Singapore – 2018
Date and Location:
October 16-17, 2018
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Ballroom Two Lower Lobby
1 Fullerton Square, Singapore 049178
Please note that this agenda, presentations and speakers are subject to change. This page will be constantly updated with the latest information.
Day 1
Morning sessions
Time | Presentation |
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08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome speech Vijay Krishnan, Head of Asia Pacific |
09:10 – 09:30 | Oil markets - Collapsing supply, bursting demand: A toxic cocktail for oil markets! Per Magnus Nysveen, Senior Partner and Head of Analysis |
09:30 – 09:50 | LNG Market Outlook: All eyes on Asian demand/appetite Sindre Knutsson, Senior Analyst, Gas Markets |
09:50 - 10:10 | Macro OFS: The oilfield service recovery – unsustainable or controlled? Audun Martinsen, Partner and Head of Oilfield Service Research |
10:10 – 10:45 | Powering renewable energy investment in Asia Pacific Gero Farruggio, Head of Australia & Renewable Projects |
10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee & networking |
11:15 – 11:45 | Rystad Energy's medium to long-term outlook of the oil market – A System Dynamics Approach Jarand Rystad, Founding Partner & CEO |
11:45 – 12:30 | Macro Panel Discussion by Industry Leaders Ms Momoyo Yuki Senior Manager of Business Development Group, Commercial Office for Overseas Department, JAPEX Johan de Villiers Managing Director for ABB in Singapore and South-East Asia Peter Godfrey FEI Managing Director - Asia Pacific, The Energy Institute Pak Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja Advisor to Ministry of Coordinating Affairs from Indonesia |
12:30 – 13:30 | Networking Lunch |
Afternoon sessions
Time | Presentation |
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13:30 – 13:50 | Who's Making Returns - E&P vs Shale? Alisa Lukash, Senior Analyst |
13:50 – 14:15 | FPSO Outlook & Impact on Asia Pacific Audun Martinsen, Partner and Head of Oilfield Service Research |
14:15 – 14:35 | Overview & Implications of recent fiscal changes in APAC Parul Chopra, Vice President, Upstream Research |
14:45 – 15:15 | Networking Coffee |
15:15 – 16:15 | Upstream Investment Panel Discussion with Industry Leaders Chris Newton Director of RISCO Energy (Lion Energy Limited & Tap Oil Limited) Megat Zariman Vice President & Director for Offshore Marine Services, Bumi Armada and Exco Member Malaysian Oil & Gas Association Mark Chung Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Energy and Power for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Jeffrey Suiter Head of Strategy, Planning & Performance for Total E&P Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Ranajit Banerjee Advisor, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons from India |
16:15 – 16:45 | 2019 Asia Pacific – A year of Opportunities? A view of key market segments Jon Fredrik Müller, Partner and Head of Consulting Asia Pacific |
16:45 – 17:00 | Summary and Close Vijay Krishnan, Managing Director, Asia Pacific |
17:30 – 19:00 | Networking Event VIP, H.E Anita Nergaard, Ambassador of Norway Post Bar, The Fullerton Hotel |
Day 2
Morning sessions
Time | Presentation |
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08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome Remarks Vijay Krishnan, Head of Asia Pacific |
09:05 – 09:45 | Comprehensive Sources and Data Methodology - UCube, DCube and SCube Espen Erlingsen & Audun Martinsen |
09:45 – 10:10 | Recent and Planned Product Development Nils-Henrik |
10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee Break & Product Demonstrations |
10:30 – 11:15 | E&P Workshop - UCube and UCube Economic Model Espen Erlingsen & Alisa Lukash + facilitators |
11:15 – 12:00 | OFS Workshop - DCube, SCube, RigCube Audun Martinsen & Nils-Henrik + facilitators |
12:00 – 12:30 | Enhancing your Analysis with Rystad Energy's Analytics Erik Means |
12:30 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch and 1-1 sessions with Product Managers |
Speakers

Jarand Rystad - CEO
Jarand founded Rystad Energy in 2004 and is managing the company. Jarand has extensive experience in oil and gas strategy advisory work from McKinsey and Rystad Energy. He has led a number of strategy projects for international oil and gas companies and oilfield service companies. He has also worked with governments and international organizations on topics related to the global energy agenda, and he is advising investors on deal screening, transactions and portfolio management. He is among the most cited petroleum analysts in the industry and been the keynote speaker on numerous international conferences. His areas of expertise include E&P strategy, asset and company transactions, macro analysis and oil service industry analysis. Jarand has also worked for Kvaerner Engineering and as a research scientist within Industrial Economics, gaining wide expertise in statistics and programming. Jarand holds a M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he majored with a thesis on astroseismology. He also has an academic background in philosophy, and has been the leader and founder of various organizations.

