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Dive Into the Conversations Shaping Offshore Energy’s Future

Join us at OTC for an exclusive lineup of dynamic panel sessions featuring global industry leaders, pioneering innovators, and technical experts as they address the most pressing challenges and exciting opportunities in the offshore energy landscape.

From advancements in drilling, subsea systems, and digital transformation to emerging strategies in decarbonization, carbon capture, and low-carbon operations, these sessions provide an unparalleled platform to explore how technology, policy, and collaboration are redefining the future of offshore development.

Gain firsthand insight into how energy companies are balancing energy security, affordability, and sustainability, and what it means for the next generation of offshore projects worldwide.

Don’t miss your opportunity to hear directly from the visionaries driving innovation, shaping policy, and leading the global energy transition—all in one place, only at OTC.

DISCOVER THE OTC 2026 PANEL SESSIONS

Subsea Tiebacks, Increased Production, Lower Costs & Risks, Greater Optionality

   

Monday, 4 May |  1030–1230
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Art Schroeder Katie Pelliccio Maggie Sheridan Donald Craig Sandeep Patni Einar Michel Paul Hughes
Moderator:
Art Schroeder
President
Energy Valley Inc.
Katie Pelliccio
General Manager Facilities Engineering
Chevron Angola
Maggie Sheridan
Manager of Operations Engineering
Murphy Oil Corporation
Donald Craig
Subsea Technology Manager
BP America Production Co.
Sandeep Patni
Subsea Team Lead
Shell
Einar Michel
Senior Analyst 
Rystad
Paul Hughes
Country Technology Manager – GOM Region 
Subsea 7

 

Innovation in Offshore Industry - Panel with Technology Executive Leadership

Monday, 4 May |  1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Parth Pathak Veronique Nouaze Claudine Champavere Werner Schinagl Gabriel Guerra

Moderator:
Parth Pathak
Manager
New Technology Development SLB

Veronique Nouaze
Vice President
Technology Development
SLB
Claudine Champavere
Senior Vice President
Product Marketing and Strategy
TechnipFMC

Werner Schinagl
Global Vice President
of Base Management
bp

Gabriel Guerra
Vice President
Data, Digital & Innovation
Shell

 

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Engineering the Future of Deep-Seabed Mining: Collection, Transport, and Processing

   

Monday, 4 May |  1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 604

Michelle Foss Mark Luther Maggie Sheridan Michael Lodge Kerry kehoe Olivier Gunasekara Paul Hughes
Moderator:
Michelle Foss
Advisor
L’Acadie Network  
Moderator:
Mark Luther
Professor
University of South Florida 
Moderator:
Samantha Smith
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Globe Solutions 
Michael Lodge
International Lawyer and Consultant
Wetstone Global, Inc.
Kerry Kehoe
Retired
Federal Consistency Specialist at NOAA
Olivier Gunasekara
Chief Executive Officer
Impossible Metals, Inc
Luuk Vlieglen
Proposals Manager
Allseas Engineering B.V.
Kris Van Nijen Maggie Sheridan Anna Scott Maggie Sheridan Thomas Peacock Maggie Sheridan Michael Clarke
Kris Van Nijen
Managing Director
Global Sea Mineral Resources
Guido Van Den Bos
Business Development
NOV Marine and Construction Energy Equipment
Anna Scott
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mithril Minerals
Tom Foster
President
DHI Water & Environment Inc.
Thomas Peacock
Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor
atDepth MRV
Samantha Smith
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Globe Solutions 
Michael Clarke
Environmental Manager
The Metals Company

 

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The Future of Offshore Wind: What Direction Will It Blow?

Monday, 4 May |  1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 300

Doreen Chin Jim Bennett Shashikant Sarada Christian Wood Alexander Flotre
Moderator:
Y. Doreen Chin
President
Yunka Energy LLC
James Bennett
Member, Board of Advisors
American Offshore Wind Academy
Shashikant Sarada
Senior Vice President, Power & Energy
WSP USA
Christian Wood
Executive Vice President
DNV
Alexander Fløtre
Senior Vice President and Head of Offshore Wind
Rystad Energy

 

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Equatorial Margin – From Exploration Vision to Regional Energy Opportunity

Tuesday, 5 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Huyen Bui Anna Paula Lougon Patricia Pradal Decio Oddone Dechun Lee Jessica Ciosek
Moderator:
Huyen Bui
Senior Exploration Geoscientist
Shell
Moderator:
Anna Paula Lougon
 Business Development Director
Marketing Intelligence Specialist
Viridien
Patricia Pradal
President
Chevron South America Exploration
Decio Oddone
Chief Executive Officer
Brava Energia
Dechun Lin
Executive Vice President
Viridien Group
Jessica Ciosek
Principal Analyst
Wood Mackenzie

 

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Offshore HPHT: Aligning Technical Excellence with Business Strategy

Tuesday, 5 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 604

Parth Pathak Jocelyn Waggoner Robert Large Greg Kusinski Richard White John Boyle Aleksandra Dominik
Moderator:
Parth Pathak
Manager, New Technology Development
SLB
Jocelyn Waggoner
Vice President
Core Technologies
TechnipFMC
Robert Large
Engineering Director
OneSubsea LLC
Greg Kusinski
Lithium Asset Lead
Chevron Corporation

Richard White
Senior Subsea Engineer
Chevron

John Boyle
Kaskida Project General Manager
bp

Aleksandra Dominik
Technology Manager
Shell Sparta Project

 

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CCUS - Gathering Steam or Stalling?

