Houston Upstream Forum 2017 - Presentations and Q&A

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Wood Mackenzie hosted its 11th Annual Upstream Forum in Houston on May 11, 2017. Presentations from the event are now available on the Wood Mackenzie portal. This year, we're also sharing our experts' responses to client questions from the event. The presentations and Q&A cover the following topics: Oil price outlook: conventional vs. unconventional, and the role of OPEC Global exploration: resetting the business Who can grow: how US Independents will balance production ambitions with cash-flow priorities Onshore vs offshore OFS: a tale of two sectors Packing into the Permian: winning in a crowded basin Challenges for the upstream industry in the next decade Mexico round one: lessons learned and the way forward Rebalancing gas markets: implications of rising exports, new Northeast pipelines and huge Permian investments Natural gas-fired generation dispatch: the shape of things to come Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: weathering the oil price storm Energy in the Trump era: are expectations too lofty?