Day One Tuesday 31 March 2009
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8.30am | Registration and welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the chair
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| CSM industry development: State and Federal policy updates |
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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
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| | Tania Constable, Principle Advisor Resources & Energy Policy, Department of Resources and Energy
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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
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| | Mr Mal Hellmuth, Executive Director LNG Projects, Department of Infrastructure and Planning
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10.20am | Speed networking
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11am | Morning Tea
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| Strategy development to maximise the potential of CSM |
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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
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| | Mr Mal Hellmuth, Executive Director LNG Projects, Department of Infrastructure and Planning Tania Constable, Principle Advisor Resources & Energy Policy, Department of Resources and Energy
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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
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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
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1pm | Networking Lunch: Sponsored by
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| Updates in the development of LNG for CSG export |
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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
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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
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3.40pm | Afternoon Tea
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| Exploring CSM financial and commercial growth |
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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
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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
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5.10pm | Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one
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5.20pm | Networking Drinks
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Day Two Wednesday 1 April 2009
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8.30am | Welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the chair CSM integration into the energy industry
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| CSM INTEGRATION INTO THE ENERGY INDUSTRY |
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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
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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
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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
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11am | Morning Tea
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| CSM producer perspectives, exploration & production updates |
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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
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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
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12.30pm | Lunch
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1.30pm | U-Turn
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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
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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
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| | Mr John Rich, Director, Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)
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3.30pm | Afternoon Tea
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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
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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
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5pm | Closing remarks from the Chair and close of conference
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