4th Annual LNG Tech Global Summit 2009


19th - 21st October 2009
Beurs-WTC Congress Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Technology Innovation Day | day one | day two

Technology Innovation Day19 October 2009
13:00
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Innovative technologies and services for error-free start up of LNG facilities
In this session you will discuss how to save time and cost without compromising on safety or the environment through:
  • Effective flange management and leak testing to ensure leak-free start-up
  • Removal of water from critical processes to prevent hydrates, corrosion and product contamination
  • Generate nitrogen from air on site to inert tanks and pipework, eliminating supply chain logistics

Mark Elliott, Global Process Technology Manager, Weatherford Pipeline & Speciality Services

Andrew Woodhead, Business Development Manager, North Africa, Weatherford Pipeline & Speciality Services
 
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Asset Life Cycle Management
AVAILABLE
  • What external coatings are viable under cryogenic conditions?
  • Extending the working life cycle of the asset and reducing maintenance costs
 
14:30
Refreshments break
14:50
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Automation and Control
AVAILABLE
  • Increase flexbility using new technology
  • Minimise downtime through effective process management
  • Improve safety performance by increased automation
 
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
New liquefaction projects: Onshore vs. offshore
AVAILABLE
  • Evaluating the case for offshore liquefaction projects - is it all about stranded gas reserves?
  • Cost-effective but is it viable?
  • Explore the different risk management approaches required
 
15:50
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Fibre Optic Technology For Monitoring Regasification Plants
AVAILABLE
  • Monitoring the cool down process
  • Creating scalable control and monitoring solution
 
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Site Security
AVAILABLE
  • Dealing with an ever-increasing threat where the safety of the plant and personnel is essential
  • Latest technologies for creating maritime security zones
 
16:50
Close of Technology Innovation Day

Technology Innovation Day | day one | day two

Conference Day One20 October 2009
08:00
Registration and morning refreshments
09:00
Chairman's welcome and introduction
09:10
LNG market outlook
The effect of the economic downturn on the LNG industry
  • Supply and demand dynamics
  • Project financing and funding
  • What effect will the recession have on pricing of LNG?

Steve Robertson, Director, Douglas Westwood
09:45
New technology in harsh environments: Sakhalin start-up
A case study on the Sakhalin LNG project
  • Explore the challenges associated with Arctic operating conditions
  • Evaluate new liquefaction technologies and their application to the project

Rob Klein Nagelvoort, General Manager Gas Technology, Shell Global Solutions
10:20
LIQUEFACTION
Case study: Kitimat's Bish Cove Project
The first fully-permitted terminal on the west coast of North America
  • Learn how the design stage of this project is being approached
  • Examine lessons learned from the FEED study

Rosemary Boulton, President, Kitimat LNG
 
CARRIER TECH
Ship-to-ship transfer innovations
  • Address technical challenges in ship-to-ship transfer
  • Hear an operational overview of the first commercial STS transfer in the Gulf of Mexico

Dirk Carpentier, Technical Director, Exmar
 
REGASIFICATION
Adria LNG: Tackling new terrain
An update on the Adria LNG project in Croatia
  • Overcome the challenges of infrastructure; building facilities in isolated areas
  • Predict forthcoming challenges and methodologies for overcoming them

Dr. Michael Mertl, Managing Director, Adria LNG
 
10:55
Pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings and morning refreshments
12:15
LIQUEFACTION
Mid-scale production: Shan Shan LNG
  • Overview of the Shan Shan LNG project
  • Gain insight into the design and construction phases, and process technology selection
  • Evaluate the first four years' operations

Albert Meffert, Project Manager, TGE Gas Engineering
 
CARRIER TECH
Effective Arctic carrier design specification
  • Analyse the suitability of membrane cargo containment systems for harsh environments
  • Ensure the integrity of your carrier vessels in the event of iceberg impact
  • Select proper design reinforcements through sloshing analysis

Soizic Le Goff, R&D Ice Class Project Leader, Gaztransport & Technigaz
 
REGASIFICATION
Start-up process engineering for new regas facilities
  • Consider process engineering specifications for new regas facilities
  • Analyse first drop and testing requirements for successful start-up

David Messersmith, LNG Technology Group Manager, Bechtel
 
12:50
Networking luncheon
13:55
INTERACTIVE SESSION
LNG tank developments & containment systems
  • Developing an aluminium double barrier tank for LNG facilities
  • Advantages when compared with conventional membrane designs and containment systems
  • Adapting new technology for problematic siesmic conditions
 
INTERACTIVE SESSION
LNG Asset Operation and Business Readiness
  • Prepare the LNG asset to achieve a faster return on investment by getting the asset on stream faster and to full production more quickly
  • Ensure the Operations teams are fully prepared for day one operations
  • Enable faultless startup and operations through highly integrated solutions for security, automation, and operations

Larry Perkins, Automation & Control Solutions, Honeywell
 
14:30
INTERACTIVE SESSION
LNG plant life cycle integrity and inspection management
  • Optimise the integrity of pressure equipment throughout the life cycle through effective management of construction and operation phases
  • Improve equipment integrity and reduce deficiencies associated with assurance processes during fabrication/construction and commissioning
  • Ensure your equipment is fit for service using risk-based inspection (RBI) assessment

Dr. Chris Smith, Manager - Asset Integrity, Applus RTD Pty Ltd
 
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Redefined pressure control technology and the cost/effect on the infrastructure
  • Redefining pressure letdown techniques
  • Impact and benefits on infrastructure, including modular and floating designs
  • Environmental and safety enhancement

Kevin Jackson, Oil & Gas Industry Manager, Mogas Industries Inc.
 
