The Next Phase—Emerging Opportunities & Long-Term Value: Developing projects in the GoM is a decades-long game affected by short-term pressures. How are majors, independents and the contracting community enabling the development of new fields, while also enhancing brownfield production by leveraging the GoM's extensive existing network of producing facilities and infrastructure in both deep and shallow waters? What solutions are delivering the short-term returns demanded by shareholders, while also providing a sustainable business model for all the participants involved?

  • Eric Zimmermann, vice president of Geology at LLOG Exploration Co.; and
  • Brian Reinsborough, president and CEO of Venari Resources.
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