4^th Annual Operations Excellence Seminar

October 13 & 14, 2010

Mark your calendars to join us for a 2 day seminar covering:

• Uptime & Maximizing Production
• Offshore/Deepwater
• Onshore Oil & Gas Case Studies

Check back often for updates, or for more information – please contact Jenny Jackson at 1 (403) 234-4297. If you would like to “reach out” to an E&P Production Operations audience, please contact us about Sponsorship Opportunities associated with upcoming events.

3rd Annual International Operations Excellence Seminar

May 2008

This 1½-day seminar presented ways E&P companies can improve their performance in today's competitive market.

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May 13 & 14, 2009
Port-of-Spain - Trinidad & Tobago

Paul Ziff, CEO of Ziff Energy spoke on the panel "Contracts & Pricing".

For more information, please visit http://www.spe.org/events/09apor/index.html.

Ziff Energy Presented Uptime Reliability Benchmarking Paper

Ziff Energy was selected to present a paper entitled "Benchmarking Operating Efficiency to Enhance Production from Mature Fields" at the 19th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Madrid from June 29 to July 3. The paper, delivered by Juan Carlos Alba, VP, and leader of E&P Services, explained Ziff Energy's consistent approach to the measurement of operating efficiency across companies, how benchmarking Uptime Reliability can contribute to higher immediate cash flow and a longer life for mature oil and gas fields.

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Ziff Energy Group presented 2 papers at the Global Petroleum Show: "Managing the Operating Efficiency Improvement Process for Mature Assets" and "Benchmarking Business Performance Against Industry Peers".

Ziff Energy CEO, Paul Ziff was invited to speak on the Active Arena panel at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston in May. Paul’s presentation focused on an Overview of Worldwide Oil Supply & the Growing Role of Angola. Angola’s growth is driven by Deepwater and Ultra-Deepwater operations, displaying an enviable success rate. By 2020 Angola’s oil production will be double 2005 – an impressive accomplishment. In the world context, Paul discussed the many challenges to world oil supply, including political and fiscal instability, high current cost inflation, labor/manpower (with the ‘Big Crew Change’ associated with ‘baby boom’ retirements), Technology (especially Deepwater & North), climate change, field maturity, and operating efficiency/uptime. In spite of these challenges, Paul’s speech ended on a positive note with 2020 world liquids supply up 20% from the 2005 level – to 104 MMBbl/d. Angola will, as a Deepwater leader, provide 5% of the world’s growth.