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Tuesday May 26 2009: Conference Day One
POLICY OVERVIEW
9.00 Opening remarks from the chair
9.10 Welcoming Address: Clarke Energy
Welcome to delegates
CSG & CMM options as an emerging energy resource
Recent industry achievements for Clarke Energy
A view to the future?
Greg Columbus, Managing Director, Clarke Energy
9.50 Department of Climate Change perspective on CSM developments
Stephen Bygrave, Assistant Secretary, Coverage
and Market Development Branch, Commonwealth Department of Climate Change
10.30 Morning Coffee in the Exhibition
11.10 Queensland Resources Council Viewpoint:
CSGs stake in a diversified energy future
Feeding global and domestic energy demand
growth
The consequences of a carbon-constrained outlook
Maximising Queenslands natural advantage
Michael Roche, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Resources Council
11.40 The role of CSM water as a valuable water resource
Role of SunWater, CSM producers and the government in the development of a sustainable business model
Water transportation and delivery methodology
Future challenges and opportunities
Peter Boettcher, Chief Executive, SunWater
12.10 Commercial implications for market participants of the future changes to the East Coast gas market
Major drivers of change and implications on the future EA gas market
Introduction of gas capacity issues in the market and looming price volatility
Strategic response by pipeliners, CSM producers and users to these changes
Craig Langford, Managing, Director, MDQ Consulting (formerly Santos)
12.40 Lunch for speakers and delegates
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN COAL SEAM GAS
1.40 CASE STUDY: Arrow Energy project update
Overview of market conditions
Upstream project overview
Downstream project overview
Looking to the future
Shaun Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Arrow Energy
2.10 CASE STUDY: Eastern Star Gas
The latest developments for Eastern Star Gas
Market opportunities
Outlining the way ahead
David Casey, Managing Director, Eastern Star Gas
2.40 The development and operation of eastern Australias new gas transmission backbone
Making best use of existing infrastructure
Configuring for flexibility
Expansion opportunities
Peter Sardelis, Business Development Manager, Epic Energy
3.10 Afternoon tea in the exhibition area
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CSM PRACTICES
3.40 Coal seam methane reserves and resources booking practices
Scott Pennell, Director - Unconventional Gas, Sproule
4.10 Improving profitability by increasing productivity
Lifting productivity to a new level
How to help keep your gas engine running better
- longer
The next-generation high-performance gas engine oil
Senior representative, Mobil Industrial Lubricants
4.40 Gas layering in the subsurface: Implications for CSM exploration and production
Steven W. Hennings, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Norwest Questa
Scott Thomson, Managing Director, Norwest Energy Consultants
5.10 End of Conference Day One and Networking Drinks in the exhibition area brought to you by Clarke Energy
7.00 The Official 7th Annual CSM-CMM Conference& Exhibition Gala Dinner at Customs House proudly sponsored by Mobil Industrial Lubricants
Wednesday May 27 2009: Conference Day Two
8.00 The Official CSM Summit Networking Breakfast
Ease into the second day of the 2009 CSM Summit with a relaxed and informal
breakfast with you peers from the industry in the exhibition area
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW ON CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS FOR CSM
9.10 The growth and significance of coal seam gas in Australia
An overview of what has happened in the industry over the past year
Recent developments in all the States and Territories not just Queensland
and NSW
Likely future developments and issues for the industry
Grahame Baker, Senior Advisor, RLMS
9.40 The outlook for CSG in Queensland and the Eastern Seaboard: implications of
global developments for regional gas markets
CSG production review: recent history and outlook
Production vs Cost: what does the supply curve look like?
Maximising the value of CSG resources: local options, export opportunities
The role of CSG post Garnaut
Paul Balfe, Executive Director, Acil Tasman
10.10 CSM in International LNG markets
Impact of the global financial crisis on gas
Recent developments in LNG demand and prices
Place of CSM in LNG markets
Graeme Bethune, CEO, Energy Quest
10.40 Morning Coffee in the Exhibition Area
CSM PRODUCTION SESSIONS
The following sessions will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the CSG
industry from the companies that are the foundation for the growth in the sector, giving
you insight into current activities and plans going forward.
11.10 CASE STUDY: Westside Corporation
Proving up reserves of coal seam gas in its tenements and acquisition
of interests in additional prospective tenements
Developing the business case to bring viable reserves into commercial
production
Marketing the gas to downstream customers through a variety of available
channels
Completing a thorough assessment of the development potential of the permit
areas of our Indonesian JV partners with a goal of proving up reserves for
development
Angus Karroll, Managing Director, Westside Corporation
11.40 CASE STUDY: Bow's high potential CSG portfolio
Bow's core business and reserve targets
Bow's key resources focusing on three very high
potential blocks in the heart of CSGs Bowen Basin
Bow's CSG growth plan
John De Stefani, CEO Commercial, Bow Energy
12.10 CASE STUDY: Market opportunities for coal
mine gas
About CSM Energy
Mine gas ownership rights
Impact of the Carbon Reduction Scheme
Opportunities
Duncan van der Merwe, Managing Director, CSM Energy
12.40 Lunch for speakers and delegates
1.40 CASE STUDY: L&M Coal Seam Gas
Kent Anson, Chief Executive Officer, L&M Coal Seam Gas
2.10 CASE STUDY: Blue Energy
Blue Energy is a rapidly-evolving energy exploration company,
strategically positioned with abundant CSG assets throughout Queensland
to meet the rising demand for cleaner power
Blue Energy developed an extensive CSG exploration portfolio, with an asset
base of eight CSG operated petroleum exploration permits
Blue Energy also has interests in conventional assets in the Cooper/Eromanga
Basin as well as offshore Papua New Guinea
Peter Cockcroft, Acting Chairman, Blue Energy
2.40 The Pedirka Basin- A frontier coal basin
Central operates vast acreage of 30,000 km2 of Permian sediments in the
Pedirka Basin
One permit alone, EP 93 has c.9,000 km2 of Permian coal up to 160m net
thickness
Enormous CBM and/or UCG potential - estimates have ranged over 30 TCFG
CBM in prospective recoverable resources
Additional NCR gas and oil in the Horn Valley Siltstone-Amadeus Basin -
20,000 km2 in the oil or gas window
John Heugh, Managing Director, Central Petroleum
3.10 Afternoon tea in the Exhibition Area
3.40 The use of ECI processes on gas infrastructure projects
What is Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)?
The decision to use an ECI approach
The procurement and selection process to select ECI proponent/s
Keys areas for consideration
> Development of the consolidated Risk Adjusted Price
> Identification and consideration of risks
> Development of the contract terms
> Open book estimating
> Developing a relationship management approach
The workshop process
> The use and role of workshops
> Types and frequency of workshops
> Outcomes expected from workshops
What can be reasonably expected from the ECI process
Stephen Callaghan, Director, Stephen Callaghan & Associates
4.10 Sustainability Frameworks for CSM
The importance of environmental best practice
Compliance versus best practice
What are the socio-economic issues CSM companies need to have on
their radar?
An effective sustainability framework draws these issues into an overarching
framework that will be discussed in this presentation
Chris Cosgrove, Director Corporate Sustainability, Rowland
4.40 Legal issues arising from the introduction of an emissions trading scheme, and
mandatory greenhouse reporting on the CSM Sector
Exploring the legal impacts of an emissions trading scheme
and NGERS particularly in relation to contracts and:
CMM and CSM related agreements
Joint ventures
Mergers and acquisitions
Brendan Tobin, Senior Associate, McCullough Robertson
5.10 Close of Conference
