PROMO CODE “AS15” for 15% off : Register now for The Wells Conference Gulf of America November 10 – November 11, 2026 – Houston

Analyze the entire Gulf well lifecycle, from 20,000 psi production opportunities and cutting edge interventions to riserless operations and abandonment liabilities

Join This Year’s Exhibition

Put your solutions in front of leading Gulf operators including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, LLOG Exploration, Murphy Oil, and Shell by securing your place in the Technology Showcase Hall today. We are limited to 20 exhibition booths this year and it will be a sell out!

Unrivaled Networking Opportunities

Connect with industry peers across our cocktail reception, lunches, coffee breaks and dedicated networking receptions throughout the event. Each opportunity can be sponsored, giving you the access, promotion and introduction to your most critical business targets.

Session 1

The Gulf Outlook: Markets, Regulation, Asset Strategy

Panel Discussion: Campaigning Offshore—Driving Efficiency Through Collaborative Well Operations

• Explore how campaign-based planning is transforming offshore well intervention, P&A, and late-life operations by improving vessel utilization, reducing mobilizations, and lowering overall project costs.
• Hear real-world lessons from operators, service companies, and technology providers on planning and executing multi-well campaigns through collaboration, standardized processes, and integrated project delivery.
• Discuss how campaigning can enhance safety, optimize asset management, and unlock new opportunities for well intervention, decommissioning, and infrastructure reuse across the Gulf of America.

Moderator: Ernest Hui, SVP, Business Development, Promethean Energy

Panelists:

• Charles Landis, Vice President, Operations, Crescent Energy Services
• Martyn Fear, Chief Operating Officer, Promethean Energy
• Ram Seetharam, ROICE Program Executive Director, University of Houston

Panel Discussion: From Insights to Action—How Agentic AI Is Transforming Operations in the Gulf of America

• Explore how AI is already enhancing offshore operations through predictive maintenance, production optimization, and failure forecasting, while examining the next generation of digital assistants and multi-agent systems.
• Discover how generative AI is moving beyond analytics to support planning and execution, reducing equipment downtime, optimizing inspection programs, and improving operational safety and efficiency.
• Gain practical insights into AI implementation, including organizational readiness, cybersecurity, workforce adoption, and the pathway toward autonomous, AI-enabled well operations.

Speaker: Lumay Viloria, Advisory Consultant, Energy, Endeavor Management

Session 2

Unlocking the 20,000 PSI Opportunity

Protecting Our License to Operate: Industry’s Responsibility for Source Control Preparedness

• Reflect on the lessons learned from Macondo and how they have shaped the evolution of subsea source control capabilities across the offshore industry.
• Explore the systems, technologies, and industry collaboration required to sustain source control readiness in a low-frequency, high-consequence operating environment.
• Examine the future of source control preparedness and how continued investment in response capabilities helps maintain stakeholder confidence, public trust, and the industry’s license to operate.

Speaker: Mike Cargol, Managing Director, HWCG

Strengthening Process Safety Through Barrier Ownership and Risk Awareness

• Explore how cumulative risk evolves throughout the well lifecycle and why maintaining barrier health and clear ownership is essential to preventing major process safety events.
• Learn best practices for managing contractors and subcontractors to strengthen process safety performance, improve accountability, and maintain barrier integrity during well intervention, maintenance, and decommissioning activities.
• Examine how effective alarm management and operational discipline support informed decision-making, protect critical barriers, and enable safer well operations from production through late life and abandonment.

Speaker: Joni Arentz, Technical Safety Engineer & Contractor Safety Management, Shell

Advancing Subsea Wells Analysis for HPHT Field Development

• Understand how subsea wells analysis supports the safe design and long-term integrity of HPHT wells throughout the asset lifecycle.
• Explore the engineering challenges associated with evaluating well loads, thermal effects, and subsea system performance in deepwater environments.
• Examine how advanced well analysis informs design decisions, reduces risk, and enhances field development outcomes.

