The Continental Europe Energy Council (CEEC) is a membership association for companies engaged in the sub-surface energy industry within Continental Europe. CEEC member companies are engaged in the hydrocarbon, geothermal, hydrogen, helium, and CCS industries. The CEEC’s goals are to facilitate networking, promote business transactions, and connect the regional industry energy community. The CEEC has been active continuously since its founding in 1994 by eight companies.

It has currently some 65 member companies and 100 associate member companies, and the meetings are attended by 180-250 participants. Membership includes major integrated energy companies, national oil companies, regional players, small and mid-size independents, niche players and start-ups, as well as government licensing authorities.

Representatives from service companies, industry suppliers, commercial scouting/ data collection companies, consultants, geoscientists, lawyers, investors/ bankers and academia also participate.
The meetings take place twice a year, in early May and early October. Each time they are hosted by a different member company in a different country. The CEEC meetings represent a key event in the energy business in Europe with a two and a half-day program.

The CEEC provides an excellent way to network, to exchange experience with other operators in Europe, to learn about the European geology and activities, and it is also the most important European farm-out forum. The layout of the meeting and its atmosphere have been, from the very beginning, designed to be conductive to making business – a concept which is much appreciated by all the participants.