...conference in the GVF-EMP Oil & Gas Communications Series on November 20-21, 2012. ‘Oil & Gas Communications South East Asia 2012: Re-Defining the Digital Oilfield – Onshore, Offshore, Deep& Ultra-Deep Water’ will be the 16th event in the global conference series, and will be held just as new hydrocarbons reserves are becoming accessible to the international exploration and production (E&P) environment.

In various parts of the South East Asia region, new oil frontiers are being opened up, particularly in deeper waters and particularly in countries such as the Philippines and Myanmar which, formerly, did not have any significant levels of offshore activity. These developments are expected to greatly increase demand for subsea units in a region which traditionally dominated by shallow water production. This demand will contribute to making the region the third highest investor in the world in terms of offshore oil & gas CAPEX, behind only Africa and Europe. Sponsored by Inmarsat, Intelsat, and Hermes Datacomms, the conference will also be the fifth for the South East Asia region and, as of the above date, will feature speakers from a wide range of satellite communications solution providers, and energy sector communications solution end-users, including Inmarsat, Intelsat, Hermes Datacomms, Spacenet Thailand, SkyWave, ND SatCom, MT-Marine Technologies, Iridium, Northern Sky Research, PTS Thailand/GVF Training, and others, plus Petronas, iPerintis, and a number of other regional operating companies.

The two-day program will examine a combination of satellite-based communications, and integrated satellite-terrestrial hybrid communications solutions, to which the oil & gas industry upstream segment (and also the downstream segment) turns to play a vital role in providing the essential connectivity to access the vital applications necessary to facilitate:

• Regional oil & gas industry optimisation of production and exploration activities
• Efforts to enhance the region’s upstream domestic production
• Maximized use of the potential for Information & Communications Technologies to enhance oil & gas recovery

The multiple disciplines and professional perspectives that contribute to the above must always include reference to the fact that mission critical operational success in the upstream E&P environment is increasingly dependent on access to the most efficient information and communications technologies (ICTs). Bringing these technologies to the market, along with Inmarsat, are two companies which are also supporting ‘Oil & Gas Communications South East Asia 2012: Re-Defining the Digital Oilfield – Onshore, Offshore, Deep& Ultra-Deep Water’ – Intelsat and Hermes Datacomms.