Global Forum Proceedings:
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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 Addresses
- Unlocking the Value of Wasted Natural Gas
Somit Varma, Director, World Bank’s Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department
PDF Address 27 KB
Dan McFadyen, Chairman, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta
- Clearing the Air: A Role For Us All
Guy Outen, Shell E&P, Executive VP E&P Strategy and New Business
PDF Slides 162 KB
10.15
- Introductory Remarks:
Robert M. Lesnick, Forum Chairman,
World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR)
PDF Slides 162 KB
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, World Bank GGFR
PDF Slides 49 KB
- Market
Rights to Monetize Gas, Pricing and Access to Infrastructure and Markets in Key Gas Flaring Countries
- Lew Watts, President and CEO, PFC Energy
PDF Slides 1.92 MB
- Regulation
Challenges and Options in Practical Implementation of Gas Flaring Regulation
- Murat Rahimbergenov, Chairman, Committee on Environmental Regulation, Republic of Kazakhstan
PDF Slides 60 KB
- John Shinn, Advisor, Chevron, USA
PDF Slides 291 KB
- Jean Pierre Boussougou, Directeur Adjoint, Direction Generale Des
PDF Slides 1.06 MB
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.
PDF Slides 62 KB
- About Gas Valorisation Routes
Jean-Marc Seguineau, Vice President, Africa, Technology & Production, Total E&P
PDF Slides 836 KB
- A New GTL, A Better GTL
Tom Rolfe, President, Synfuels
PDF Slides 1.6 MB
- Small-scale LNG
Halfdan Millang, Technical Director, Hamworthy, Norway
PDF Slides 1.5 MB
- Gas to Power
Dr. Jacob Klimstra, Sr. Energy and Engine Specialist, Wartsila Power Plants
PDF Slides 2.3 MB
- Peter Riches, Chief Executive, CompactGTL
15.30
- Coffee Break, Hosted by StatoilHydro
16.00
- Session A: Improving Economics of Flare and Vent Reduction Projects
Moderator: Francisco Sucre, Energy Specialist, World Bank GGFR
- Oil & Gas Fiscal Framework
John Griffith, Senior Economist, Gaffney-Cline & Associates
PDF Slides 64 KB
- Gas Transmission & Distribution
Uji Subroto Santoso, Vice President, PT PGN (Persero) TBK
PDF Slides 1.1 MB
- CDM in Gas Projects
Jorgen Keyser, Senior Vice President of Oil & Gas, Sindicatum Carbon Capital
PDF Slides 76 KB
- Flare Gas Utilization Projects—Central Asia and Africa
Bob Schmitz, Associate, Qualitas International
PDF Slides 115 KB
- ERCB Tools for Improving Economics of Flare and Vent Reduction
Michael Brown, Senior Production Engineer, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta
PDF Slides 113 KB
- Sabah Gas Conversion Project
Ajay Mehta, Regional CO2 Focal Point, Shell Malaysia Exploration & Production
PDF Slides 955 KB
- Session B: Emerging Gas Utilisation Technologies
Moderator: Jean-Eric Molinard, Adviser, World Bank GGFR
- An Economic Solution to Small to Mid Scale Liquefaction
Paul Emmitt, New Technology Manager, Energy & Power
PDF Slides 416 KB
- New Enabling Technology for Converting Flares to Fuel
Alan Richards, Methion
PDF Slides 2.3 MB
- Clearing the Air! Achieving Sustainability and Air Quality with Technology
Audrey Mascarenhas, CEO, Questor
PDF Slides 2.0 MB
- Upstream GTL Solutions for Flaring
Edward Peterson, Operations Manager, Synfuels
PDF Slides 332 KB
- Energy Efficient LNG Technology for Recovery of Flare Gas Technology for Recovery of Flare Gas
Arne Jakobsen, Business Development Manager, Hamworthy
PDF Slides 2.11 MB
18.00
- Forum Chairman’s Day 1 Concluding Remarks
19.30
- Gala Dinner, Hosted by Shell E&P
West Indisch Huis (West India House), Herenmarkt 93-99, Amsterdam
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
PDF Slides 497 KB
- Flare Emissions and Efficiency—Past and Current Research
Dr. Matthew Johnson, Canada Research Chair in Energy and Combustion Generated Air Emissions, Carleton University
PDF Slides 2.4 MB
- Operational Experience with a Gas-Diesel Engine Running on Flare Gas
Jacob Klimstra, Sr. Energy and Engine Specialist, Wartsila Power Plants
PDF Slides 416 KB
- 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
PDF Slides 932 KB
- Columbia: Gas Capture, Compression, Utilization, and Linkage to Social Responsibility
Krish “Ravi” Ravishankar, Director, Worldwide Environmental Affairs, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation (Oxy)
PDF Slides 1.0 MB
- Utilisation of High CO2-Content Flare Gas for Steam and Electricity Generation
Santiago Pástor Morris, Technical Manager, E&P Ecuador, PESA
PDF Slides 3.5 MB
11.30
- Operational Best Management Practices
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- Oil and Gas Methane Emission Reductions Best Practices
Don Robinson, Vice President, ICF International, on behalf of the Methane to Markets Partnership
PDF Slides 782 KB
- Studies for Best Practices for Reducing Vented and Flared Gas
Moderator: Don Robinson, Vice President, ICF International, on behalf of the Methane to Markets Partnership
- Micro-turbine and Other Uses for Low-pressure/Waste Gas
Gordon Smith, Senior Climate Advisor, BP
PDF Slides 836 KB
- 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
PDF Slides 2.9 MB
- Advanced Well Completion Technology to Reduce Methane Emissions and Use of Infrared Cameras for Leak Detection
Phil Snider, Senior Technical Consultant, Marathon Oil Company
PDF Slides 782 KB
- Tank Inspection at Shell Refinery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Johan Tegstam, Product Manager, FLIR Systems AB
PDF Slides 1.1 MB
13.15
- Panel Discussion: Institutionalizing Gas Utilisation Technologies and Operational Best Management Practices
13.45
- Forum Chairman’s Concluding Remarks