EAGE 2021

The EAGE Annual event attracts between 3,500 and 4,500 people from all over the world, looking to explore the newest technologies, state of the art products and innovative services.

For the 2021 conference, the LAC will therefore continue to develop a programme which focusses on the trilemma:

1. Energy Security

This includes the ongoing role for oil and gas, complemented increasingly by the diversification of cleaner renewable energy options like geothermal. To meet increasing global energy demand, while decarbonizing energy, we need to be inclusive in our approach and make the best of all the skills, talented people, digital and technical solutions that the energy transition offers us.

2. Energy Equity (accessibility and affordability)

Technically-speaking, already discovered resources may be present, but not accessible or accessible but not affordable. From the perspective of the consumer, energy poverty remains a real concern and the access to affordable energy a key factor to our ongoing success. Clearly a balance must be found for cleaner, affordable energy – but at what cost?

3. Environmental Sustainability

Geoscientists, geophysicists, and engineers have always interrogated our planet to unlock its secrets and articulate its dilemmas. That hasn’t changed and in 2021 we should be able to speak passionately to the impact of our ambition for robust energy systems. These are systems which increasingly support net zero emissions by 2050 and the demand for renewables like wind, solar and geothermal activities. Innovative geoscience solutions for energy storage and CCS will form an integral part of our future energy systems and all ultimately influence our ongoing social license to operate.