Session Moderators: Chander Sekhar Singh, PETRONAS; Beryl Audrey, SLB

With the changing energy landscape, natural gas is facing competition from renewables as a clean energy source but will still be the mainstay for several years to come. To remain a sustainable source of energy, gas development and production is faced with several challenges – from handling contaminants and GHG emissions, to developing frontier and marginal fields. With the growing demand for gas, depleting resources and challenging gas plays such as tight gas, unconventional, marginal, stranded/frontier and high contaminant fields need to be developed. In addition to cost-effective technology and innovative concepts, suitable regulation with attractive terms and conditions is critical to monetising such gas fields to meet the ever-growing energy demand.

• Keith Collins, Managing Director, Upstream Oil, Dialog Energy Sdn Bhd
• Chawiwan Jiraratchwaro, Vice President, Thai Offshore Petroleum Development 2, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
• Andrew Fendt, Deputy Asset Manager Yanbei, SLB