Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is to speak at the opening plenary session at SPE Offshore Europe 2017, which is being held in Aberdeen from 5-8 September 2017.
van Beurden will address several hundred oil and gas industry professionals in the plenary session on the first day of the biennial exploration and production (E&P) technical conference and exhibition.
Conference chairman Catherine MacGregor, who is also president, Reservoir Characterization Group, Schlumberger, said: “It will be an honour to welcome Ben van Beurden to SPE Offshore Europe. His insights, at a time of change and reinvention, and hopefully as confidence begins to return to the North Sea, will be of great interest to our delegates.”
van Beurden was appointed CEO of Shell in January 2014. He joined Shell in 1983, after graduating with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. van Beurden’s career in Shell spans both upstream and downstream activities. He has held a number of operational and commercial roles, including 10 years in the LNG business, and a variety of positions in downstream.
In 2005, he became vice president, manufacturing excellence in Houston, USA, before he was appointed executive vice president, chemicals, based in London. During his tenure in the role, van Beurden was appointed to the boards of a number of leading industry associations including the International Council of Chemicals Associations and the European Chemical Industry Council. From January to September 2013, he was downstream director and had regional responsibility for Europe and Turkey. He has been a member of the executive committee since January 2013.
Also speaking at the opening plenary will be BP group CEO Bob Dudley. Further senior level plenary speakers will be announced in due course.
Under the theme "Embracing New Realities: Reinventing our Industry", SPE Offshore Europe 2017 will offer more than 65 technical papers and 11 keynote panel sessions combined with business breakfasts and topical lunches.
This year's event will feature a Decommissioning Zone, containing a themed exhibition and conference space. Also free-to-attend, the zone will include over 40 decommissioning technology and service providers in the exhibition as well as a conference program organized in association with key industry associations including Decom North Sea, ITF, SUT and IMechE.
SPE Offshore Europe has been held in Aberdeen since 1973. Visit www.offshore-europe.co.uk for further information.
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