Tuesday, 5 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 300

Nikhil Joshi William Landuyt Tomas Zapata Nigel Jenvey Jonah Margulis
Moderator:
Nikhil Joshi
Major Projects Manager
Moulinex
William Landuyt
USGC CCS Business Manager
ExxonMobil
Tomas Zapata
Director of Global Exploration
Repsol
Nigel Jenvey
VP Energy Transition
Baker Hughes
Jonah Margulis
Head of Commercial
SLB Capturi

 

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Decade of Guyana: Rapid Success Fuels Rapid Transformation

Tuesday, 5 May |  1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Kyle Countryman Tim Chapman Keith Henderson Paloma Mohammed Omon Dibua Vickram Bharrat
Kyle Countryman
Guyana Development Manager
ExxonMobil
Tim Chapman
Guyana Appraisal Director
Hess Corporation
Keith Henderson
Vice President International Developments
CNOOC
Paloma Mohammed
Vice Chancellor
University of Guyana
Omon Dibua
Onshore Operations Director
TechnipFMC
Vickram Bharrat
Minister of Natural Resources
Government of Guyana

Delivering Energy for Today and Tomorrow in the Gulf of America

Wednesday, 6 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Brett Clanton Roger Boyce Ricky Burns
Moderator:
Brett Clanton
Senior Government Affairs Manager
Texas and Gulf of America
bp
Roger Boyce
Vice President Production
Gulf of America
bp

Ricky Burns
Transformation and Technology
Manager
bp

 

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From Digital Tools to Full Value: Real-World Lessons in Offshore Security, Safety, and Operational Efficiency

Wednesday, 6 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 300

Ashraf Zeid Changwon Son Mohamed Hegazi Camille Peres Bruno Avena Stephanie Payne Mohamed Farouk

Moderator:
Ashraf Zeid
Managing Director
Eternal Energy

Moderator:
Changwon Son
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University

Mohamed Hegazi
Chief Executive Officer
ARO Drilling

Camille Peres
President
Human Factor and Ergonomics Society

Bruno Avena 
Chief Executive Officer
ALTAVE

Stephanie Payne
Professor
Texas A&M University

Mohamed Farouk
Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
ADES Holding

Bridging the Gap For Traditional Hydrocarbons to Expand Into Geothermal

Wednesday, 6 May |  1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Kerry Fellers Elizabeth Cambre Josepth Batir Kenneth Medlock Johanna Ostrum Jericho Reyes Lev Ring
Moderator: 
Kerry Fellers
Director of Membership Geothermal Rising
Moderator:
Elizabeth Cambre
North American
Business Development Manager, New Energies, Geothermal
Vallourec
Joseph Batir
Managing Partner
Batir we go
Kenneth Medlock
Senior Director
Rice University, Baker Institute for Public Policy
Johanna Ostrum
Chief Operating Officer
Gradient Geothermal
Jericho Reyes
President
Geothermal Rising
 
Lev Ring
President
Sage Geosystems 
 

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Strengthening America's Maritime Energy Transportation Future (LNG)

Thursday, 7 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

Buford Pollett Neil Kavanagh Ryan Peay David McKellips Justin Slater Rob Smith
Moderator:
Buford Pollett
Associate Professor of Energy Law and Co
University of Tulsa
Moderator:
Neil Kavanagh
Founder and Principal Consultant
 K Energy Consulting
Ryan Peay
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Resource Sustainability
 US Department of Energy
David McKellips
Vice President of Commodity Marketing
Williams
Justin Slater
Project Development Manager
Fincantieri Bay Ship Building
Rob Smith
Vice President
Regulatory Affairs
Cheniere Energy, Inc

 

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The Forty Year Evolution of Deepwater Floating Production Platforms in the Gulf of America

Thursday, 7 May |  0930–1200
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 604

Steve Leverette Ram Gopalkrishnan Don Vardeman Richard D'Souza Ricky Thethi Larry Cutburth David Barton
Moderator:
Steven Leverette
Head
Leverette Offshore LLC
Ram Gopalkrishnan
Advisor
Shell
R. Don Vardeman
Retired
Richard D'Souza
President
Richard B Offshore
Ricky Thethi
Global Director
2H Offshore
Larry Cutburth
Midstream Project Manager
Wood Plc
David Barton
Advisor
KBR

 

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Strength in Collaboration: How The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA)  Delivered a First-of-Its-Kind LNG Development

Thursday, 7 May | 1400–1630
NRG Center, Level 2, Room 306

James Thompson Rahman Rahmanov Anil Senol Teddy Teisrud Massimiliano Bellotti Marco Villa Todd Niebrugge
Moderator:
James Thompson 
Project Manager - LNG Value Chain
bp

Rahman Rahmanov
Senior Vice President Non Operated Joint Ventures
bp

 

Anil Senol
Project General Manager: Mauritania-Senegal 
bp

Teddy Teisrud
Project Director
Golar

Massimiliano Bellotti
Chief Operating Officer Asset Based Services
Saipem
Marco Villa
Chief Operating Officer
Technip Energies

Todd Niebrugge
Senior VP/Head: Mauritania-Senegal
Kosmos Energy

 

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