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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
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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
8.30
- Successful Application of Gas Utilisation Technologies
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- Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Reductions Technology Overview
Roger Fernandez, Team Leader, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Methane to Markets Partnership
- Flare Emissions and Efficiency—Past and Current Research
Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Energy and Combustion Generated Air Emissions, Carleton University
- 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
- 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
11.30
- Operational Best Management Practices
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- Oil and Gas Methane Emission Reductions Best Practices:
Moderator: Don Robinson, VP, ICF International, on behalf of the Methane to Markets Partnership
- 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