Организатор: WTG Energy

Место проведения: Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I, Barcelona, Spain

Tackling gas prices — developing a successful gas and storage infrastructure

Join us at the Gas Transport and Storage Summit 2009 to discuss the most important issues faced by today’s gas industry as well as providing unrivalled networking opportunities.

Gas transportation and storage has never been a more important topic. With gas prices soaring and suddenly dropping at record levels combined with high fluctuation in a demand for natural gas in Europe and beyond, reliance on gas from outside Europe is higher than ever. It is now a vital challenge for all gas companies that they ensure the security of supply as well as that their storage and transportation networks are in place to maintain continuity of supply at reasonable prices.

The GTS 2009 summit and networking event will bring together the leading gas experts to discuss the most important issues faced by today’s gas industry.

Furthermore, the event provides the perfect platform for networking and building powerful strategic alliances with your industry peers.
Why attend?

* Learn from the cutting-edge case studies such as Castor or Etzel storage projects
* Network with your peers through our pre-arranged one-to-one meetings system to develop new ideas and partnerships through a new pipeline of unique contacts for your transport and storage projects
* Discover the latest market developments and issues affecting the gas transport and storage industry
* Maximise your profitability by developing adequate gas storage facilities

Respond to problems before they happen and keep the gas flowing.

Программа

Pre-event Workshop

28th January 2009
13:00
MODELLING OF UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE IN A DEPLETED GAS FIELD

* Predicting the behavior of fluids under different operating conditions by using reservoir models
* Gas reservoir modeling with module systems of reservoir simulator.
* Utilising simulated production and injection scenarios for the gas storage operation

15:00
GETTING VALUE FROM STORAGE IN THE CURRENT EUROPEAN GAS MARKET

* Gas storage for supply security
* Storage regulation & GGPSSO
* Valuing storage capacity from a user’s viewpoint
* Valuing storage capacity from an operator or investor’s viewpoint
* Flexible storage contracts, to maximise value for both sides

Salman Wasti, Manager, Gas Strategies UK
Bob Handley, Senior Associate, Gas Strategies UK

workshop | day one | day two
Day One29th January 2009
08:30
Registration and coffee
09:00
Chairman’s introduction
09:10
Emerging European policy framework for gas transportation and storage
A look at the third internal Energy Market Package and what it means for transportation and storage systems

* Implementation and follow-up to the second package
* New regimes and initiatives under the third package
* European-level initiatives for security of supply

Heinrich Hick, DG Energy & Transport Directorate, European Commission
09:45
How can regulators and gas infrastructure operators work together to drive the gas industry forward?
This session will consider the current situtation in the European landscape, with a special focus on the Spanish system. Besides UGS and pipe transportation, LNG will also be addressed.

* Role and interactions between gas infrastructure operators and regulators within the new industry context
* Access regimes to gas infrastructures
* Combined infrastructure operators

Francisco de la Flor, Director of Regulation, Enagas
10:20
Assessing the future challenges facing European gas transport and storage

* Defining the currrent commercial and regulatory environment for gas storage and transportation
* The requirement and opportunity for new transportation and gas storage capacity in the European gas market
* What is storage capacity worth in today’s market? Providing an outlook for the key drivers of seasonality and volatility
* Identifying the key challenges in developing additional infrastructure projects

Ben Hollins, Head of European Gas & Power Consulting, Wood Mackenzie UK
10:55
STRATEGY FOCUS ROOM
LNG Supply and its impact on European market infrastructure

Salman Wasti, Manager, Gas Strategies UK

OPERATIONAL FOCUS ROOM
The Zuidwending Storage project: Combining market principles

* Introduction to the cavern storage project Zuidwending
* Cooperation with partners in this project
* Role of an infrastructure company in storage (independent storage operator, TPA in storage)
* Zuidwending versus other storage opportunities
* Expansion possibilities/future developments

Gerard van Pijkeren, Project Manager, Participations and Business Development, Gasunie The Netherlands

11:30
Morning refreshments and pre-arranged one to one meetings
12:45
Networking Lunch
13:55
Meeting transit challenges: The contribution of the Energy Charter

* The Energy Charter and its transit principles
* Recent transit developments
* Overview of access to and tarification of transit within the Energy Charter constituency
* Operational reliability of transit and storage

G?rb?z G?n?l, Senior Transit Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat Belgium

Engineering approach for high perfomance gas storages

* Exploring engineering approach for design and operation
* Reliability and availability
* Redundancy and Maintenance (spare parts) Concepts
* Pool Concepts
* Ramp up and change over times (operation modes)

Georg Schneider, Project Manager, ILF Germany

14:30
Afternoon refreshments and pre-arranged one to one meetings
16:15
Industry workshop
Increasing product life cycle through maintenance and refurbishment

* New low cost ways to increase products’ life cycle
* Assessing new technology and innovation in asset management
* Technology and solutions aimed at decreasing cost of maintenance and refurbishment

Industry workshop
What does pore storage imply and what are the key issues in designing and planning the development and the operation of storages in porous reservoirs?

