Flaring and Venting Reduction & Natural Gas Utilisation Forum

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Welcome—Wednesday, 3 December 2008

18.00

  • Reception—Welcome to Amsterdam, Hosted by Chevron

Forum Day 1—Thursday, 4 December 2008

8.00

  • Breakfast and Exhibition, Hosted by Petrobras

9.00

  • Keynote Address
    World Bank Managing Director
  • The Honourable Mel Knight, Minister of Energy, Alberta
  • Clearing the Air: A Role For Us All:
    Guy Outen, Shell E&P, Executive VP E&P Strategy and New Business

10.15

  • Introductory Remarks:
    Robert M. Lesnick, Forum Chairman,
    Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership, World Bank

10.30

  • Coffee Break and Exhibition, Hosted by BP

11.00

  • The Role of Market Conditions and Regulation in Gas Flaring and Venting Reductions
    Moderator: Bent Svensson, Program Manager, GGFR
  • Market
    Rights to Monetize Gas, Pricing and Access to Infrastructure and Markets in Key Gas Flaring Countries—Nigeria and Russia
    • Dr. David Ige, Technical Advisor to the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company
    • Lew Watts, President and CEO, PFC Energy
  • Regulation
    Challenges and Options in Practical Implementation of Gas Flaring Regulation
    • Etienne Lepoukou, Deputy Director General, Oil and Gas Directorate, Ministry of Petroleum, Gabon
    • Antonio Orfao, President Sonangol Gas Angola (TBC)
    • Operator’s View (TBC)

12.30

  • Lunch, Hosted by ExxonMobil

14.00

  • Emerging Gas Utilisation Technologies: Possibilities and Barriers
    Presentations and panel discussion to identify operational and business strategies to overcome obstacles to small-scale associated gas utilisation
    Moderator: Dr. Mostefa Ouki, Vice President, Energy Resources Nexant Ltd.
    • Resource Holder Perspective:
      Jean-Marc Seguineau, Vice President, Africa, Technology & Production, Total E&P
    • Gas Conversion
      Marathon Gas to Fuels (TBC)
    • Gas Conversion
      Edward Paterson, SynFuels, Dallas, TX (TBC)
    • Small-scale LNG
      Halfdan Millang, Technical Director, Hamworthy, Norway
    • Micropower
      Dr. Jacob Klimstra, Sr. Energy and Engine Specialist, Wartsila Power Plants

15.30

  • Coffee Break, Hosted by StatoilHydro

16.00

  • Session A: Improving Economics of Flare and Vent Reduction Projects
    Moderator: Silvana Tordo, Lead Energy Economist, World Bank
    • Oil & Gas Fiscal Framework (TBC)
    • Gas Utilisation Planning (TBC)
    • Gas Transmission & Distribution
      Bambang Banyundoyo, Director of Corporate Development, Gas Negara Indonesia (TBC)
    • Flaring Reduction in Angola
      Antonio Orfao, Director, Sonangol Gas (TBC)
    • Carbon Finance Project (TBC)
    • Outsourcing Flare Reduction Projects
      Bob Schmitz, Associate, Qualitas International (TBC)
    • Incentivizing International Oil Companies
      Charles AdEniji, Executive Director, Chevron Nigeria (TBC)
  • Session B: Emerging Gas Utilisation Technologies
    Moderator: Jean-Eric Molinard, Adviser, World Bank GGFR
    • Small-scale GTL (FT liquids)
    • Emergent Conversion Processes
    • Small-scale LNG and Pressurized Gas Technologies
    • Micropower

18.00

  • Forum Chairman’s Day 1 Concluding Remarks

19.30

  • Gala Dinner, Hosted by Shell E&P

Forum Day 2—Friday, 5 December 2008

8.00

  • Breakfast and Exhibition

8.30

  • Successful Application of Gas Utilisation Technologies
    1. Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Reductions Technology Overview
      Roger Fernandez, Team Leader, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Methane to Markets Partnership
    2. Flare Emissions and Efficiency—Past and Current Research
      Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Energy and Combustion Generated Air Emissions, Carleton University
    3. Operational Experience with a Gas-Diesel Engine Running on Flare Gas
      Co-Presenters: Dr. Jacob Klimstra, Wartsila Power Plants and Mr. Ben Van den Berg, Power-LA
    4. Case Studies for Utilisation of Recovered Gas
      Moderator: Roger Fernandez, Team Leader, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Methane to Markets Partnership
      • Angola: Elimination of Routine Flaring in Angola—The Onshore Solution
        Frank Christiano, Project Engineer, Chevron Global Upstream & Gas
      • Brazil: Improving Natural Gas Utilisation in the Campos’ Basin
        Denis Krambeck Dinelli, Domestic E&P Gas Production Planning Manager, Petrobras
      • Columbia: Gas Compression
        Krish “Ravi” Ravishankar, Director, Worldwide Environmental Affairs, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation (Oxy)
      • Ecuador: Small-scale/Power Generation from Flared Gas Santiago Pástor Morris, Technical Manager, E&P Ecuador, PESA

11.00

  • Coffee Break

11.30

  • Operational Best Management Practices
    1. Oil and Gas Methane Emission Reductions Best Practices:
      Moderator: Don Robinson, VP, ICF International, on behalf of the Methane to Markets Partnership
    2. Studies for Best Practices for Reducing Vented and Flared Gas
      • Micro-turbine and Other Uses for Low-pressure/Waste Gas
        Gordon Smith, Senior Climate Advisor, BP
      • Oil Production: Spills in the Air—Latest Technology to Identify, Measure and Recover Tank and Facility Emissions
        Larry S. Richards, President and CEO, Hy-bon Engineering Company, on behalf of the Methane to Markets Partnership
      • Advanced Well Completion Technology to Reduce Methane Emissions and Use of Infrared Cameras for Leak Detection
        Phil Snider, Senior Technical Consultant, Marathon Oil Company
      • Gas Processing/Oil Refineries: Infrared Methane Emissions Imaging
        Johan Tegstam, Product Manager, FLIR Systems AB

13.15

  • Panel Discussion: Institutionalizing Gas Utilisation Technologies and Operational Best Management Practices

13.45

  • Forum Chairman’s Concluding Remarks

14.00

  • Lunch