Midstream pipelines have become the new ground zero of environmental activism. After a largely unsuccessful campaign to keep all fossil fuels in the ground, activists have now adopted a new strategy: kill the heart of American energy by cutting the veins - pipelines. From unlawful, dangerous protest tactics to extraneous legal fights, anti-energy protesters have made it clear they are willing to do whatever it takes to stop the development of much-needed energy infrastructure.

Discussion of current market dynamics affecting the Northeast region, including supply/demand imbalances, forward curves, pricing behavior, etc. Also, an examination of strategies and tools to mitigate risk.

While traditional pipeline infrastructure projects are facing precedent setting regulatory hurdles and public opposition, many companies are turning to virtual pipeline solutions. This panel examines a merchant LNG facility from inception through construction with input from the company, its equipment supplier and construction contractor.

Public opposition to traditional pipeline infrastructure development is growing and regulatory hurdles are becoming more challenging. This panel examines various "virtual pipeline" approaches and other methods that address and augment natural gas demand using alternatives to traditional pipeline infrastructure development.

A discussion of the state of the union of the natural gas industry, the tremendous advantages and challenges facing us today.

Examination of current midstream infrastructure capabilities, capacity required to meet forecast demand, new projects (in construction, waiting on permits, planned), progress in de-bottlenecking the region, and assessment of projects moving forward.

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

The panel will discuss basis hedging trends as the Northeast transitions from a shortage of pipeline capacity to the current situation where producers are playing catch up due to the influx of new pipeline capacity in recent months. The panel will also explore how long duration bespoke hedging around projects such as renewables and power plants impact gas markets.

Our gas buyer panelists will give you solid and valuable insight into what is currently working, what they have learned from volatility and what they will do differently next time. Topics of discussion to include:

1. What buying or pricing strategies are you currently employing, for instance, what if any long-term purchases are you making or how are you managing the hedging activities?
2. Were there any developments this winter that caused you to look at storage and firm transportation differently? Discuss how and why.
3. What kind of impact will commercial/industrial demand have on the US natural gas market in the next 12-18 months?
4. How have powergen demand, residential and industrial demand impacted the current natural gas market? What about LNG and exports to Mexico?
5. How much do global markets matter now? Jones Act in 2019? Impact of Trade Wars?
6. Are the planned Marcellus/Utica pipeline projects enough to affect the current basis? What do you foresee as a result of the recent pipeline expansion and/or project delays?
7. How are renewables impacting your buying decisions?
8. How are gas buyers thinking about NE production in 2019 given the recent focus on producer capital discipline and liquids?
9. How has the current FERC/Regulatory environment impacted the certification of the pipeline capacity and storage?
10. What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?

Immediately after the networking activity on Monday, stop by and join us in the Bunker Hill Foyer 2nd Floor of the Omni Los Angeles Hotel for drinks and networking!

For the past several years, Colorado has been the epicenter of the fight over responsible oil and natural gas production as out-of-state activists and outside money have pushed local bans on hydraulic fracturing and an extreme statewide setback. In 2018, Colorado voters rejected the 2,500-foot setback measure but efforts continue to regulate and restrict the industry, including sweeping reforms passed by the Colorado legislature this year. The lessons learned in Colorado are becoming more applicable across the country. In this session, you will find out what industry has done in Colorado to try and create a more stable and predictable political and regulatory environment.

The Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development (OED) is committed to advancing Utah’s energy and minerals economies for the provision of affordable, reliable, and sustainable outcomes that promote rural and urban economic growth. This is accomplished through adhering to an all of the above energy policy to supports the use of all energy sectors for project and infrastructure development. OED continues to provide agency leadership for advancing natural gas development and policies in order to advocate and engage stakeholders throughout the western region. The Western States and Tribal Nations Rural Natural Gas Initiative (WSTN), is a strategic partnership between government and industry stakeholders that in formalized through a memorandum of understanding between, Utah, Wyoming, Ute Tribal Nation, and Colorado Counties; Mesa, Rio Blanco, Moffat and Garfield. The WSTN has identified two key west coast LNG facilities in its recent report that will generate significant export opportunities for western states natural gas. Western natural gas developments and west coast LNG facilities are aligned for increased rural job growth, economic diversity, infrastructure development, tribal self-determination, access to global markets and environmental stewardship.

