Energy Council London 2026
9 December 2026 – 10 December 2026
Energy Council London (formerly World Energy Capital Assembly, WECA) is a two-day energy investment forum held in London on 9-10 December 2026. It brings together senior energy executives and active investors, with a programme covering capital allocation and corporate strategy, LNG, natural gas and energy security, upstream investment and emerging markets, energy finance and private capital, and AI-driven power demand. The Energy Council Awards of Excellence take place on the evening of 10 December. The exact venue is shared only with pre-registered delegates and sponsors.
38 sessions · 78 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partner (1)
Sponsors (6)
Alvarez & Marsal · Stephenson Harwood · White & Case · Latham&Watkins LPP · HKA · Houlihan Lokey
Knowledge Partners (2)
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · Wood Mackenzie
Speakers (78)
- Majid Jafar CEO, Crescent Petroleum
- Charlie Abrines Group MD, Energy Council
- Gavin Thompson Vice Chairman for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Wood Mackenzie
- Christian Gibson GM UK Energy System & Transition, Shell
- Tim Gould Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Arturo Gallego EVP - Global Head of LNG, Centrica Energy
- Sir Dieter Helm Professor of Economic Policy
- Adriana Elizondo Director – Natural Resources Finance, Deutsche Bank
- Alina Popa CFO, OMV Petrom
- Andy Inglis Chairman and CEO, Kosmos Energy
- Anne-Sophie Corbeau Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy
- Ashwin Punde Global Co-Head of Energy Investment Banking, Cantor Fitzgerald
- Ben Lusher CEO, Nexus Energy Partners
- Bill Farren Price Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Christophe McGlade Head Energy Supply Unit, IEA
- Djoko Siswanto Chairman, SKK Migas
- Doris Reiter SVP Europe & Atlantic Africa, bp
- Edson Dos Santos CEO, Etu Energias
- Egbert Laege CEO, SEFE
- Erik Darner Vice President- Consulting, Wood Mackenzie
- Filippo Bof Head of Business Development, Africa and Latam, Shell Trading
- Francesco Mazzagatti CEO, Viaro Energy
- Gina Cohen Independent, Gas analyst and lecture
- Guilbert Kamuntu Chief Commercial Officer, UNOC
- Hiroyuki Mori EVP - Energy, JOGMEC
- Jacques Tohme Managing Partner, Samos Energy Group and Chairman & CEO of Samos Energy Acquisition Corporation, Samos Energy
- James Gutman Head of Research, Abaxx Technologies
- Jason D'Silva CFO, Questerre Energy Corp.
- Jeroen Zanting Managing Director Transport Services, Gasunie
- Joe Murphy CEO, Azule Energy
- John Ardill VP Exploration Commercial, ExxonMobil
- JP Hanson Global Head Oil & Gas Group, Houlihan Lokey
- Keith Martin SVP, PetroChina
- Kim Lamza Strategy Director, National Gas
- Layla El Hares General Manager, TotalEnergies EP - Cyprus, Egypt and Lebanon
- Manoj Nerenda Madnani Founder, DSA Investments
- Margot Berry Partner, White & Case
- Mike Livingstone President and CEO, GLJ
- Mohamed Lemine Ould Raghani Director General, Mauritanian Hydrocarbons Corporation (SMH)
- Mukund Dhar Partner, White & Case
- Neeraj Agrawal Group CFO, Crescent Petroleum
- Nermine Kamel VP Upstream, Shell
- Panos Benos CFO, Energean
- Philip Lambert CEO, Lambert Energy Advisory
- Rajat Katyal Head of Energy Group IB – EMEA and Asia South, Citi
- Ralf Dickgreber Global Head of LNG & Biomass, ENGIE
- Rob Sherwin Senior Advisor, S-RM
- Samuel Newhouse Global Vice Chair M&A and Private Equity, Latham & Watkins
- Sean Guest President & CEO, Valeura Energy Asia Pte. Ltd
- Shiva Kant Managing Director, BCG
- Stuart Payne CEO, North Sea Transition Authority
- Susan Prior CFO, Matahio Energy
- Taiwo Okwor VP Investment Division – Energy Resources, Africa Finance Corporation
- Tala Goudarzi Partner, Torridon Group, former US Assistant Secretary of Energy
- Tamoor Ali Originator, Trafigura
- Tatiana Mitrova Global Fellow, Centre on Global Energy Policy
- Thomas Bethel Partner, HSF-Kramer
- Toby Hunt Partner, HKA Global Ltd
- Todd Abott CEO, Tamboran
- Torgeir Stordal Director General, Norwegian Offshore Directorate
- Vahid Farzad Managing Director, Head of Strategic Investment, EIG Global Energy (Europe) Ltd
- Yaniv Friedman Chairman, Ithaca Energy
- Christof van Agt Ross Director Energy Dialogue, International Energy Forum
- Emmanuel Tuchscherer SVP Public Affairs, TotalEnergies
- Espen Kvilekval Global Head of Ocean Energy, DNB
- Haneen Al-Saleh Managing Director, Bosch
- Ian Tachos Chairman, ADX
- Ian Tchacos Chairman, ADX
- Invgvar Egeland VP and Head of Global LNG Trading, Equinor
- Jennifer Coolidge CEO, CMX Caspian Gulf
- Jordan Mannas VP Corporate Development, Geologic
- Landon Derentz Vice President, Energy and Infrastructure & Senior Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
- Marina Matselinskaya Vice President of Business Development, ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures (East)
- Mazin bin Rashid Al Lamki CEO, Energy Development Oman
- Paul McDade CEO, Afentra
