Suriname Energy, Oil and Gas Summit (SEOFS) 2023 | GEP Americas | 18 June 2023 | Royal Torarica, Kleine Water St 10, Paramaribo, Suriname

This event has firmly established itself as the leading industry event for Suriname’s emerging energy sector.

This event is the Leading Industry Event for Suriname's emerging energy sector.

The strategic summit and technical conference offer a wealth of content for commercially minded companies looking to capitalize on investment, development, and project opportunities in one of the world’s oil & gas hot spots while the exhibition provides the perfect platform for internationals to meet with local partners and buyers to meet with suppliers.

2023 Speakers

H.E. David Abiamofo
Minister of Natural Resources, Republic of Suriname

H.E. Conrad Enill
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the Republic of Suriname

Eddy Fränkel
Deputy Director, Power and Sustainable Energy, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

Vandana Gangaram Panday
Director, Staatsolie Hydrocarbon Institute

Enzo Insalaco
Vice President Exploration Americas, Total Energies

Annand Jagesar
Managing Director/CEO, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

H.E. Albert Jubithana
Minister of Transport, Communications, and Tourism, Republic of Suriname

Patrick Loys Brunings
Exploration & Non-Operated Ventures Asset Manager, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

David Mendelson
Senior Vice President Americas for Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies

H.E. Henry Ori
Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Republic of Suriname

H.E. Robert Persaud
Foreign Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, The Cooperative Republic of Guyana

H.E. Albert R. Ramdin
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, Republic of Suriname

H.E. Chandrikapersad Santokhi
President, Republic of Suriname

Carla Tharp
Vice President Corporate Development , APA Corporation

H.E. Stuart R. Young
Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Dave A. Abeleven
Managing Director, Energy Authority of Suriname (EAS)

Brian Alleyne
Managing Director, Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V.

Michel Amafo
Director, Maritime Authority Suriname

Mike Paul Antonius
CEO, Telesur

Max Apapoe
Energy & Transportation Account Manager, CKC Machinehandel Surmac N.V.

Tristan Barston
OSRL Americas Regional Representative, Oil Spill Response Ltd.

Ricardo Bedregal
Executive Director / Upstream Head - Latin America & Frontier North America, S&P Global Commodity Insights

Deborah Benjamin
Managing Director - Trinidad and Tobago, ASCO

Sandrina Beverdijk-Hunsel
Teen Coach, Teen Space Coaching

Wafik Beydoun
Regional Director Americas, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)

Frédéric Beys
Head of Development Group for Suriname, TotalEnergies E&P

Rajen Bihariesingh
CFO, Baitali Group of Companies

Nilesh Bishesar
Managing Director, Qualogy Caribbean

Dina Blades
Exploration Manager, Deepwater Emerging Ventures, Shell

Barbara Blakely
Corporate Relations Director Latin America & Caribbean, Shell

Philippe Blanchard
General Manager, TotalEnergies E&P Suriname B.V.

Willem Bloem
Principal, Bloem Consultants N.V.

Soraya Bousaid
Chair, Women's Sustainable Development Foundation Suriname

Maria Boyd
Energy Transition Consultant, EY Strategy and Transactions (ESG)

Peter Bridle
Managing Partner, Pegasus Risk Management LLC

Reana Burke
Research Consultant, Humus Consulting N.V.

Simon Byrne
VP for HSSE – Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V.

William Cline
Team Leader – Offshore Division, Dan-Bunkering Inc. (Americas)

Jamie Collard
Exploration Research Manager, Westwood Global Energy Group

Dirk Currie
Management Consultant, Your Leadership Toolbox Consultancy

Jacques-Antoine Dal
South America Area Exploration Manager, TotalEnergies

Maria Daniel
Sustainability Lead, EY

Shelly Dass
International / Government Relations Specialist

Nicholas Deygoo
Director, Vreed en Hoop Shorebase Inc.

