Dr. Azli Abu Bakar is the current Head of Basin and Petroleum System in PETRONAS Upstream Exploration. In this capacity, he oversees all regional G&G evaluations and the seeking of new exploration opportunities globally. He joined the petroleum industry in 1999 as a geoscientist with PETRONAS and has held several technical positions including Staff Geoscientist and Principal Geoscientist responsible for both Prospect Maturation and Basin Studies, working in different basins and tectonic regimes around the world. He also has been involved in Development Projects as both seismic interpreter and geologist. Apart from that, he is a very keen technical coach and has been an internal line trainer for sequence stratigraphy and seismic interpretation in PETRONAS. In more recent times, he has held leadership responsibilities as Head of Asia Pacific Basin and then as Head of Technical Expert in Business Development before being appointed to his current job. Azli graduated with BSc (Hons) in Geology, MSc in Petroleum Geoscience and PhD from Imperial College London. Apart from geoscience, his interest also includes history and travels.
Dr. Volker Dieckmann joined Shell International E&P in 2006 and currently is accountable for managing the Geological Service Team in Shell Malaysia. The first 10 years of Volker’s career were in various research organizations as well as with ENI in Milano, where he was delivering solutions for deep-water exploration evaluation activities in West Africa, Italy and Eastern Europe. After he joined Shell in the Netherlands he held a number of positions including project lead for exploration and production activities in the GoM, Mexico and onshore US. Throughout his career is has managed various multidisciplinary teams in different locations with recognized contributions across the entire lifecycle of projects. During the last 5 years in Malaysia Volker deepened the understanding and management of all aspects of non-hydrocarbon contaminants assessment and prediction and helped unlocking additional oil and gas potential for the country. Volker is an internationally recognized Geoscientist, is author of more than 40 publications on various G&G topics and co-organizer of multiple international conferences in the field of geochemistry & basin modelling. He holds a Masters in Geology and a Ph.D. in Geology/Geochemistry from the RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Mr. Mohd Firdaus Abdul Halim currently holds the position of Head Quantitative Interpretation under Exploration Geophysics Solutions PETRONAS since Nov 2022. Previous responsibilities include Chief Scientist (Geophysics), Head GeoImaging Program, Head Exploration Technology and Head R&D EOR, via a technical professional journey as Researcher, Staff, Principal and now Custodian Geophysics, since 1990. Graduated BSc (Hons) Physics from Lakehead University Canada in 1989. Areas of technical expertise includes establishing Geophysics R&D technology developments in Seismic ReProcessing, AVO, Seismic Attributes Analysis, 3D Seismic Interpretation/Visualization and 4D Time-Lapse Seismic.
Mr. Lukasz Krawczynski holds a Masters degree from the Queensland University of Technology. He has 20 years of experience with Santos as an exploration geoscientist and petroleum systems analyst. He has been part of multiple regional and prospect assessments across awide spread of basins in the Asia Pacific region that include the Cooper, Bowen, McArthur and NW Shelf basins of Australia, the Papuan basin and multiple basins in SE Asia, in particular offshore Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia leading to several successful discoveries and play openers.
Lukasz has been the Lead Petroleum Systems Analyst at Santos for the past 10 years, responsible for technically supporting and assuring asset teams across the business on petroleum systems and CCS related studies. More recently, he has taken a greater interest in building CCS assessment workflows that integrate and utilise existing knowledge in thePSA, play based exploration and reservoir simulation domains.
As of last month Lukasz has started Top Down Petroleum Systems Analysis as an independent consultant.
With over 26 years of experience, Jusmila is a seasoned geoscientist whose career has been marked by significant achievements and contributions. He began his career in 1997 as an explorationist with Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC), where he was initially involved in mineral exploration projects. He was then assigned to the Heinda Tin Mine in Myanmar and later worked at the New England Antimony Mine in Hillgrove, Queensland, Australia. In 2002, he transitioned to the oil and gas industry by joining Schlumberger as a Geoscientist. This role allowed him to develop his skills further in the application of geoscience to oil and gas exploration. In 2005, he moved to Orogenic/Energy Quest, where he spent about 12 years in various senior geoscientist positions. His responsibilities included managing technical aspects of projects, overseeing business development, and leading strategic technical marketing initiatives. In December 2017, Jusmila joined Eliis as the Regional Manager for Malaysia and Southeast Asia, where he spearheaded the implementation and promotion of PaleoScan technology. He is currently the Vice President of Southeast Asia (SEA) for Eliis, where he continues to drive technological advancements and expand the company's presence in the region.
