Presentations
Speaker, Briefings, Roadshows
Presentations: Conferences Worldwide, 1989-2013
Invited Presentations were given at Conferences on Six Continents, over a 25-year span:
Asia (Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bali, Jakarta, Sydney, Tokyo, Surabaya, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Bangkok). Australasia (Bowral, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Wellington). Europe (Basle, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Moscow, Paris). North America (Dallas, Houston Miami, Orlando, San Antonio, San Diego). Latin America (Rio de Janeiro). Middle East (Amman, Dubai). Africa (Abuja, Accra, Arusha, Luanda, Cape Town, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Maputo, Kampala, Lagos, Marrakech, Mombasa, Nairobi, Tunis, Windhoek).
Invited Conference Presentations, 1991-2013
Australasia: APEA 30th Anniversary, Opening Address, Canberra, 1989; World Energy Council, Sydney, 1991; Southeast Asia-Australasia Oil, Darwin, 1991, 1993; Australian Gas, Sydney, 1992; Ampolex Company Annual Meeting, Opening, Bowral, Australia, 1994.
Asia: Jakarta International Energy Confereence, Megatrends, Jakarta, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993; Pacific Energy Strategies, Jakarta, 1991; Pacific Downstream-Refining, Singapore 1991; Southeast Asia Gas, Jakarta, 1992; Oil & Money, Singapore, 1992; CPI Pacific Rim Forum, San Diego 1992, Bali, 1993; NPD-ASCOPE-Pertamina-MIGAS, Surabaya, 1993; Frontier Exploration, Kuala Lumpur, 1993; International Association of Energy Economists, Bali 1993; ASEAN Council on Petroleum, Plenary Opening, Bangkok, 1993; China Oil Summit, Singapore, 1993
Europe: World Oil & Gas Company Summit, London 1994; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Sub-Saharan Oil & Gas, London, 2004-05.
Africa: UNCTAD Africa & Gas, Windhoek, 1999, Accra, 2000, Luanda 2003, Maputo 2005; 6th Southern African Trade & Investment, Windhoek, 2000; East African Petroleum Conference, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013; American Association of Petroleum Geologists International, Opening Address, Cape Town, 2008; UNDP South-South Oil & Gas Management, Nairobi, 2009; GIBS Business School, Africa Economic Outlook, Johannesburg, 2010; GIBS, Centre of Dynamic Markets, 2011-13; Potchefstroom School of Economics, Africa’s Future, 2013; Investec Fund Managers, Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Future, Cape Town, 2011; South African National Energy Association, Johannesburg, Africa’s Oil & Gas Future, 2011.
America: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas, 1995; China Oil Summit, Houston 1994; The Association of Petroleum Negotiators, San Antonio, 1999.
Speaker: Global Pacific & Partners, 1994-2016
Duncan Clarke gave hundreds of Presentations at Conferences held by Global Pacific & Partners, as Chairman, Moderator and Speaker in the firm’s worldwide Conferences.
Presentations in Asia, Australasia, Latin America, Europe and North America at Conferences, 1995-2014:
Asia Upstream (Kuala Lumpur, Singapore) 1996−2014; Australasian Energy Pacesetters (Sydney, Perth) 1997–99, 2010; Global Deepwater Strategy (Houston) 2004; Global Gas (Rome, London) 1996–97; Latin Upstream (Miami, Rio de Janeiro) 1995−2014; Lusophone Oil & Gas (Lisbon) 2002; MidEast Upstream (London, Dubai) 2001−02, 2005−09, 2011−12; National Oil Companies & Governments (London, The Hague) 2000−08; Sanctioned Oil States (Paris) 2002; Third Millennium Petroleum (London) 1996–2003; World Upstream (London, Geneva) 2010–11; Worldwide Independents Forum (Houston, London) 1997−2005, 2008.
Presentations at Africa-wide Conferences, 1994-2016:
Africa Downstream (Cape Town) 1997−2005; Africa Infrastructure (Johannesburg) 1999; Africa Power (Johannesburg) 1997−2001; African Independents Forum (Cape Town) 2004−14; Africa Upstream (Cape Town) 1994−2016; African Petroleum Forum (London) 2004−10; African Risks & Corporate Outlook (Johannesburg) 1999; Angola Development Forum (Johannesburg) 2001; Eastern Africa Oil, Gas & Energy (Nairobi) 2009−13; Equatorial Guinea Upstream (London) 2006; Maghreb & Mediterranean Oil & Gas (Marrakech, Tunis, Geneva, Paris) 2003−08, 2010−14; Moçambique Development Forum (Johannesburg) 1999−2001; Nigeria Independents Forum (Lagos) 2011; Nigeria Upstream (London) 2004; Northwest Africa Upstream (Dakar) 2005; Southern Africa Oil, Gas &-Energy (Cape Town, Johannesburg) 1999−2012; Western Africa Oil, Gas-Energy (Cape Town, London, Lagos, Windhoek) 1995−2014.
Presentation Themes
A range of key themes was covered in Presentations worldwide, including inter alia: National Oil Companies, Corporate Strategy, Majors and Independent Players, Government Policies, Gas Markets, Portfolio Investment.
African Institute of Petroleum, 1996-2017
Co-Founder of the African Institute Petroleum in 1996, which brought together 70 key corporate players with Governments and National Oil Companies across Africa, and which endured under the firm’s auspices and management until 2017, when acquired by Petrolin.
