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Andy Lukas
CEO
Sydney Gas

 
 
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Shaun Scott
CEO
Arrow Energy

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Maurice Brand
MD/CEO
LNG Limited
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Michael Roche
Chief Executive
Queensland Resources Council
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Conference:
Day 1
31 March 8:30am - 5:30pm
Day 2
1 April 8:30am - 5:30pm
 
 
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Programme


Day One Tuesday 31 March 2009
Day Two Wednesday 1 April 2009

last modified: 27/03/2009 03:31:43 (GMT)

Day One Tuesday 31 March 2009
8.30am
Registration and welcome coffee
 

9am
Opening remarks from the chair
 
 
Mr David LaFerla, Managing Director,
Negotiaction

CSM industry development: State and Federal policy updates
 

9.10am
Fostering the growth of the Coal Seam Methane industry:
 A critical ingredient in Australia’s energy supply
 
  • CSG’s role in National energy supply
  • How will government policy aid the development of CSG?
  • Australian Federal Government initiatives to facilitate CSG LNG project advancement
     
 
Tania Constable, Principle Advisor Resources & Energy Policy,
Department of Resources and Energy

9.40am
Encouraging the development of QLD’s burgeoning CSM industry
A QLD Government policy perspective
  • Defining the export value of CSG to the state
  • urat Basin: the new economic powerhouse in Queensland
  • Future Queensland CSM infrastructure development
    requirements
 
Mr Mal Hellmuth, Executive Director LNG Projects,
Department of Infrastructure and Planning

10.20am
Speed networking

11am
Morning Tea
 

Strategy development to maximise the potential of CSM
 

11.30am
Panel discussion: QLD CSM & LNG industry outlook
  • Impact of the GFC on project developments
  • Forecasting long term industry growth
  • Policy developments needed to support growth
 
Mr Mal Hellmuth, Executive Director LNG Projects,
Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Tania Constable, Principle Advisor Resources & Energy Policy,
Department of Resources and Energy
Mr Shaun Scott, CEO,
Arrow Energy

12pm
Arrow Energy: An emerging global leader in CSM development
  • Business expansion China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia
  • Arrow Energy’s project updates: leveraging returns from LNG
  • $776 million alliance with Royal Dutch Shell
  • Joint buy-out  with AGL Energy of Enertrade
  • 50/50 partnership with ERM power in the development of the Braemer 2 power station
  • Diversifying Arrow’s portfolio by moving to electricity generation
     
 
Mr Shaun Scott, CEO,
Arrow Energy

12.30pm
Bow Energy CSM initiatives
  • Expansion focus: Bow’s expansive conventional and CSG portfolio
  • Exploration strategy review, outlook for proving up gas reserves
  • Project updates: Cooper Basin, Bowen Basin
     
 
Mr John de Stefani, CEO LNG and Commercial,
Bow Energy

1pm
Networking Lunch: Sponsored by
 
Mr Tim Overland, General Manager Business Development,
AJ Lucas Group Ltd

Updates in the development of LNG for CSG export
 

2.30pm
Preparing and packaging CSM projects for financing
  • Attracting funding to CSM projects
  • Developing business models to deliver shareholder value and market penetration
  • Understanding the implications of Kyoto on power investing
  • Driving growth through investment and meeting market’s ROI expectations
     
 
Mr John Corbett, Principal,
Peron Group

3pm
Panel Session: Driving growth: deciding where to go next
  • Project updates and future forecasting
  • Diversifying your portfolio to ensure growth
  • Identifying what needs to be done to ensure exploration
  • Where to next on the Australian CSG scene
 
Mr Maurice Brand, MD/CEO,
LNG Limited
Ms Glenda McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer,
Metgasco
Mr John Corbett, Principal,
Peron Group

3.40pm
Afternoon Tea
 

Exploring CSM financial and commercial growth
 

4.10pm
Business model for mid scale LNG project in Gladstone
  • Business case for mid scale LNG
  • Gladstone LNG a real example
  • Achievements to date
  • Milestones for first LNG in 2011
     
 
Mr Maurice Brand, MD/CEO,
LNG Limited

4.40pm
Developing CSM from a new basin
  • Programs for evaluating the potential of a new basin
  • Defining technical and financial challenges and opportunities
  • Examining commercial opportunities and their benefits to your business
 