Electric Generation Fuel Switching Dynamic
Natural Gas Supply vs Demand Management
Exploding Pipelines: California’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Approach
California’s “Smugness Bill 100” (SB 100)
•What are they smoking?
•Disconnecting from Natural Gas
•Solving a “global” issue California-style
•Is it Affordable?
The Nuclear Option
California’s Retail Power Rates

An overview of energy fundamentals, with a specific emphasis on Western natural gas markets. The discussion also includes a review of the current regulatory environment and international events contributing to the evolving energy landscape.

•The Promise of the Permian: Managing growth in Lower 48’s most promising basin
•Western Canada production outlook and challenges: LNG / Regulatory Concerns
•Capitalizing on Opportunities and navigating Challenges in marketing natural gas to the West
•Rockies production and Decarbonization: Supply flow changes and realistic goals

Alternatives methods for delivery of natural gas where/when traditional pipelines and distribution systems are unavailable or impractical. Including natural gas fueling systems and virtual pipeline arrangements, leveraging truck transport of LNG and CNG.

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

How can we best balance the equally important needs of equality, environment, economy, and a truly sustainable energy future?

•Industrial and PowerGen end use gas buyers discuss natural gas supply requirements including deliver-ability concerns and rate-able take requirements in support of renewables. Topics of discussion to include:

1. What buying or pricing strategies are you currently employing, for instance, what if any long-term purchases are you making or how are you managing the hedging activities?

2. What are the important issues/challenges for your LDC/company/industry in both the short-term and the long-term? How will your LDC/company/industry meet these challenges?

3. How has the recent low-cost commodity environment impacted expectations of and communications with end-users and regulators?

4. Were there any developments this winter that caused you to look at storage and firm transportation differently? Discuss how and why. What will you do differently to prepare for the winter of 2019/2020 based on low storage injection projections?

5. How have exports to Mexico and LNG Exports impacted the current natural gas market in the West?

6. Are the planned Permian pipeline projects enough to affect the current basis? What do you foresee as a result of the recent pipeline expansion and/or project delays?

7. How are Canadian flows impacting natural gas in the Northwest / West?

8. How has the impact of the Aliso Canyon and SoCal outages affected the region and gas buying in the region?

9. Approximately 40% of the U.S. Coal power plant capacity has shut down since 2010 and this trend doesn’t appear to be changing.

a. Does your company have plans to shut down coal plants and will gas be used to replace this generation?
b. Have other utilities that you transact with shutdown coal and has that changed your gas or power sales with them?

10. Has the growth in renewable power generation impacted your gas demand? If so, how?

11. How do you see utility scale batteries (energy storage) impacting your gas demand – in 2 years, 5 years, 10 years?

12. What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?

How can we best balance the equally important needs of equality, environment, economy, and a truly sustainable energy future?

•Risk associated with winter / Steps to take to mitigate risk
•Identifying and quantifying risk associated with climate change
•Power Generation - What's going on now?
•Natural Gas LNG as a Bridge
•How the energy world can help the World

Discussion of natural gas supply/demand dynamics, including demand variables, inter-basin supply competition, evolving flow patterns, crude oil pricing impacts, global implications, and future year forecasts.

Perspectives on strategies and infrastructure updates for transportation of gas from supply sources to markets in the Mid-Continent. Includes examination of alternative methods for delivery of natural gas where/when traditional pipelines and distribution systems are unavailable or impractical. Including natural gas fueling systems and virtual pipeline solutions, leveraging truck transport of LNG and CNG.

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

The presentation will provide an overview of the impact of the elections and discuss legislative and regulatory issues impacting the natural gas industry in the 116th Congress.

