Print this pageCompeting in the World Energy Market: The Key Factors for Investing in Oil and Gas Ventures
By
(1) Chairman, President and CEO-Ocean Energy Inc, Houston, TX
Over the next decade, the worldwide energy industry estimates it will invest
more than tens of billions of dollars in the development of global oil and gas
resources. Determining where to spend these dollars is a complex process, and
Ocean Energy has developed a unique portfolio modeling method that combines a
number of factors from a geoscience, engineering, commercial and political
perspective to guide its international investment strategy. In this
presentation, 
James
T. Hackett, chairman, chief executive officer and president
of Ocean Energy, Inc., one the largest independent oil and gas companies in the
United States that is active in eight countries, will discuss the sophisticated
approach his company utilizes and the type of partnership arrangements it seeks
from host governments to encourage new and continued investment.