Showing posts with label CERAWeek Leadership Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CERAWeek Leadership Award. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

CERAWeek Day II: OPEC ministerial no shows & more

The Oilholic writes this blog well towards the end of the second day of CERAWeek with no sign of any OPEC ministers or the Secretary General of the producers' group. This is in stark contrast to previous years

However, many of the bosses of their state-owned oil and gas companies are here in fine voice, most notably, Amin Nasser, CEO of Aramco, Nawaf Al-Sabah, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, and Mele Kyari, CEO of Nigerian National Petroleum Company. 

One notable absentee among their ranks was Sultan Al Jaber - the President of COP28, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and - Group CEO of ADNOC.

However, he did appear virtually to receive the CERAWeek Leadership Award recognizing his leadership at COP28 to deliver the UAE Consensus for a global agreement on a sustainable energy future.

"I am deeply honored to accept the CERAWeek Leadership Award for the UAE Consensus," Al Jaber said upon receiving the award. "In a world too often held back by conflict, the UAE Consensus brought nations together to take a giant step forward for climate progress. 

"Multilateralism overcame geopolitics to produce an unprecedented agreement to produce a fair, orderly and responsible energy transition. In short, COP28 was a success because of its full inclusivity. Everyone had a seat at the table, everyone was invited to contribute, and everyone did contribute."

Meanwhile, Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron, appeared at CERAWeek to express his "surprise" when ExxonMobil moved to arbitration over Guyana. Wirth also flagged his company's ongoing geothermal pilot program. Murray Auchincloss, CEO of BP, chose to big up his upstream business, while Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhilips, said the wave of upstream oil and gas M&A "is not done yet". 

That wave saw $234 billion worth of deals in 2023. Additionally, and quite interestingly, Lance seemed to suggest that US oil production will likely rise from its current level of 13 million barrels per day to 14 million bpd before it plateaus. 


Well that's a wrap for day for the second day of CERAWeek. The Oilholic leaves you with a glimpse above of a scramble for the escalators for a break after the plenaries conclude. Now these ones are to the right of the ballroom exit. If only some good folks had gone far left they'd find the escalators there quite empty and reach their lunches and coffees a tad quicker :) Keep reading, keep it here, keep it 'crude'! 

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© Gaurav Sharma 2024. Photo I: CERAWeek 2024 logo in Houston, US. Photo II: Crowded escalators at CERAWeek 2024 © Gaurav Sharma, March 2024.