Companies in the oil and gas value chain are confronting unique, intensifying export controls and sanctions risks. With a new Administration, geopolitical pressures, rapid regulatory changes and heightened enforcement, there has never been a more critical time to reevaluate your organization's compliance strategy.
Is your global program truly agile and ready to weather the uncertain path ahead? This spring in Houston, join upstream, midstream, downstream, and oilfield service industry leaders at our
Forum on Export and Sanctions Compliance for the Oil & Gas Industry.
With content specifically curated to your industry sector, gain updates from government officials and the newest, best practices from leading legal and compliance minds. You will also benefit from large and smaller-group networking and takeaways for addressing the high stakes issues coming across your desk.
Don't miss your best chance in Houston to gain the industry-specific tools you need to mitigate the risk of steep penalties, reputational damage, and lost business. Early rates expire soon! Save your seat for this one-of-a-kind event.
Key Topics
- Adapting to New Compliance Challenges in the Trump 2.0 Era: Gain critical insights into how oil & gas companies are tackling shifting tariff, export, and sanctions compliance risks under the new administration. Learn proactive strategies to safeguard your operations against policy uncertainty.
- Managing Risk in Partially Sanctioned Jurisdictions: Discover how leading companies are determining their risk tolerance and compliance thresholds while operating in complex regions. Walk away with practical tools to develop a robust, risk-based approach tailored to evolving geopolitical realities.
- Navigating Trade Compliance Challenges in China, Mexico & Canada: Understand the latest regulatory shifts impacting cross-border operations. Learn how companies are mitigating risks tied to new tariffs, export controls, and retaliatory trade measures to maintain business continuity.
- Trade Finance Under Scrutiny: What Oil & Gas Companies Need to Know: With banks tightening their risk assessments and due diligence requirements, uncover how financial institutions are evaluating trade transactions and what oil & gas companies must do to maintain access to critical funding.
- Staying Ahead of Sanctions Risks in Russia, Venezuela & the Middle East: Sanctions are evolving at an unprecedented pace—get up-to-the-minute guidance on regulatory shifts impacting these high-risk regions, including enforcement trends at sea and practical mitigation strategies.
- Building an Agile, Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance Program: Compliance doesn't stop at borders—discover how to integrate and streamline global trade compliance requirements into a cohesive, effective program that adapts to shifting regulations while minimizing operational disruptions.
Networking Opportunities
Forge Powerful Partnerships in Oil & Gas Trade ComplianceConnect with key decision-makers, compliance leaders, and industry peers who are navigating the same regulatory challenges. Build relationships that can help you tackle sanctions, tariffs, and global trade complexities more effectively.
Insider Insights & Real-World SolutionsGo beyond surface-level discussions with interactive case studies, high-impact panels, and peer-to-peer exchanges designed to provide practical, actionable takeaways. Walk away with new compliance strategies that you can implement immediately.
Breakout Roundtables: Knowledge Sharing with Industry LeadersEngage in targeted Breakout Roundtable Sessions designed to address sector-specific trade compliance challenges across the oil & gas supply chain. Join discussions led by industry leaders to gain tailored insights on: Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, and Oilfield Services & Technology.
Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
- Ashley Coselli, Director of Corporate Compliance Apache
- Lennox Reid, Managing Executive – International Trade Compliance Baker Hughes
- Ellen Smith, CEO/President Amalie Trade Consulting LLC
Government Speaker
- Trey McClish, Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Field Office Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Distinguished Faculty
- Tracey Anthony, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Crane Worldwide Logistics
- Matt Axelrod, Partner Gibson Dunn Former Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Jonathan Epstein, Partner Holland & Knight
- Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General Counsel, Trade and Chief Export Counsel Honeywell
- Brian Fleming, Partner Steptoe
- Alexander Ali Forrest, Chief Executive Officer Liquid Casing, Inc.
- Melanie Frank, Legal Director, Trade Compliance TechnipFMC
- Cesar R. Mata Garcia, Venezuelan Energy Legal Consultant, General Legal Counsel (In-house) LND Group - Houston, Texas
- Randall Geuy, Head of Legal and Compliance Unipec America, Inc.
- Claudia Botero Götz, Senior Lawyer Gard (North America) Inc.
- Lindsay Hamminga, Senior Counsel Equinor
- Larry Hanson, Of Counsel Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg P.A.
- Iris Kleinekorte, Director of Compliance Monjasa (Denmark)
- Brad Krugel, Trade Compliance Advisor Shell
- Alexandra Landis, Senior Counsel, Director of Compliance and Export Controls Palladyne AI
- David Levine, Counsel, Global Trade & Investment Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Justine Lin, Associate General Counsel, Trade Weatherford
- Cristina Lunders, Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance BP
- Elyse Martin, Of Counsel Morrison Foerster
- Nathalia Ramos Mattos, Deputy Compliance Officer Ecopetrol
- Stuart McLanahan, Director, Global Trade Compliance American Bureau of Shipping
- James Min, Managing Partner LMD Trade Law PLLC
- Gabriella Neal, Global Sanctions Counsel & Compliance Halliburton
- Robert Patterson, Head of Sanctions Investigations, Director Société Générale S.A.
- Soo-Mi Rhee, Partner Arnold & Porter
- Lindsay Roskopf, Partner McGinnis Lochridge
- Michelle Schulz, Managing Partner Schulz Trade Law
- Larizza Seng, Global Trade Compliance Manager Scientific Drilling
- Steven Smart, Associate General Counsel, Compliance Enerflex
- Clay Stevenson, Head of Sanctions Santander U.S.
- Josh Wallenstein, Founder & Managing Member Wallenstein Law Group
- Eric Wilson, Director, Compliance Helmerich & Payne
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Workshops
Workshop A - A Complete Guide to Satisfying Classification and Licensing Requirements: ITAR, EAR, ECCNs, HSTs, and More for the Oil and Gas Industry
May 20, 2025 9:00 am?-?12:30 pm
Workshop B - Your Updated Roadmap to Third Party Due Diligence, Screening and Monitoring-from End-Use, End-User, MEU, SDNs, UFLPA, and Beyond
May 20, 2025 1:30 pm?- 5:00 pm
Venue
Hampton Inn Houston Downtown
710 Crawford St, 77002
Houston, TX, USA
Reservations: (713) 224-0011
AccommodationsAmerican Conference Institute is pleased to offer our delegates a limited number of hotel rooms at a negotiated rate. To take advantage of these rates, please contact the hotel directly and quote “ACI’s Export and Sanctions Event.”
Book NowPlease note that the guest room block cut-off date is April 18, 2025. After that date OR when the room block fills, guestroom availability and rate can no longer be guaranteed.