* Understanding key aspects of gas fields and important aspects for storage
* Looking at gas field development and well design construction
* Reviewing specific requirement for storage wells
* Discussing specific UGS requirements for aquifers, gas and oil fields

16:50
End of day one and networking drinks reception

workshop | day one | day two
Day Two30th January 2009
08:30
Registration and coffee
09:00
Chairman’s opening remarks

Rudolf Huber , Head of Business Development, ECONGAS Austria
09:10
Storage opportunities and developments in the european marketplace

* Overview of the european market
* Explore current and future challenges and opportunities for european storage operators
* Analyse the main issues surrounding the Third Package

Jean Marc Leroy, Vice President of GDF Suez Major Infrastructures division and the GSE President, GDF Suez France
09:50
Underground gas storage in the UK: The Costain experience
There are as many as 18 Underground Gas Storage Projects going through various stages of planning in the UK at the moment and this reflects that strategic investment is needed quickly to become equivalent with its’ European neighbours, France and Germany. In recent time the UK did not need to supplement the indigenous North Sea gas supply and only had a handful of small LNG peak shaving plants, but with a forecast that 80% of the UK gas consumption by 2020 will be imported, activity is increasing markedly.

* Impact of the Planning Act (2008), which proposes an Infrastructure Planning Commission to handle applications for development consent for gas supply infrastructure in England.
* Overview of Costain UGS projects in the UK
* Wider planning and environmental issues of a top-tier COMAH site
* Project specifics, compressor selection, material of construction, venting, dehydration technology and the transfer from leaching to gas operations

Sandy Dunlop, Business Development Manager, International, Costain Oil, Gas & Process UK
10:30
Morning refreshments
11:00
STRATEGY FOCUS ROOM
Transport and Storage: Pricing more critical than ever

* «Supporting decision making and reducing surprises»
* Increasing the value of gas operations
* Economic considerations

Rudolf Huber , Head of Business Development, ECONGAS Austria

OPERATIONAL FOCUS ROOM
The Etzel storage facility

* Boosting capacity for storage by 2010
* Creation and conversion work on salt caverns
* Pipeline interconnection to export gas to the Dutch network

Fabien Favret, Vice-President Business Development, Midstream & Downstream, Gas Division, EDF France

11:35
The White Stream pipeline project

* Working in tandem to secure supply for Europe
* The business case for pipeline projects
* Securing your energy future: What steps are needed to ensure Europe doesn’t fall short?

Roberto Pirani, Chairman & Technical Director, GUEU-White Stream Pipeline Company Ltd UK

The Castor Gas Storage project

* A fundamental element to the efficiency and security of the Spanish gas system
* Building two offshore platforms for 13 wells
* Linking up to onshore compression and processing plants and adjoining pipelines

Recaredo del Potro, President, ESCAL UGS Spain

12:10
The Role of Gas Storage in a Meeting the Challenges of “Famine and Feast” Cycles in a Global Gas Market

* Economic uncertainty threatens to have a ripple/tidal wave impact on the outlook for European gas demand growth as well as new supply sources and infrastructure projects
* What projects and which regions are most vulnerable to the market shifts?
* How can Europe best leverage its gas storage capacity to capitalize on cycles in LNG availability to the Atlantic basin and ensure supply security over both the short and long term?

Cynthia Poynter , Senior Manager Midstream, IHS UK
13:10
Networking lunch
14:10
Project management of gas storage assets

* What are the relevant value drivers?
* What are the industry best practices?
* What project deliverables need to be generated, and when, for gas storage projects?

Daniel Lammerts van Bueren, Project Director, Nuon Netherlands
14:45
Impact of market changes on the supply portfolio

* What is happening to supply and demand for transportation and storage?
* Does wider flexibility create a more efficient market
* Does the regulatory regime meet the market’s needs?
* What sort of storage and flexibility services does the market want and will it get them?

Krzysztof Kwiecien, Natural Gas Analyst, Energy Diversification Division, International Energy Agency France
15:20
Panel discussion
Cement two days of learning and networking by participating in our end of conference panel discussion, facilitated by a selection of speakers from the event.
16:00
Close of the summit