PetroAfricanus Club, 2004-2016
As Co-Founder and Chairman of the PetroAfricanus Club, Duncan Clarke hosted numerous events across Africa and elsewhere: in London, Cape Town, Tunis, Marrakech, Lagos, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Paris, Windhoek, Dakar, Geneva, Maputo, Cyprus, Singapore and Johannesburg. The Club was acquired in 2016.
Strategy Briefings: Worldwide, 1991-2014
Strategy Briefings, typically eight hours each, were conducted by Duncan Clarke for over three decades across Africa and worldwide on economics, corporate strategy, oil and gas, and investment, including:
Africa: Africa’s Economic Future (Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Houston, Dakar, Singapore) 2009-14; Africa Petroleum Management Institute (Johannesburg) 1999−2001; Eastern Africa Oil, Gas-Energy (Nairobi) 2010−14; Maghreb Petroleum (Marrakech, Tunis) 2003–10, (Geneva, Paris) 2011−13; Nigerian Independents Forum (Lagos) 2011; Petroleum Industry Fundamentals in Africa (Johannesburg) 2004–05, 2009–10; Scramble for Africa (Cape Town) 1998–2014; Sub-Saharan Africa Economics Briefing (London) 2010; Sub-Saharan Africa: Resources Briefing (Cape Town) 2011−14; Southern Africa Oil Gas & Energy (Johannesburg) 2000−11; Western Africa Oil, Gas & Energy (Windhoek) 2013–14 - and Africa’s Resources for Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, 2010-12.
Asia: Pacific Petroleum Insiders (Singapore) 1991−2000; Asia Petroleum Strategy Briefing (Singapore) 2001−14.
South America: Latin Petroleum Strategy Briefing (Rio de Janeiro) 2003−14.
Middle East: MidEast Petroleum Strategy (Dubai, London, Paris, Cyprus) 2004−14; Iraq-World Oil Strategy (Amman, Jordan) 2005.
Global: World Oil Future (Tokyo, Beijing, Calgary, Johannesburg), 2007, (London) 2009, (Geneva) 2011. Global Partnerships (Perth, Lagos) 2010−11; Global Strategy (London, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Calgary, Beijing, Tokyo) 2001−11; Global Strategy Insiders (London) 2004.
Corporate Briefings, 1989-2013
Corporate in-house briefings on strategy in oil and gas were made on invitation to private clients, companies, independents, governments, institutions, investment houses, and state oil companies.
These Strategy Briefings were held in 33 cities across Six Continents: in Asia, Europe, Japan, United States, Canada, Australasia, Africa, Russia and Latin America over 1989–2013.
Briefings on Africa’s Economic Future and corporate strategy were held in Singapore, Cape Town, Johannesburg, London, 2010–13.
Roadshows
Duncan Clarke was Chairman and Speaker at Roadshows held for Governments and National Oil Companies in London, Houston, Cape Town, Lisbon, Singapore, Wellington, and in world oil capitals:
Colombia (ANH), Cote d’Ivoire (Petroci), Equatorial Guinea (GEPetrol), Gabon (DGH), Malta (Government), Mauritania (Government), New Zealand (Crown Minerals, MOE), Portugal (Government), Sierra Leone (Government), Somaliland (Government), South Africa (Petroleum Agency SA, Government), Suriname (Staatsolie).
Hundreds of state oil companies, governments, companies and entities were Exhibitors at our Conferences worldwide, 1994-2016.
Valedictory Address: Cape Town, November 2016
After four decades in the world oil game, and involvement across Six Continents, it was time to make a Valedictory Address to the 1,500 delegates at our world-known 23rd Africa Upstream Conference. The talk reviewed our humble beginnings, from its one-man band to the formation of our firm, Global Pacific & Partners, the quarter-century partnership with my colleague, Babette van Gessel, our early origins and ‘discovery’ of oil in Geneva, our time with Petroconsultants SA, the firm’s growth from research into advisory practice, with over 90 mandates conducted for a wide range of corporate and state clients across the world, the construct of our global portfolio of Conferences, Strategy Briefings executed, Corporate Briefings done in-house, and with over 400 presentations given at our own events. Many notable oilmen and women were met on this journey across the world in our firm’s engagements, via Private Clubs and social programs, while our Daily News distributed on worldwide oil for 17 years led to the provision of over one million stories gratis to our far-flung clients in Africa, Asia, Latin America, United States, Canada, the MidEast and Europe. Over one quarter-million users were beneficiaries of our website, petro21.com, utilised across 180 countries over this time, while over 25,000 were on our global client senior management database, Galilieo. Our firm conducted 224 Conferences, 169 Strategy Briefings, 55 Corporate Briefings and 22 Government Roadshows, with 140 events held by our PetroAfricanus Club and related Clubs in its lifespan: 610 events in all, with 200 in and on Africa. The firm was the leader in the day for state licensing programs. In the last decade or so of our time, four books were published and two documentaries were scripted and produced for television, while the firm was founder of both the PetroAfricanus Club - plus related equivalent entities on Asia and Latin America - and the Co-founder of the African Institute of Petroleum. It pioneered Awards from 1996 in Africa, Asia, Latin America and for Women, with 175 recipients so recognised, notably for the ‘Big Five’ in Africa and ‘Oil Legends’ in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Long term industry relationships were built and sustained with private and public industry associations across all continents. It founded the Global Women & Petroleum Club in 2001, and Young Professionals in Oil & Gas, both led by Babette van Gessel, and it conducted the first published research on women in world oil, gas and energy. Well over fifty thousand individuals were met on this ‘long safari’, many of them outstanding players across the world oil game.