15:05
Pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings and afternoon refreshments
16:50
An overview of LNG project costs
  • Capital cost escalation across the LNG chain, its impact on a project's design and its commercial viability in a difficult economic environment
  • The significance of operating costs, their estimation and control
  • Cost versus schedule: How to select concepts and design a LNG project for a continuous effective outcome over its life cycle

Tony Acton, Private LNG Consultant,
17:25
Question Time
An interactive debate on the current challenges facing the industry

Mike Wilkes, Director, LNG Licensing Global Gas, ConocoPhillips
Rob Klein Nagelvoort, General Manager Gas Technology, Shell Global Solutions
Captain Mark K. Lane, Senior Vice President, Operations, Excelerate Energy
Tony Acton, Private LNG Consultant,
18:00
Close of day one and evening drinks reception

Technology Innovation Day | day one | day two

Conference Day Two21 October 2009
08:30
Delegate registration
09:00
Chairman's opening remarks and review of day one
09:10
Case study: Sabine Pass LNG regasification terminal
  • A technical overview of the planning, design and construction of the Sabine Pass LNG project
  • Preview the expansion of the terminal
  • Analyse technical challenges in developing a terminal with simultaneous unloading capabilities

Ed Lehotsky, Vice President, LNG Project Management, Cheniere Energy
09:45
Start-up experiences on Hammerfest LNG
A technical overview of challenges faced by the world's northen-most LNG plant
  • Explore the difficulties faced in the first field development in the Barents sea
  • Consider the role of the Linde/Statoil MFC technology with an all-electric design and the offshore pipeline for CO2 injection
  • Analyse successful measures taken to improve production capacity and plant regularity

Roy Ivar Nielsen, Technical Manager, Snøhvit Project, Hammerfest LNG (StatoilHydro)
10:20
FLNG
Floating liquefaction vessels: An operator's perspective
  • An overview of the technical and strategic considerations in FLNG projects
  • Realising the potential of stranded gas reserves with FLNG technology
  • Analyse long-term plans for newly-constructed vessels
 
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Case study: Operational excellence in Egyptian LNG liquefactions plants
  • Realise environmental improvements through increased vapour recovery from LNG shipments
  • Improve plant efficiency through debottlenecking of your LNG trains
  • Offset your emissions through carbon trading between plants

Ahmed Shehata, Operations Director, Egyptian LNG
 
10:55
Morning refreshments
11:20
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Enhance unloading and regasification terminal offshore operation using HiLoad technology
  • Overview of HiLoad technology - improving safety and efficiency
  • Accommodate any LNG carrier without modification - examining the tanker interface
  • Discover successful applications of HiLoad technology and results achieved
 
INTERACTIVE SESSION
The Mixed Fluid Cascade (MFC) process beyond Hammerfest
  • Understand the experience from Hammerfest LNG in terms of concept and equipment
  • Transform the successful concept for arctic conditions into a design for warm climate
  • Arrange the process units NGL extraction, liquefaction and NRU in an optimised manner

Heinz Bauer, VP Technology, LNG and Gas Processing, Linde
 
11:55
Working across the entire LNG value chain
  • Partnering with Repsol YPF on an Argentinian regasification plant
  • Evaluate technical specifications and challenges with offloading systems
  • Analyse the role of FLNG in future LNG operations, with specific reference to liquefaction

Captain Mark K. Lane, Senior Vice President, Operations, Excelerate Energy
12:30
Networking luncheon
13:40
FLNG
Offshore LNG technology applications
  • An overview of the application of offshore LNG technologies and their
  • Impact of offshore technology on the effiicacy of your LNG business

Jean-Pascal Biaggi, Vice President Offshore LNG, Technip
 
REGASIFICATION
Doubling the capacity of your regasification terminal: The SINES LNG expansion
  • Background to the project - current and past activity indicators and the decision to go forward
  • Technical design of the expansion project
  • Overcoming major challenges in the construction and start-up of the expansion

Carlos Azevedo, General Manager, SINES Terminal, REN Atlantico
 
14:15
FLNG
Conversion of carrier vessels to floating regas units
A look at the world's first FSRU conversion project
  • Overview of the conversion of the Golar Spirit, Golar Winter and Golar Freeze vessels into FSRUs
  • Construction and commissioning challenges

Tor Skogan, Vice President, Moss Maritime
 
LIQUEFACTION
Advancements in liquefaction technology
  • Improve flexibility in your liquefaction facilities
  • Expedite the liquefaction process with innovating cooling technologies
  • Evaluate the use of cryogenic technology in heat exchangers
 
14:50
INTERACTIVE SESSION
FPSO Construction: The EPC perspective
Cost Effective Strategies
  • Overview of available FPSO construction technologies
  • Selecting the best technology - balancing cost and efficiency
  • Alternatives to construction - the benefits of leasing
 
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Managing risk in your LNG operations
  • Explore successful risk management strategies applied in LNG operations
  • Effective asset protection systems for safety and security
  • Management of fire control and site monitoring
 
15:25
Afternoon refreshments
15:50
The technology approach to the LNG value chain: Repsol's experiences
  • Overview of the technology approach in the whole LNG value chain
  • Explore the role of technology in supporting key business drivers in LNG
  • Consider LNG technology planning to identify work lines, matching short and long-term goals

Calogero Migliore, LNG Technology Manager, Repsol
16:25
Construction update: Rotterdam's Gate Terminal
A local operator's perspective
  • Evaluate construction progress so far
  • Analyse the challenges faced in LNG tank construction
  • A look towards forthcoming jetty and pipeline construction

Branko Pokorny, Managing Director, Gate Terminal
17:00
Chairman's closing remarks and close of LNG Tech Global Summit 2009

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