Ms Glenda McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer,
Metgasco

5.10pm
Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one
 
 
Mr David LaFerla, Managing Director,
Negotiaction

5.20pm
Networking Drinks

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Day Two Wednesday 1 April 2009
8.30am
Welcome coffee
 

9am
Opening remarks from the chair CSM integration into the energy industry
 
 
Mr David LaFerla, Managing Director,
Negotiaction

CSM INTEGRATION INTO THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
 

9.10am
Developing a state wide strategy for the evolving CSG market
  • Potential contribution of CSM to the QLD economy
  • Environmental considerations: CSM contribution to a cleaner energy mix
  • CSM & ETS 2010
  • Ensuring a stable exploration platform to ensure Queensland’s mining sustainability
 
Mr Michael Roche, Chief Executive,
Queensland Resources Council

9.40am
Round Tables
  • LNG developments in the world of CSM
    David La Ferla, Managing Director, Negotiaction
  • Coal seam methane production
    John Rich, Director, Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)
  • Driving investment in CSM
    John Corbett, Principal, Peron Group

10.30am
Developing Molopo Coal Bed Methane assets in QLD and NSW
  • Update on Molopo’s production, appraisal and exploration assets in the Bowen, Gloucester & Clarence Moreton Basins
  • The Mungi field\The Harcourt/Bindaree Field
  • The Timmy Prospect
  • Lilyvale And Oak Park Prospect
  • Performance of new lateral wells
  • Variations in drilling technologies
 
Mr Stephen Mitchell, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer,
Molopo Australia

11am
Morning Tea
 

CSM producer perspectives, exploration & production updates
 

11.30am
Sydney Gas developments in NSW CSG production
  • Future planning of CSG gas sales
  • Camden Gas Project updates – JV with AGL
  • Taping the vast coal deposits of the Sydney Basin for CSG production
 
Mr Andy Lukas, CEO,
Sydney Gas

12pm
Developing CSM reserves in Northern NSW for Eastern Australian energy users and international LNG markets
  • Eastern Seaboard generator MOU’s in place
  • Status of the exploration and appraisal program in the Gunnedah Basin
  • ESG’s initiatives in driving NSW based electricity generation
  • Project update: PEL238 corehole exploration – the main focus of ESG’s development programme
  • ESG outlook
     
 
Mr David Casey, Managing Director,
Eastern Star Gas

12.30pm
Lunch
 

1.30pm
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2.20pm
Icon Energy JV Strategies
  • Partnering with Babcock & Brown to drive CSG development
  • Funding production business future: $2.7 million raised for gas
    plans
  • Using CGS to meet international investor demand
     
 
Mr Ray James, Managing Director,
Icon Energy

2.50pm
Panel discussion: Outlining the future of CSM production and Exploration
  • Forecasting the international demand of the role of LNG in CSM
  • Proving up resources for global customers
  • Examining exploration potential in the future of Australia
  • What are the emerging opportunities in CSM for Australian business
 
Mr Ray James, Managing Director,
Icon Energy
Mr David Casey, Managing Director,
Eastern Star Gas
Mr Andy Lukas, CEO,
Sydney Gas
Mr John Rich, Director,
Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)

3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
 

4pm
Unlocking CSG reserves through new drilling, production and completion techniques
  • Recent advancements in drilling technology
  • Inception of horizontal directional drilling and its advantages (wastewater, gas and infrastructure installations)
  • Deep drilling advantages of Lucas-introduced surface to in-seam drilling 
  • Future outlook for drilling in Australia
  •  Lucas Energy CSM production initiatives: Gloucester Basin & Woleebee Creek
     
 
Doug Henderson, Manager Engineering Services,
AJ Lucas Group

4.30pm
The challenges of using CSG water in Municipal Supply

• Dalby council – Arrow Energy desalination project: Up to 5 mega litres per day to supplement nearby town water supplies
• Treatment possibilities to provide potable water
• Excess CSG water used for growing crops
• Reverse osmosis used to treat water for fish farming
 
 
Mr Terry Fagg, Utilities Manager,
Dalby Regional Council

5pm
Closing remarks from the Chair and close of conference
 
 
Mr David LaFerla, Managing Director,
Negotiaction

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