Welcome to ProGREss 2021!

The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) invites you to discuss the actual challenges of geological exploration and to elaborate practical recommendations for the leaders of the world’s oil and gas industry

EAGE Conference ProGREss. Geological Exploration as Business is one of the most anticipated professional events for me. I believe that this is not just a platform for discussing global trends and current problems, but a real community of geological explorers. The difficult initial conditions of 2020 contributed to a serious reformation of the industry, so the opportunity to discuss the best cases in casual atmosphere and share real experience in solving a variety of complex issues is very valuable.

Two years ago I completed my two years term as EAGE President in June 2019.

EAGE Moscow office kindly invited me for attending the first ProGREss conference in Sochi (November 2019).

It was a great pleasure to discover this part of Russia and I took the opportunity to present a talk about the « Art of Hydrocarbon Exploration».

I hope that this huge COVID-19 pandemy is really now behind us, but the world has really changed and is changing very fast as well as the Energy world particularely in western countries and in France where I retired since 2 years.

The energy transition is not only a wish, or a need but has become a constraint and a strong reality.

My personal wish is that all methodological concepts and way of working used for exploring hydrocarbons would be applied to exploration of ore and minerals as a transition for geoscience business.

I am sure that you will have a fantastic good time during your stay in Sochi and that you will take advantage of networking and brainstorming with all your colleagues after this so long time of online events and webinars!