Rahidkhan Dhauri
Reservoir Engineer, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

Dr. Vishnu Doerga
Chairman, ActionINVEST Caribbean

Nick Dyer
Nature Senior Manager, IPIECA

Rudolf T. Elias
Senior Advisor Oil, Gas & Renewables, EY Caribbean

Carissa Essed
Consultant, Local Content Development Taskforce, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

Ileana Ferber
CEO / Director, Colibri Business Development LLC

Niek Foley
Regional Sales Manager, IHRDC

Anand W. Gajapersad
Manager – Offshore Developments and Projects, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

Devon Gardner
Head of Technical Programmes , Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

Carlos A. Garibaldi
Executive Secretary, Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Almar Giesberts
Chief Commercial Officer, Finabank

Douglas Goff
Exploration Manager, Suriname and Colombia, Chevron

Clyde Griffith
Independent Consultant, Majestic Creative Solutions

Rudolph Hanamji
Senior Manager - Business Development Lead Caribbean, EY

Anand Harrilall
Head of Planning and Development, 2020 FMCG INC.

Andrew Hepburn
Country Chair Suriname, Shell

Iman Hill
CEO, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)

Hans Hiralal
Marketing & Operations Director, Subisco International N.V.

Grace Hutson
Account Manager, Halliburton Landmark Caribbean Group, Guyana

Errol Jaeger
Associate/Sr. Consultant, The Business Consultants

Devica Jhagdeo-Singh
Group Marketing Director, D.S. Belcon Limited

Eddie Jharap
Geologist and Founding Managing Director of Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV (1980-2006)

Dr. Joseph Ishmael Khan
Chairman, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited

Diana Khatun
Senior Manager - Security, Subsea & Wells Expert Committee, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)

Farsi Khudabux
CEO, Baitali Group of Companies

Mervel Kotzebue
Vice Chair, Suriname Trade and Industry Association (VSB)

Salomon Kroonenberg
Professor of Geology, Anton de Kom University of Suriname

Channa Kurukulasuriya
Country Manager, Chevron

Mike Lakin
Managing Director, ENVOI Limited

Dimitri Lemmer
Chairman, Suriname Business Forum

Marciano Liayoung
CFO, Local Content Alliance / OTNV

Rodolphe Lugol
VP Business Development, TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V.

Martin Luna
Americas Channel Partner Manager, James Fisher Asset Information Services (JF AIS)

Anamika Mangroo
Director Business Advisory Services, BDO Suriname

Dr. Priya Marajh
Vice President, Advocacy and Member Engagement, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago

Mart Marrink
Managing Director, Van Oord Panama

Audrey Mascarenhas
President and CEO, Questor Technology Inc.

Ray McLean
Operations Manager, Panthera Solutions Inc

Mr Timothy Mendonça
Managing Director, EAG Airport Management N.V. Operator of Heliport Paramaribo

Martin Menso
Senior Advisor, DOOR advisory

Mark Mick
Country Manager, APA Suriname

Sunaina Mohan
President, AAPG Young Professionals Suriname Chapter

Salwa Mohd Nor
Technical Sales Consultant, Halliburton

Xavier Moonan
Exploration Manager, Touchstone Exploration, President Elect, AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region

Sherida Mormon
Director, Suriname Trade and Industry Association (VSB)

Juan Miguel Moyano
Senior Managing Director, Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Dr. ir. Nawin Ryan Nannan
Full Professor, Sustainable Energy Technology, Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname

Cedric Nelom
General Director, National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname (NIMOS)

Orlando Olmberg
President, Suriname Energy Chamber

Ranti Omole
Vice Chairman, The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN)

Rui Orsini
Vice President Sales, Latin America, Norbit Oceans

Simon Padilla
HSE Senior Technical Professional Senior, Halliburton Caribbean Group, Suriname

Dr. Vernon Paltoo
President, National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited

Robert Pancham
COO, Energie Bedrijven Suriname (EBS)

Shivanand Pancham
Business Development Manager, Caribbean, Halliburton

Anthony Paul
Independent Consultant: Energy and Strategy, and Principal Consultant, Association of Caribbean Energy Specialists (ACES) in Trinidad and Tobago

Patrice Pawiroredjo
Independent Energy Consultant

Dennis Pello
Manager Sustainable Energy / Local Content Development Taskforce, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.

