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Agenda
| Tuesday,
April 8, 2008 |
8:00
- 8:30 AM
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Registration
& Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30
- 9:00 AM |
Meeting Context,
Objectives and Agenda
Bob Nimocks,
CEO, Zeus Development Corp.
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| 9:00
- 9:45 AM |
The Challenges of Downscaling LNG Cost
Effectively from a Skeptic's
Prospective
Al Kaplan,
formerly of Marathon Oil
Al Kaplan has decades of experience in
developing baseload liquefaction plants,
most recently the 3.7 million mty Equatorial
Guinea LNG for Marathon Oil. What are
the primary challenges one must consider
when downscaling an LNG plant for export?
What must LNG developers who wish to develop
multiple projects address first to make
them as efficient as possible? Kaplan
will discuss these.
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| 9:45
- 10:30 AM |
The Unfolding of
Small- and Medium-Scale Liquefaction
Bob Nimocks,
CEO,
Zeus Development Corp.
Nimocks will review the results and
conclusions of a six-month survey conducted
by Zeus that identified 54 small- and
medium-scale LNG projects in varying
stages of development. While each project
is important, Nimocks focus on the strategies
of proponents and consider the strategic
opportunities as some begin to broaden
their market territory and business
models.
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| 10:30
- 11:00 AM |
Break
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| 11:00
- 11:45 AM |
Development
of Mid-Scale LNG Projects from a Contractor’s
Perspective
Brian Price,
vice president, LNG technology, Black
& Veatch
This paper will discuss development
timelines, key decision points appropriate
technologies for medium-scale LNG. Recent
cost estimates for various sizes of
projects will be presented. While baseload
LNG plants supply the vast majority
of LNG for the market, growing “diseconomies”
of scale are bringing more attention
to medium-scale liquefaction. Medium-scale
projects require smaller reserves, less
overall investment and shorter development
timeframes. Projects however must be
robust enough to overcome some of the
infrastructure costs that occur regardless
of scale.
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| 11:45
- 12:00 PM |
Leveraging Manufacturing Efficiencies
from Hamworthy's Re-liquefaction Systems
to Compete for Small & Medium Scale
LNG
O. Bruno Larsen,
business unit director, onshore, Hamworthy
Gas Systems AS
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12:00 - 1:00
PM
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Lunch
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| 1:00
- 1:45 PM |
LNG-Powered
Vehicle Markets: How High Diesel Prices
and New Offerings by Manufacturers Are
Ballooning Demand for Medium-Scale LNG
Ray Latchem,
CEO, Desert Gas Services
Numerous small and medium-scale LNG projects
are serving centrally fueled fleets. In
California for example, the Ports of Long
Beach and Los Angeles have agreed to buy
18,000 LNG trucks, prompting Kenworth
and Westport Innovations to design new
products and open new manufacturing lines.
Latchem has been asked to describe how
LNG-powered transportation is leading
to numerous new LNG plant announcements
in the Western United States.
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| 1:45
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Mid-Tier
Reserves: How Many Are There, Where
are They Located, How Are They Monetized?
Chris Cothran,
research analyst, Zeus Development Corp.
Cothran is in the midst of conducting
a survey of world gas discoveries to
identify and rank those fields suited
for monetization with downscaled LNG
infrastructure.
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| 2:30
- 3:00 PM |
Break
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| 3:00
- 3:45 PM |
Innovative
Floating LNG Solutions for Deepwater
and Arctic Fields
Nagan Srinivasan, Deepwater Structures
Inc.
This presentation
introduces production of LNG offshore
as an innovative and technically viable
solution. Key feasibility issues for
arctic and deepwater application are
discussed. Two concepts are introduced:
one with ship-shaped for deepwater and
the second non-ship-shaped for arctic.
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| 3:45
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Competing
Gas-Monetization Technologies & Economics
to Medium-Scale LNG
Tim Cornitius,
editor, Zeus Development Corp.
Cornitius
will review the breadth of application
and basic economics for technologies,
such as methanol, ammonia, and GTL relative
to medium-scale LNG to provide the attendee
an indication of the attractiveness of
LNG to these other gas-monetization avenues.
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| 4:30
- 5:00 PM |
Wrap Up
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| 5:00
- 6:00 PM |
Reception |
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