Per Magnus Nysveen - Senior Partner & Head of Analysis
Per Magnus Nysveen joined Rystad Energy from its founding in 2004 and is in charge of the analyst team. He has broad experience within upstream valuation, cost modelling and oil macro analyses. He has particular expertise in unconventional activities and is in charge of the North American Shale Analysis. Prior to joining Rystad Energy, Per Magnus had 15 years of international experience within technology, risk management and venture business, primarily from DNV GL and the CNES space center of France. He holds a M.Sc. degree from NTNU Trondheim and IFP Paris, and a MBA from INSEAD Fontainebleau.

Jon Fredrik Müller - Partner and Head of Consulting Asia Pacific
Jon Fredrik is Partner & Head of Consulting Asia-Pacific at Rystad Energy. His area of expertise includes commercial due diligence, strategy and market assessments within E&P and oilfield services, particularly offshore-related segments like subsea, rigs and offshore vessels. He holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from NTNU, Norway, including a graduate exchange program at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Audun Martinsen - Partner and Head of Oil Field Service Research
Audun started at Rystad Energy in 2011. He is currently leading the Oilfield Service team and Product Manager of Rystad Energys oilfield service databases DCube and SCube. Audun earned a Masters degree in Marine Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and University of Berkeley, California, and an Executive Master of Management Program within finance from BI. His previous work experience includes Coriolis, Shell and BW Offshore.

Vijay Krishnan - Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Vijay Krishnan is the Managing Director for Rystad Energy Asia Pacific. Vijay joined Rystad Energy in January 2017 and is responsible for the overall business across Asia Pacific for the firm. He has close to 20 years of experience in the Energy & Petrochemical sector. He specialises in advising clients in a commercial capacity from small to large projects and has a keen eye and a great passion for opening new markets and revenue streams. Vijay started his career as a Pricing Analyst covering Energy and Petrochemical products in Asia. He then spent 5 years in Business Development for ICIS-LOR, successfully opening up new markets, developing new clients and products focussed on the Indian Sub-Continent and the Middle East. Vijay was then instrumental in building the Asian business for Wood Mackenzie across the Energy value chain. He spent over 11 years at Wood Mackenzie where his last role was the Regional Director for South & South East Asia and Australia and as the Global Strategic Sales Head for the National Oil Business. Vijay has a BSc in Management Economics from the University of London and is a keen triathlete.

Gero Farruggio - Head of Australia and Global Head of Renewable
Gero Farruggio graduated from MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London & MBA Edinburgh University. He started his career at Schlumberger, where he demonstrated the commercial value of geosteering technology in Venezuela and Nigeria, publishing a selection of papers on innovations for the optimisation of horizontal oil wells. He then spent 16 years at Wood Mackenzie, as Director of Wood Mackenzie Australia Pty Ltd and responsible for Americas and APAC Upstream research. In November 2017 Rystad Energy acquired Sustainable Energy Research Analytics (SERA) where he was Managing Director specialising in renewable energy research and advisory.

Parul Chopra - Vice President, Upstream Research
Parul Chopra is Vice President, Upstream Research at Rystad Energy. He has broad experience in upstream valuation and international fiscal regimes and has been with Rystad Energy for more than 8 years. He is also head of analyst team in India. Prior to this, he has worked in Schlumberger as a Field Engineer. He holds a B. Tech. degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

Sindre Knutsson - Senior Analyst
Sindre Knutsson is a Senior Analyst in Rystad Energy’s markets team with focus on global natural gas and LNG. He is the responsible for the development of Rystad Energy’s Gas Solutions service providing data and analyses on global natural gas markets and fundamentals. Sindre holds a Bachelors degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a Master’s degree from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to joining Rystad Energy, Sindre has four years of experience from the Norwegian Armed Forces working with Electronic Warfare and Intelligence.

Alisa Lukash — Senior Analyst
Alisa is a Senior Analyst on Rystad Energy’s shale research team responsible for the financial analysis of US shale E&Ps, asset sale modeling and company research. Prior to joining Rystad Energy, she worked as a market data consultant covering the global Investment Banks in London. She holds a B.A. in International Economics from Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev and an M.S. in Finance from Hult International Business School in London.