Pavel Sharma covers oil and gas operations for South Asia. He has also covered operations for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Pavel holds an MSc in International Politics (SOAS, University of London) and another MSc in Geographical Information Science (University College London). Andrew Hayman has over 25 years experience in the upstream oil industry. He worked in seismic operations and logistics, marketing and business development for over 10 years, and helped establish West Africa as a major focus of activity. He helped to organize offshore bid rounds for the national oil companies of Cameroon and Gabon and later managed the EMEA cartography and database unit. He also has several years of experience directing Africa data collection and publication efforts. Andrew holds a B Sc in geology and chemistry, an M Sc in geochemistry (University of Leeds) and an M Sc in stratigraphy (University of London, Birkbeck College).