David Peña
Director of Transformation of Industry, Siemens Energy – Nort Andina Hub

Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan
CEO, Datasur

Kerry Rampersad
Business Development Business Unit Leader, Heritage Petroleum Company Limited

Bryan Ramsumair
Managing Director, DeNovo Energy Limited

Gavin Rennie
Independent, Energy & Sustainability Executive & Consultant

Mike Resomardono
Country Manager External & Government Relations, Shell

Kyle Reuber
Senior Geoscientist, TGS

Dr. Paul R. Riley
Guyana and Suriname Exploration Manager, ExxonMobil

Jim Rocco
Senior Director - Government & Industry Affairs, International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)

Steve Rowan
Managing Director, Earth & Marine Environmental Consultants

Andy Rusland
Chairman of the Board, Mines Services Suriname N.V.

Warsha Sardjoe
CEO, Rudisa Group of Companies

Stephen Sayle
Vice President, Environmental, Social & Governance, National Safety Services

Jona Schubert
Mine Engineer, Energeo

Sharlene S. Seegoolam
Managing Director Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and the Caribbean, SLB

Marc Seguineau
VP Operations, TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V.

Roy Shyamnarain
Tax Lawyer and Legal Advisor, Shyamnarain Associates N.V.

Håkon Skretting
Director, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guyana and Suriname, Norwegian Energy Partners

Leandro Soediredjo
Deputy Director of Laboratory Studies, Institute for Natural Resource and Engineering Studies

Anuskha Varsha Sonai
President, Creative Tech Hub Caribbean

David Spofforth
Director, Emerging Basins and Business Development, CGG

Fraser Stewart
Managing Director for International Market, ASCO

Peter Stewart
Chief Geophysicist, BGP Offshore

Andreas Talea
General Director, N.V. Havenbeheer Suriname

Juan Pablo Torne
Manager, JPT Technologies

Willem van der Jagt
CEO, Mines Services Suriname N.V.

Marny Vogelland-Daal
President & CEO, Fossil Energy Consultancy Suriname N.V.

Gordon Voigt
Business Development Manager, C. Kersten en Co. N.V.

Jan Willem Wegdam
Team Leader, IOM Suriname, International Organization for Migration

Stanley Wharton
Principal Consultant, Subsurface Imaging Company Limited, CEO, CERDiT

Ricardo Yate
Engineering Manager for Grid Solutions, Siemens Energy Latam

2023 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Digicel
• N.V Havenbeheer Suriname

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• APA Corporation
• Kersten
• National Energy
• Total Energies

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Baitali Group
• Chevron
• EY
• FinaBank
• Jumbo Office
• Shell
• Telesur

SILVER SPONSORS:
• CKC Machinehandel Surmac N.V
• De Surinaamsche Bank N.V. (DSB)
• GOw2 Energy Suriname N.V
• Mines Services Suriname N.V

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Asco Logistics Limited
• BGP Offshore
• Bridge Medical Group
• CCC Group
• CEAD N.V
• Critical Care Consultancy
• D.S Belcon Limited
• Dan-Bunkering (America) Inc.
• Downunder Geosolutions
• ENVOI Limited
• Fernandes Autohandel
• Hakrinbank N.V
• Halliburton
• Hot-Hed Suriname N.V
• Petronas Suriname E&P B.V
• Tembladora
• Protrade International N.V
• Tucker

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Republic Bank

NATIONAL AIRLINE PARTNER:
• Surinam Airways

DRINK PARTNER:
• Suriname Alcoholic Beverages N.V

LEAD PARTNER:
• VSB

ENDORSING PARTNERS:
• AAPG Young Professionals Suriname Chapter
• American Petroleum Institute (API)
• Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname
• Arpel
• Creative Tech Hub Caribbean
• Energie Autoriteit Suriname (EAS)
• Energie Bedrijven Suriname (EBS)
• Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago
• IADC
• IOGP
• Ipieca
• IRO
• Natin-MBO Natuurtechnisch Instituut
• Polythecnic College Suriname
• Suriname Energy Chamber
• CCREE
• Who's Who

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• American Chamber of Commerce of Suriname
• Energy Industries Council (EIC)
• Ghana Oil and Gas Service Providers Association (GOGSPA)
• ICT Association Suriname (ICT-AS)
• International Academy Suriname
• Women in Business
• Women in Energy Guyana