Global Pacific & Partners is a leading firm inside the world upstream industry, established for over three decades with unique track record.
We operate a global suite of top-quality annual management events on Africa, Asia, Latin America, MidEast, Europe, and National Oil Companies, and provide high-level strategy research with seasoned advisory practice, allied to worldwide in-depth strategy briefings, international executive club networks, with online services, including daily oil and gas news for oil and gas executives on Six Continents.
The Senior Partners (Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO, and Babette van Gessel, Group Managing Director), both with long oil industry exposure, work closely with a professional, highly-dedicated international conference team having deep industry knowledge, relationships and experience, with diverse skills and capabilities, who operate from our offices in The Hague, Johannesburg, and London.
International Conferences
Our long-established international portfolio and reputation is built on an unmatched 20-year track record across the world for top quality management events focused on the global upstream industry.
We have hosted over 5,000 leading speakers including 1,500+ from Governments and state oil companies. More than 25,000 delegates have participated in our world-class events, with over 500 entities as exhibitors. Companies benefit from our e-conference online delivery systems, top-of-range and quality-managed events, and an enlarging blue-chip clientele.
Our relationships are based on close connections built with leading world national oil companies and senior executives from super-majors and worldwide independents in Africa, Asia, Latin America, MidEast, Europe and North America. We have executed Roadshows for Governments and National Oil Companies for over a decade, these conducted in world oil capitals, to market acreage, assets and investment potential.
The Global Pacific & Partners brand is widely-recognised and valued worldwide by corporate sponsors, exhibitors, delegates and institutions for quality and seamless delivery as well as superior networking opportunities, plus social functions. Our Annual Awards Programs at Conferences, recognising over 100 companies and individuals for excellence in the world industry, have functioned for over 10 years.
Strategy Briefings
Our worldwide annual suite of strategy briefings with a 20-year track record provides global-regional in-depth coverage of six continents, with over 2,500 participants to date in 100+ briefings, while 250+ delegates attend these events annually. Content can be accessed online in our World Strategy Online internet service. Fundamental research built on a global knowledge-base underpins these Presentations made by Dr Duncan Clarke, an authority on the world upstream industry with 30 years experience inside the oil game.
Numerous companies and state bodies have been clients of our in-house strategy briefings conducted worldwide for two decades.
Duncan Clarke is author of well-known books published by Profile Books (London): Empires Of Oil, plus Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize, and The Battle For Barrels while he has been widely quoted in the world and industry press, as well has written extensively for global oil industry journals.
Advisory Practice
Our firm has executed Advisory mandates on strategy for 50+ clients around the world including super-majors, national oil companies, Governments, independents, banks, investment houses, licensing agencies and institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Russia, Europe, and North America.
International Executive Clubs
Our suite of Exploration Clubs (PetroAfricanus, PetroAsiana, PetroLatino, PetroArabian, PetroEuropa) act as private mechanisms to build bridges and relationships inside the industry via networking and special events (dinners, receptions and functions). These are endorsed by Corporate Patrons, Sponsors, and Corporate Members.
PetroAfricanus has hosted over 1,500 dinner attendees at 22 dinners in the last three years (London, Cape Town and Tunis), each with Guest Speakers drawn from the top levels of the industry.
Communications
Our networks are augmented by an extensive global communications system that provides Petro-21 Daily Oil & Gas News direct to 11,500 world oil executives, plus established weekly news services to clients through our PetroAfricanus News, PetroArabian News, PetroLatino News, PetroAsiana News, PetroEuropa News, which offer selective advertising vehicles for sponsors and companies.
Over 25 million breaking news stories on oil and gas are sent to our clients annually. We maintain extensive and close industry press and online media relationships with the key portals and publications in world oil and gas.
Management Relationships
Global Pacific & Partners firm holds a proprietary in-house designed oil industry database of over 18,000 senior executive contacts linked to high-tech communications systems for sustaining relationships with the key players in the world upstream.
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