17th Asia Oil Week, 2012 Exploration, Development, New Ventures Strategy, From Asia to Australasia

SINGAPORE, April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Pacific & Partners announce the Program for the 17^th Asia Oil Week, Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore, 25-27 June 2012, which includes the 21^st Asia Petroleum Strategy Briefing and the 17^th  Asia Upstream Conference.

Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO, Global Pacific & Partners, says: "Asia's oil and gas game is moving into new territories, with established producer countries and corporate players eyeing new strategies, and re-discovered frontiers across vast region, from Pakistan to New Zealand."

"New frontiers and oil/gas potential beckon in Asia's hydrocarbons game. Independents have opened new plays and state oil companies have global strategies, while licensing agencies and Ministries seek exploration dollars."

The 17^th Asia Oil Week begins with the 21^st Asia Petroleum Strategy Briefing on Monday 25 June 2012, the longest running Strategy Briefing held in and on Asia within the global upstream industry. It provides an in-depth examination of the competitive upstream oil and gas-LNG strategies in Asian exploration and development with diagnosis of portfolios held by corporate oil, Governments and National Oil Companies, whilst tracking competitors and state players across Southeast Asia and ASEAN, Australasia, China, the sub-Continent (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh), East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan) and in old/new frontiers (Timor Leste, Sri Lanka and elsewhere).

The Strategy Briefing is presented by Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO, Global Pacific & Partners, a leading global strategist, speaker and author on the fast-changing world oil and gas industry.

The 17^th Asia Upstream 2012 conference is a landmark event for Asia's exploration industry. Featuring 30+ senior-level Presentations with Speakers drawn from across Asia and worldwide and bringing together senior executives from Super-Majors, Independents, Government and National Oil Company to interface, network and negotiate deals, whilst showcasing leading corporate players.

Keynote presentations include: Talisman Energy, Premier Oil, Roc Oil, Mubadala Oil & Gas, Japex, Cairn India, KrisEnergy, Oil Search, Petromin PNG Holdings, Singapore Exchange Limited, Horizon Oil, Carnarvon Petroleum, Moyes & Co, Drum Cussac Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, Larus Energy, CompactGTL, Nido Petroleum, AWE Limited, Eaglewood Energy, Risco Energy, Dart Energy, MEO Australia, United Energy Corp, Schlumberger Business Consulting, with presentations also from Government Representatives from the Philippines, New Zealand, Timor Leste, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bangladesh.

For further details, registration and bookings, please visit: http://www.petro21.com