The Gulf Quest LLC has announced that Total’s Benoit Ludot, V.P. of deep water and subsea, upstream, will deliver a keynote presentation at the Marine Construction Engineering Deepwater Development (MCEDD) conference on April 10, 2018 in Milan, Italy.Ludot’s presentation is titled “The future, beyond today, for ultra-deep offshore, ultra-harsh metocean environments through achievements in cost reductions, in both drilling (total wellcost), capex & opex.” Ludot is a 1992 graduate of Ecole centrale de Paris and began his career with Total in 1994.MCEDD is the world’s leading deepwater conference and is now in its 15th year. It will take place at the Milan Marriott Hotel. MCEDD is owned and managed by Gulf Quest LLC, a joint venture company of Quest Offshore and Gulf Publishing Co.