Agenda

Conference Day One: 15 February 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

8:30 Registration & morning coffee

9:00 IIR Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Chair
Grahame Baker, Senior Advisor, RLMS Group

9:10 Queensland Resources Update - Queensland's LNG Blueprint

• Managing for a decade of new growth
• Addressing industry challenges
• Getting the export and domestic reservation balance right

Michael Roche, CEO, Queensland Resources Council

9:50 LNG - Looking @ the Last 12 Months
Corresponding developments in the CSG Industry
Grahame Baker, Senior Advisor, RLMS Group

10:30 Morning tea

11:00 Case Study: An Update of LNG Developments
Stewart Elliott, Managing Director, Energy World Corporation

11:40 LNG Industry Update

• Global LNG overview
• Asia Pacific LNG Market
• Atlantic Basin LNG Market
• Key factors affecting the LNG industry

Chris Rumley, LNG\Natural Gas Consultant, Poten & Partners (Australia) Pty Ltd

12:10 The LNG Blueprint
Presentation will consider policy position on:

• Water
• Reservations
• Royalties

Mal Hellmuth, General Manager, LNG Industry Unit Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

12:50 Lunch

1:50 LNG Water Management in Queensland
The LNG industry in Queensland will be based on coal seal gas (CSG). The production of CSG involves the extraction of large amounts of groundwater. The impacts on aquifers of the groundwater extraction and the reuse or disposal of the water produced are issues that need to be managed.
Randall Cox, Director, Strategic Water Policy, Strategic Water Initiatives, Department of Environment & Resource Management

2:20 Adjustments to Regulatory Approval and Compliance Approaches to Accommodate the LNG Industry in Queensland
Lindsay Delzoppo, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resource Regulation, Department of Environment & Resource Management

2:50 Panel Discussion and Q & A Session:
Changes and Actions to Support the Developing LNG Industry
Mal Hellmuth, General Manager, LNG Industry Unit Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Randall Cox, Department of Environment & Resource Management
Lindsay Delzoppo, Department of Environment & Resource Management

3:30 Afternoon Tea

4:00 Social Impact Statements Regarding the CSG to LNG Developments
Janet Reark, Principal Social Scientist, WorleyParsons

4:30 The Coordinator-General's EIS Process and LNG Projects

• Application to multiple LNG projects
• Challenges for government and industry

Denis Wayper, Director Significant Project Coordination, Department of Infrastructure & Planning, QLD Government

5:00 Closing Remarks from the Chair

6:30 Conference Dinner: Enjoy a casual dinner and the company of delegates and industry peers

Conference Day Two: 16 February 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

8:30 Morning coffee

9:00 Keynote morning address from Chair: the outlook for Australia becoming a major LNG supplier to Asia
John Hartwell, Head of Resources Division, Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism

9:30 Keynote address:
LNG – an important industry for the central QLD region and its potential to become a $40b export industry
Hon. Andrew Fraser MP, Treasurer, Minister for Employment and Economic Development

10:00 CSG to LNG An Upstream Perspective

• Upstream challenges
• CSG vs Conventional Gas for LNG
• Lean manufacturing

Shaun Scott, CEO, Arrow Energy

10:30 Morning tea

11:00 Servicing the LNG industry within the Port of Gladstone
Presentation will consider dredging requirements for supporting LNG within the port of Gladstone; and the logistics support for the development of LNG on an island within the port.
Gary Carter, Port Planning & Development Manager, Gladstone Ports Corporation

11:40 Surat Basin - the challenges of regional development

• Maximising economic opportunities for the region for LNG
• Minimising community and environment impacts

Paul Martyn, Department of Employment, Economic Development & Innovation, QLD Government

12:20 Lunch

1:20 Exploring the possibility of an LNG plant in Newcastle

• Narrabri CSG Project
  > Status, potential and outlook
• New frontier market opportunities
  > Newcastle LNG

Roland Sleeman, Chief Commercial Officer, Eastern Star Gas

1:50 Meeting the steel demand for the LNG industry with Australian quality fabricated steel

• An overview of Australia's capability & capacity
• Perceptions & facts
• Marketplace realities and the way forward - collaborating with proponents & EPCMs

Don McDonald, Chief Executive, Australian Steel Institute

2:20 Afternoon Tea

2:50 Effectively resourcing the resources sector

• Overcoming the challenges of labour shortages
• Mobilising workforces for major complex projects
• Maximising operations and maintenance resources by using a systematic asset management approach

Charles Rottier, Executive General Manager Strategy & Development Australia & New Zealand and Group Executive Manager Sustainability, Transfield Services

3:20 Multi-criteria optimisation of Mini LNG Processes

• Opportunities for mini and micro sized LNG facilities
• Mini and micro scale LNG processes
• Multi-criteria optimisation of different mini scale LNG processes to minimise capital and operating costs

Dr. Nipen Shah, Research Engineer & John Warner, Division Manager, Process Technology Division, Jord International

3:50 Closing remarks from Chair

End of conference