NEW ORLEANS, May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2016 Louisiana Energy Conference will be held in New Orleans at the Westin Canal Place Hotel at 100 Rue Iberville on Wednesday through Friday, June 1 - 3, 2016.
The Conference will feature a series of 23 panels during the first two-days that will discuss key domestic and international industry developments and issues. This year the Conference will include three field trips on June 3 to both offshore Gulf of Mexico and onshore south Louisiana facilities. Executives from nearly 70 leading public and private exploration and production and oil field services companies as well as representatives from energy-related private equity firms, industry trade groups, regulatory agencies, investment banks, institutional research groups, and law firms will participate in the panel discussions.
Event host Al Petrie, Senior Partner of Al Petrie Advisors, commented, “We are excited to offer our largest-ever slate of 23 panels this year. While many public companies have curtailed activity, private companies and private equity firms believe the current energy downturn provides exciting growth and investment opportunities. We look forward to hearing all their perspectives. We have added a number of great new panels this year that will cover different topics than in prior years including discussions on energy activities in Mexico, South America and Cuba as well as three private equity panels, a restructuring panel and an activist investing panel. It will be an interesting and information-packed Conference this year.”
A preliminary agenda and a listing of the currently confirmed participating companies are now available on the Conference web site, www.LouisianaEnergyConference.com, under the Agenda tab. The site also includes details on the three field trips scheduled for June 3.
Attendance at the Conference is directed to investment professionals including buy side and sell side analysts and portfolio managers, as well as private equity and wealth management executives and trust officers. There is no cost for investment professionals attending the Conference. The cost for all other attendees is $295 for the three-day event.
The Conference web site www.LouisianaEnergyConference.com provides online registration and full details on the event which is being hosted by Al Petrie Advisors. For additional information including sponsorship opportunities, please call (504) 799-1953 or email info@LouisianaEnergyConference.com.