- Richard Criton Head of Natural Resources, Peel Hunt
- Rikky Rahmat Firdaus Deputy of Exploration, Development, and Working Area Management, SKK Migas
- Rusne Didziulyte Principal, Carlyle
Agenda
- Welcome Remarks from the Energy Council 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Industry Keynote Address – The gas imperative: building resilient supply in a fragmented energy world 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Interactive Round tables 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Keynote Address – Energy security in the age of disorder: from geopolitical shock to infrastructure reality 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Making projects bankable in a higher-risk world 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- Operators’ perspectives: balancing M&A, divestments and core asset reinvestment 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- Round table 1:The great recalibration: has the energy transition investment playbook changed? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 2: Most future value sits in producing assets, yet the market still chases acquisitions and frontier growth – why? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 3: Who ultimately pays for energy security: consumers, governments or investors? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 4: Debt vs private capital: which is the best route to fund projects beyond 2026? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 5: What would make Europe investable again? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 6: Where does the next million barrels per day actually come from & do we actually need them? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Round table 7: How is geopolitics shaping M&A across upstream? 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- The AI load shock: data centres, gas demand and the new map of power 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- The pillars of energy finance in 2027: RBLs, ABS, bonds & traders 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- Capital providers’ perspective: what makes an upstream strategy financeable in 2027? 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- Case Study: LNG infrastructure innovation: speed, flexibility and financeability 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Case Study: Speed to first cargo: how developers and EPCs shorten LNG delivery timelines 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Case Study: Unlocking capital in a volatile market 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- East Med gas: consolidation, capital and the next growth cycle 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Energy Leaders in Conversation – Security, resilience and addition: what the new energy trilemma really means 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Europe’s gas constraint: storage, interconnection and the cost of resilience 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Future Forecast Outlook – The return to hydrocarbon growth: demand, decline and the end of the flatline assumption 9 December 2026 · Plenary
- Global gas and LNG exposure: supply risk, buyer strategy and the new centres of demand 9 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Indonesia’s Upstream: Building the Next Investment Frontier 9 December 2026 · Stream: Financing the Return to Growth
- From acquisition to reinvestment: a playbook for creating value in established basins 10 December 2026 · Stream: Emerging Markets & Regional Energy Playbook
- Awards of Excellence 2026 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- US energy beyond LNG: what’s next for the world’s largest energy exporter? 10 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Forward View: The return of growth: where the next barrels and molecules come from 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- Asian buyers under pressure: the affordability gap in the LNG story 10 December 2026 · Stream: Gas, LNG & Power demand
- Market Update Keynote: Designing investable energy markets: what makes capital commit? 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- Ministerial Address 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- CEO Conversations: The cost of energy resilience 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- Closing Debate – Are we building the right energy system? The cost of misaligned policy, capital and infrastructure 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- Welcome Remarks from the Energy Council 10 December 2026 · Plenary
- The new frontier: the emerging markets driving upstream’s resurgence 10 December 2026 · Stream: Emerging Markets & Regional Energy Playbook
- Angola and the West Africa deal pipeline: what makes a basin investable? 10 December 2026 · Stream: Emerging Markets & Regional Energy Playbook
- Case Study: Financing LNG projects in a shorter-contract market