|
|
|
Exploration & Production: The Oil And Gas Review 2006 - October 2006 -
|
|
|
|
|
Order high-quality repints of any articles on this website
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Chairman of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association (PESA), I am pleased to have the opportunity to provide the foreword for Exploration and Production: The Oil and Gas Review 2006.
So far, 2006 has been a banner year for the oil-field service industry. PESA’s annual meeting, held in April, focused on the challenges of an energised market. The words were chosen carefully in selecting the theme, as it was a bit frightening to actually verbalise just how good things have been. Projections of future energy demand are a basis for optimism for the near and long terms; however, increased drilling activity and growing demand for oil-field products and services can also be an invitation to overbuild. We were reminded again that our industry is cyclical and that it was too much capacity that caused the crippling market crash of the early 1980s.
In addition, a number of our presenters pointed out the fact that there is a growing need for advanced technology to help us alleviate our shrinking productive capacity. Much of the increased demand for technology will need to be met by the oil-field service sector and this, I believe, is an area in which we excel.
PESA has and will continue to dedicate itself to making a contribution to the success of its member companies. PESA’s meeting programmes are designed to provide various perspectives on where our industry is headed and provide exposure to industry experts and key customers. PESA also invests time and effort in helping to provide background knowledge of the oil and gas sector to foreign-service officers so that they may better assist its members in locations worldwide. PESA’s newly formed Young Professionals Committee will help find new ways of attracting and retaining the talent that will be the future leaders of the energy services industry.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack Moore is Chairman of the
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers
Association (PESA); Senior Vice
President, Cameron Drilling and
Production Systems, Cameron
International Corporation; and
President of Drilling & Production
Systems. He joined Cameron in July
1999 as Vice President and General
Manager for the Western
Hemisphere and was named Senior
Vice President in 2002. Prior to
Cameron, he was with Baker
Hughes, Inc. for 23 years where he
held numerous management
positions including: Vice President,
Latin American Operations; Vice
President, Eastern Hemisphere
Operations; and Vice President,
Western Hemisphere Operations. Mr
Moore holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration from the University
of Houston and serves on the
board of directors of Maverick Tube
Corporation, PESA, Spindletop, the
University of Houston Bauer College
of Business Dean's Executive
Advisory Board, the University of
Houston Chancellor's Advisory
Council and Memorial Drive
United Methodist Church
Board of Stewards.
|
|
|
|
Download PDF
