ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson to Speak at CERAWeek 2012

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be a keynote speaker at the 31st annual IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) executive conference, CERAWeek 2012, Energy and the Economy: Quest for Growth March 5-9 in Houston.

Recognized as the world’s premiere energy conference, CERAWeek 2012 is chaired by IHS CERA Chairman and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin and will convene an international group industry, policy and financial leaders, along with leading IHS researchers and analysts, to examine the opportunities and challenges that will shape the energy future.

“We are very pleased to have Rex Tillerson joining us at CERAWeek 2012 in Houston,” Yergin said. “As one of the energy industry’s most prominent and impactful leaders he has a unique vantage point on energy’s present and future in the global context.”

Media Accreditation

Media registration for CERAWeek 2012 is open. Members of the media interested in registering for CERAWeek 2012 are required to apply for accreditation. Please send your name, organization, phone, email, and organization Web site to ceraweekmedia@ihs.com. Once IHS has confirmed your eligibility, you will receive additional instructions that will enable you to complete your registration online.

Delegate Registration

CERAWeek 2012 will be held March 5-9, 2012 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, Texas. Further information and delegate registration is available at www.ceraweek.com.

CERAWeek 2012 Speakers

The distinguished list of speakers at CERAWeek 2012 also includes:

• Farouk Hussain Al-Zanki, deputy chairman and chief executive officer, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Alan Armstrong, president and chief executive officer, Williams
• Yuriy Boyko, minister of energy and coal industry, Ukraine
• Mauricio Cárdenas, minister of mines & energy, Columbia
• Martin Craighead, president and chief executive officer, Baker Hughes
• Christopher Crane, president & chief operating officer, Exelon Corporation
• David Crane, president and chief executive officer, NRG Energy
• Brian Dames, chief executive officer, Eskom
• Yves-Louis Darricarrère, executive vice president of TOTAL S.A. , president of TOTAL Exploration & Production and TOTAL Gas & Power
• Gregory Ebel, president and chief executive officer, Spectra Energy
• Thomas Farrell, Chairman, president and chief executive officer, Dominion Resources, Inc.
• Bruce Grewcock, president and chief executive officer, Kiewit
• James Hackett, chairman and chief executive officer, Anadarko Petroleum Company
• Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
• Martin Houston, chief operating officer, BG Group plc
• Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer, General Electric
• Patrick Kron, chief executive officer, Alstom
• Sam Laidlaw, chief executive officer, Centrica
• Helge Lund, president and chief executive officer, Statoil ASA
• Ernest Moniz, director, MIT Energy Initiative, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, MIT
• Michael Morris, chairman and chief executive officer, American Electric Power
• Amin Nasser, senior vice president Upstream, Saudi Aramco
• Patrick Pouyanne, head of refining and marketing, Total S.A
• Paolo Scaroni, chief executive officer, Eni
• Sudhir Vasudeva, chairman & managing director, Oil & natural Gas Corporation Ltd
• Peter Voser, chief executive officer, Royal Dutch Shell
• Bruce Williamson, chief executive officer, CLECO

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