Gas buyers and Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) share perspectives on gas buying strategies through FAQs and case studies. Topics of discussion to include:

1. What buying or pricing strategies are you currently employing, for instance, what if any long-term purchases are you making or how are you managing the hedging activities?

2. What are the important issues/challenges for your LDC/company/industry in both the short-term and the long-term? How will your LDC/company/industry meet these challenges?

3. Are there any recent “disrupters” that are affecting your business?

4. How has the recent low-cost commodity environment impacted expectations of and communications with end-users and regulators?

5. Were there any developments this winter that caused you to look at storage and firm transportation differently? Discuss how and why. What will you do differently to prepare for the winter of 2019/2020?

6. What external factors are impacting the current natural gas market? LNG Exports / Fires / Other?

7. Are the planned pipeline projects enough to affect the current basis? What do you foresee as a result of the recent pipeline expansion and/or project delays?

8. What tools and assets would you like to have access to as an end-user to improve your ability to manage your energy portfolio?

9. What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?

Update on the challenges and opportunities facing public gas systems and the natural gas industry as a whole. Discussion about attacks on the direct use of natural gas and APGA response. Overview of APGA’s legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts.

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, now in operation, opens a new corridor for Appalachia producers to access the Southeast market. Regional buyers will now need to evaluate the increased optionality of new supply. With increased export demand evolving on the Gulf, should regional buyers look North for new suppliers?

LNG export quantities are increasing dramatically. And a line up of new liquefaction facilities are poised to come on stream on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts only adding to export volumes. What does this mean for U.S. Southeast markets?

An overview of the changes in the Southeast / Gulfcoast market including production, consumption, flows, and LNG. Additionally, an update on regulatory highlights and BP’s latest on the Energy Transition.

Panel discussion on regional natural gas price implications of pipelines and demand projects entering service, newfound producer capital discipline, and the growing importance of liquids production. Panelists will debate the potential for a second wave of industrial and LNG export projects. Also, why the forward curve has not supported salt storage capacity additions.

The importance of remaining focused on providing clean, safe, reliable, affordable natural gas in an ever-changing and dynamic energy industry. This is a call to be innovative, invested in the security and safety of our pipelines and distribution systems, and to define natural gas’ critical role in a clean energy future.

Latest updates on Pipeline / Midstream / LNG infrastructure projects in the Southeast U.S., as well as challenges and opportunities facing infrastructure development.

Public opposition to traditional pipeline infrastructure development is growing and regulatory hurdles are becoming more challenging. This panel examines various "virtual pipeline" approaches that address and augment natural gas demand using alternatives to traditional pipeline infrastructure development.

Please join our hosts, the Corporate Sponsors, at a cocktail reception in your honor. Don’t make your dinner plans too early as hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be the highlight of this extremely well attended session!

What can we tell about future Mexican energy policy following the governments first few months in power? Is the push for energy independence feasible - what are impacts on US exports? What role will Pemex and CFE have going forward? CRE and Cenagas; from importance to impotence? Outlook for pipeline completions and US-Mexico gas exports through 2019-2020

This panel shares observations on Southeast U.S. market developments and challenges, from the unique perspective of distributors, electric generators, and large end users of natural gas.

1. Were there any recent developments that caused you to look at commodity purchases, storage or firm transportation differently? Discuss how and why.

2. What are your supply/demand concerns over the next 12-18 months?

3. How have LNG exports, exports to Mexico, Powergen demand, residential and industrial demand impacted the current natural gas market?

4. Are the planned pipeline projects sufficient for the long-term projected SE demand?

5. Are there any regulatory concerns that you would like to address?

6. What buying or pricing strategies are you currently employing, for instance what if any long-term purchases are you making or how are you managing hedging activities?
a. How are you managing hedging activities to reduce future volatility?

7. What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?

8. What are the important issues/challenges for your LDC/company/industry in both the short-term and the long-term? How will your LDC/company/industry meet these challenges?