NORWALK, Conn. (August 31, 2009) – IHS Herold will convene its 18th Annual Pacesetters Energy Conference, Sept. 22-24, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Greenwich, Conn. The three-day event will provide key insight on the critical issues facing the global energy industry including managing investment and business risks during a period of extreme price and demand volatility. Other key issues to be discussed include reserves replacement; energy solutions for the 21st century; the changing course of resource nationalism; the future of alternative energy; making unconventional resources conventional and the route to successful resource plays, to name a few.
Media Please Note: New for 2009, the event will feature a manned press workroom for media, which features hard-wired Internet connections, ample workspace and a dedicated staff liaison to assist with facilitation of interviews and provide assistance, so media participants can work on-site. Members of the news media interested in covering the event can do so free of charge, but must register in advance at https://www.herold.com/pec/pec.registration. For additional information about the event, please contact Tom Biracree at tom.biracree@ihsherold.com or (203) 847-3344.
The Pacesetter Conference agenda also features IHS Herold’s presentation of results from the 2009 Global Upstream Performance Review, its 42nd annual study of finding costs, reserve replacement, and results of operations for more than 230 companies worldwide. The presentation will focus on trends and challenges that will impact operations and financial performance in 2010.
Leaders of Pacesetter energy companies will speak at the event, including Harold Korell, executive chairman of the board, Southwestern Energy Co.; Aubrey McClendon, chairman and chief executive officer, Chesapeake Energy Corp.; John Pinkerton, chairman and chief executive officer, Range Resources Corp.; and Louis Baldwin, executive vice president and chief financial officer of XTO Energy Inc.
A distinguished panel of experts from across IHS, including Sara Johnson, managing director, Global Macroeconomics, Global Insight; Pete Stark, vice president, Industry Relations, IHS CERA; Jim Burkhard, managing director, Global Oil Group, IHS CERA, and Robert Gillon, vice president and insight leader, IHS Herold, will discuss their latest forecasts of global oil and gas supply and demand. Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Global Insight and keynote speaker for the Sept. 24th luncheon, also will share his views on the global economy and his outlook for 2010 and beyond.
Other panels will examine how key industry sectors braved the storm; the future of South American E&P, the role of private equity in the upstream, and forecasts for the next M&A boom.
IHS Herold is an IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) company.
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