Ms. Suhaileen Shahar graduated with BSc (Hons) Geology from University of Malaya and MSc in Earthscience from Durham Univ., UK. She has 24 years experience in the oil & gas industry as a Petroleum Geoscientist, with various past experiences as technical leader and managerial roles in Exploration, PCSB.
Dr. Jamaal Hoesni with more than 35 years of impactful experiences on oil & gas industry, Dr Jamaal Hoesni is currently the Director of Asia Geopressure Centre at Beicip-Franlab Asia. He completed his BSc (Hons) in Geology at University of Adelaide, South Australia, and obtained his PhD in Geological Sciences at University of Durham, UK in 2004. Dr Jamaal has an extensive working experience in PETRONAS, where he has spent most of his years in the industry. His last position was Head, Geomechanics & Pore Pressure; Custodian, Petroleum System Modelling, where he leads the PETRONAS pore pressure & geomechanics group. Besides providing technical support in pore pressure and geomechanics studies (domestic & international ventures), Dr Jamaal has also led the inaugural project in CO2 Storage & Field Development Plan (SDP/FDP) For High CO2 Fields. As the Principal of Basin Modelling, he has also led multi-disciplinary integrated projects on the Malay Basin, involving sequence stratigraphy, top seal assessment, CO2 risk modelling, geopressure analysis and 3D basin modelling. In Beicip-Franlab Asia, he has led multiple integrated projects, including Resource & Risk Assessment in Brunei, and CO2 Mapping in Sarawak. Along with his extensive achievements, Dr Jamaal has also served as an adjunct lecturer to the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), where he also participated as an external supervisor and examiner for UTP BSc, MSc and PhD candidates.
Johannes Wendebourg is currently the Manager of the Petroleum Evaluation and Basin modeling team in TotalEnergies Exploration in Paris, France. He held previous positions as Expert of Basin Modeling, as Senior Exploration Advisor in TotalEnergies' Houston hub and as member of TotalEnergies Exploration Committee. Before joining TotalEnergies in 2010, Johannes worked for Shell E&P International in the Netherlands and for the French Petroleum Institute in Paris. Johannes holds a geology degree from Freiburg University in Germany and a PhD from Stanford University. In 2015, he received EAGE's Alfred Wegener Award for his contributions to the Petroleum Geosciences.
Jorge Roberto Barragan Talenti as Exploration Geologist with 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry delivering geological evaluations for a diverse range of projects in Southeast Asia, Latin America, GoM (US and Mexico), West and North Africa and Middle East regions. Skilled in exploration, new ventures, and regional evaluations/special studies. Depth knowledge of petroleum systems, structural geology, basin analysis, play fairway analysis, play and prospect evaluation and commercial understanding of oil and gas industry. Multilingual, technical oriented, confident leader and mentor, work in close contact with the academia with more than 30 publications in the most relevant geological journals. Worked in several Oil & Gas independent companies and countries; among them: Petronas, Hess Corporation, OXY, Kerr McGee and ORYX.
Mohd Yusnizam Mohamed Yusoff (Yus) has been leading the Exploration Team for Mubadala Energy Malaysia since 2018, a role undertaken after joining Mubadala in 2015. He has 20 years of experience in Exploration & New Ventures in various regions/hydrocarbon provinces around the world – Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South America & West Africa. Prior to Mubadala, Yus held both leadership and technical roles at PETRONAS Carigali, working on international and Malaysia projects, including New Ventures in South America & West Africa New Ventures, Turkmenistan Exploration Projects (Caspian Sea), Sabah Deepwater & Ultra-Deepwater Exploration Projects. Over the past 10 years, he has been strongly focused on Carbonate Exploration projects in Sarawak. He is passionate about and a strong proponent of early monetization, always on the lookout for the next quick-to-develop hydrocarbon discoveries, be it in clastic or carbonate play. Yus graduated with BSc in Geoscience from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA.
Dr. Khairul Azlan Mustapha is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology, Universiti Malaya. He was awarded a PhD degree in Petroleum Geology in 2015 from Universiti Malaya. His main research interest is on source rock characterization and petroleum system modelling. He has vast experience in petroleum system analysis in Malaysian basins, as well as basins located from other parts of the world especially in Pakistan, India, Australia, Turkiye, Middle East and Africa.