Speaker: Michael Long Ge, Subsea Wells Analysis Lead, BP

From Planning to Production: The Role of Subsurface in Delivering Successful Wells in the Gulf of America

• Planning and Well Design: Integrate subsurface data to optimize well placement, reduce uncertainty, and maximize reservoir contact.
• Execution: Manage drilling and completion risks through real-time subsurface monitoring and informed decision-making.
• Production and Operations: Use reservoir surveillance and performance data to optimize production, improve recovery, and identify intervention opportunities.

Speaker: Mohamed Khalil, Advisor, Geoscience, Murphy Oil

Session 3

Doing More With Less

Barrier Health and Well Integrity: Enabling Operations Throughout the Well Lifecycle

• Understand why maintaining barrier integrity is the critical first step for safe well entry, intervention, and late-life well operations.
• Explore strategies for monitoring barrier health, identifying integrity risks, and maintaining well control throughout the asset lifecycle.
• Learn how robust well integrity management supports safer interventions, extends asset life, and enables successful decommissioning and well repurposing.

Speaker: Ksenia O’Connor, Transformation and Standardisation Lead, Shell

New Technologies to Improve Competitiveness in Subsea Completions Deployment

• Explore how emerging subsea technologies and improved deployment strategies are reshaping subsea completions execution and enhancing project competitiveness.
• Examine how lessons learned from subsea developments in other fields can be applied to Gulf operations to improve efficiency, reduce complexity, and optimize delivery performance.

Speaker: Rafael Ramirez, Senior Subsea Completions & Intervention Engineer, Chevron

Session 4

Breakthrough Well Intervention Technologies

Advances in Through-Tubing Well Integrity Evaluation Through the Application of New Physics

• Explore the challenges of evaluating well integrity through multiple tubulars and the limitations of conventional inspection techniques.
• Discover how new physics-based technologies are enabling more accurate through-tubing well integrity assessments without invasive intervention.
• Examine real-world applications demonstrating how advanced evaluation methods improve barrier verification, support informed decision-making, and reduce operational risk throughout the well lifecycle.

Speaker: Neil Sookram, Cased Hole Domain Advisor, GOWell

Restoring Production and Well Control Through DeepSet Wireline SCSSV Intervention

• Explore how wireline-deployed DeepSet SCSSV intervention provides a cost-effective alternative to full well workovers by restoring well control and extending production from wells with failed tubing-retrievable safety valves.
• Examine the end-to-end remediation process, including TRSV seal bore integrity assessment, permanent flow tube lockout, hydraulic communication, control line integrity testing, and deployment of a fail-safe DeepSet wireline-retrievable SCSSV.
• Review lessons learned from system integration testing and successful Gulf field deployments, demonstrating how collaborative wireline intervention solutions can reduce downtime, lower intervention costs, and safely return wells to production.

Speaker: Robert Henschel, Chief Operating Officer, Tejas Research & Engineering

Session 5

Tackling the Gulf’s P&A Challenge

Profitable Life Extension of Offshore Platforms and Wells Through CO₂ Sequestration

• Explore the advantages of offshore CO₂ sequestration over onshore alternatives, including the opportunity to leverage existing offshore infrastructure and subsurface assets.
• Discover how offshore platforms and wells can be repurposed after cessation of production into CO₂ sequestration hubs, extending asset life and supporting the energy transition.
• Understand how 45Q tax credits and strategic asset selection can generate attractive project economics, with insights into the highest-potential Gulf of America assets for future CO₂ storage projects.

Speakers:

• Ram Seetharam, ROICE Program Executive Director, University of Houston
• Paulo Liu, Research Scientist, University of Houston

Panel Discussion: Plug and Abandonment in the Gulf of America—Managing Risk, Liability, and Late-Life Assets

• Examine the growing scale of decommissioning liabilities across the Gulf of America, including aging infrastructure, “boomerang” assets, and the financial and operational challenges they present to operators.
• Explore strategies for overcoming incomplete well records, uncertain barrier conditions, and poor legacy data through improved planning, technology, and collaborative approaches to P&A execution.
• Discuss how operators, regulators, and service providers can reduce costs, improve campaign efficiency, and develop sustainable P&A strategies that protect the environment while maximizing value from late-life assets.

Panelists:

• Alexander Spuskanyuk, Principal Well Integrity Engineer, ExxonMobil
• Scott Watters, Well Services, University of Houston