteria
• When does taking on Partners make sense and what are the implications?
• Why does Regulation Matter?
• Negotiating Joint Ventures with Local Partners: Balancing their Drivers with your Needs