Special Country Sessions

Country Sessions

Location: Windsor Barra Convention & Expo Center, Level 2, Oceania IX-X

Fee: Included with registration

An important compliment to the technical program, ICE 2025 Special Country Sessions provide participants with an overview of energy industry activity on key countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region as well as in India and Africa.

Each session includes brief overview presentations delivered by operators and regulators followed by a moderated panel discussion highlighting recent exploration activity and investment opportunities in the geographic area being highlighted.

Discussions will not only revolve around the geological potential of the key countries but also the overall political and economic outlooks that will impact business decisions and exploration strategies. See country session times, speakers and chairs below.

Date: Wednesday, 1 October

Time: 13:30-15:00

Chairs: Henrique Penteado and Aloisio Pellon

Panelists:

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Rogerio Soares Cunha
General Manager Exploration, Petrobras
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Marina Abelha
Promotions & Licensing Superintendent, ANP
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André Picarelli
Subsurface Executive Manager, PRIO
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Lucio Prevatti
General Manager Exploration, Development and Subsurface, Shell
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Judith Vila Pont
COO, Repsol Sinopec

Date: Wednesday, 1 October

Time: 15:30-17:00

Chairs: Xavier Moonan and Victor Vega

Panelists:

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Paul Riley
Guyana/Suriname Exploration Manager, ExxonMobil
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Sharista Koensingh
Acting Exploration Manager, Offshore Directorate, Staatsolie
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Joe Ponthier
General Manager Exploration – South America Frontier, Chevron, Chevron
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James Geary
Area Manager in charge of Guyana-Suriname, TotalEnergies

Date: Thursday, 2 October

Time: 08:30-10:00

Chairs: Sylvia Anjos and Victor Vega

Panelists:

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Matt Chandler
Managing Director, ExxonMobil Gas
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Sushma Rawat
Exploration Director, ONGC
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Ranjit Rath
Chairman & Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL)
  • Pallavi Jain Govil *, Director General, Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

*Invited

Date: Thursday, 2 October

Time: 08:30-09:50

Chairs: Marcio Rocha Mello and Nj Ayuk

Panelists:

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Ricardo Bedregal
Executive Director - Upstream Operations LATAM and Frontier North America, S&P Global
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Henri Houllevigue
Vice President of Geoscience, TGS
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Luiz Gamboa
Adjust Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense
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Webster Mohriak
Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
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Marcio Rocha Mello
CEO, NEC

Date: Thursday, 2 October

Time: 13:30-15:00

Chairs: Santiago Ferro, ANCAP and Juan Pablo Lovecchio, YPF

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Fernanda Raggio
Vice President of Exploration, YPF
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Pedro Biscayart
Vaca Muerta Studies Director, Tecpetrol
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Eytan Uliel
CEO, Challenger

Date: Thursday, 2 October

Time: 15:30-17:00

Chairs: Antonio Velasquez, Ecopetrol; Flover Rodriguez, ACGGP

Panelists:

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Orlando Velandia
President, ANH
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Marcos Galvão,
GM for Colombia Exploration Assets, Petrobras
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Orlando Cabrales
CEO, FronteraEnergy
  • Elsa Jaimes*, Exploration Manager, Ecopetrol

  • Frank Pearl*, President, ACP

*Invited

Date: Friday, 3 October

Time: 08:30-10:00

Chairs: German Gomez, Baker Hughes; Ulises Hernandez, Pemex*

Panelists:

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Angel Cid
E&P Director, Pemex
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Gustavo Baquero
Executive Vice President, Harbour Energy
  • Lazslo Benkovics, Exploration Manager, Repsol

  • Luz Elena Gonzalez *, Secretary, Secretary of Energy

  • Oscar Roldan *, Director, Oil and Gas Division, R9 Holdings

*Invited

Date: Friday, 3 October

Time: 10:30-12:00

Chairs: Valeria Cerqueira Conde, Petrobras Bolivia; Ana Maria Goncalves, AAPG LACR

Panelists:

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Max Torres
Vice President of Exploration, Petrotal
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Pedro Owaldo Chira
Chira President of the Directorate, Perupetro
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Pedro  Romero
Vice President of Exploration, Oxy
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Raul Giraudo
Gerente General, YPFB Andina