• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Jon Story

IHS Markit

Senior Director, Energy

Jon Story, Senior Director, Energy, IHS Markit, is a highly experienced energy professional with some 30 years’ experience in engineering, commercial, and M&A. He is responsible for leading the EMEA Upstream consulting team, looking at bespoke projects for a diverse range of clients including E&P, services, infrastructure funds, banks, and NOCs. Mr. Story joined IHS Markit from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was Regional Head of Oil and Gas for Europe. His specialty is M&A, where he has led transactions around the world for ABN Amro, Harrison Lovegrove & Co, and Standard Chartered Bank. He was based in Australia for some time before returning to London to cover the MENA region, and he has worked with a variety of public and private companies of widely differing scales. Prior to his banking career, Mr. Story began life in the industry by being awarded a scholarship in 1987 to study chemical engineering by British Gas E&P. He remained with British Gas as a petroleum engineer until joining Hardy Oil and Gas as a facilities engineer in 1996, working on projects in India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. He migrated to business development in this time. Hardy merged with British-Borneo Petroleum Syndicate, where Mr. Story stayed on to become Commercial Manager for the UKCS until the company was acquired by Eni in 2000 and he joined ABN Amro. He holds an M.Eng in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.

Sessions With Jon Story

Monday, 11 March

  • 07:30pm - 09:00pm (CST) / -

    North Sea: The revival continues

    Panel Oil

    After a record-breaking year for M&A in the North Sea in 2017, and 2018 not far behind on value and with a larger number of deals, 2019 has arrived with no let-up in activity, with a plethora of assets up for grabs and, seemingly, no shortage of interest from buyers. Why invest in this middle-aged arena? Has age diminished its charm, or made it more alluring? Private equity–backed companies have been keen buyers; Have they grown value, and how and when will they exit? Technical and commercial innovation are driving value; How have the “specialists” transformed the landscape? Are we kicking the decommissioning issue down the road?