Natural Gas Forum 2020
November 9-11, 2020 | San Antonio, TX | Westin Riverwalk
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Standard Registration (NEW Discounted Price!)
Regular paid attendees. All attendees not qualifying for specific categories below.
In Person + Virtual Access Conference Registration – $895.00 (NEW Discounted Price!)
Add Optional Networking Activities – $195.00
Virtual Access Only – $295.00 (NEW Discounted Price!)
Gas Buyers Free
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*All session times are Central Time Zone
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Monday, November 09
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7:15 AM |
8:15 AM | Networking with the Industry: Registration & Continental Breakfast
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8:15 AM |
8:30 AM | Welcome & Overview
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8:30 AM |
8:45 AM | Special Welcome Message:
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8:45 AM |
9:30 AM | Panel: What Comes Next? How demand could roil or spoil North American natural gas markets this winter
Click here for details.Market expectations for winter 2020-21. With a variety of long-term weather forecasts predicting a cold, near normal and warmer than average winter, season ending storage and price hang in the balance. Walk through baseline expectation of the supply demand balance and highlight how sensitive the market and storage will be to weather. With a decline in production forecast for 2021 and the market tightening, demand will have a major impact on market dynamics over the withdrawal season.
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9:30 AM |
10:15 AM | Presentation: Some Beach: 4 Bcf/d Permian Gas Capacity Headed To The Beach! What Happens To Flows And Basis?
Click here for details.Expectations for Permian natural gas are far from what they were when this year started. Lower crude oil prices and a focus on capital discipline have slashed rig counts by about two-thirds since January and there are few signs of a recovery on the horizon. As a result, just about everyone’s forecast for Permian gas growth is much lower than just a few months ago, with tepid gains through the early 2020s now the industry’s consensus view. However, if you think all this means that Permian gas markets have lost their relevance, think again. Despite the modest production growth anticipated, the basin’s gas flow patterns will soon be thrown into shock as 4 Bcf/d of new outflow capacity to Gulf Coast markets starts up next year, when the Permian Highway and Whistler pipelines begin operation.
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10:15 AM |
10:45 AM | Networking Break
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11:45 AM | Presentation: Building midstream infrastructure in a low carbon environment
Click here for details.Updates on Energy Transfer's projects in progress, as well as perspectives on developing new midstream infrastructure in the current environment.
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Mr. Adam Arthur, Senior Vice President-Business Development, Energy Transfer
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11:45 AM |
12:15 PM | Board Buses & Depart for Optional Afternoon Networking Activity (Group Tour of Stabilis Energy George West Liquefier)
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12:15 PM |
5:30 PM | Group Tour of Stabilis Energy George West Liquefier
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5:30 PM |
7:30 PM | Monday Evening Attendee Welcome Reception (Located in the Olivares & Riverwalk Patio – Riverwalk level)
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Tuesday, November 10
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7:15 AM |
8:15 AM | Networking with the Industry: Registration & Continental Breakfast
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8:15 AM |
8:30 AM | Welcome & Overview
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9:15 AM | Opening Keynote: Lessons Learned from Colorado
Click here for details.Experience of impacts from various policy decisions in Colorado as a proxy for the future for natural gas markets across the continent, including shifting political demographics, fracking bans, promoting industry perspective, mobilizing industry employees, building coalitions and a way forward, and action plans.
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10:00 AM | Presentation: The Role of Natural Gas in the Clean Energy Future
Click here for details.As renewable energy continues to penetrate, I will outline the Operational, Environmental, and Economic benefits of natural gas and its associated infrastructure. Included will be a breakdown of the recent California blackouts.
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10:30 AM | Networking Break
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11:45 AM | Regional Panel - West / Rockies: All is Not quiet on the western front
Click here for details.Updates, analysis and projections for what’s next for West/Rockies markets from the perspective of LDCs, Midstream Operators, Power Utilities, and Market Analysts
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Mr. Gary Venz, Director Commercial Services, Williams – Northwest Pipeline
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11:45 AM |
1:00 PM | Regional Panel - U.S.-Mexico: Balancing the Market Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
Click here for details.Including: Supply/Demand Dynamics, Mexico's Natural Gas Market Two Years Into the AMLO Administration, midstream project updates, etc.
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2:00 PM | Keynote Lunch: North American Energy: Where do we go from here?
Click here for details.This keynote presentation will touch on recent events (external market factors, gas prices), followed by discussion of near and long term supply/demand trends. The presentation will incorporate context from BP's Energy Outlook, including exploration of forces shaping global energy transition out to 2050, key uncertainties surrounding that transition as well as updates on BP's investments.
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3:15 PM | Regional Panel – Gulf Coast: The Big Show – Gulf Coast Natural Gas Markets
Click here for details.Latest developments and what is next for Gulf Coast natural gas markets, including supply/demand dynamics, LNG exports, midstream delivery capabilities, production sources, etc.
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3:15 PM |
4:30 PM | Panel: Resistance is futile – alternatives to serving markets by pipeline
Click here for details.Discussion and case studies about alternatives to traditional pipeline transportation for connecting markets to supply, including virtual pipelines, micro LNG, etc.
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6:30 PM | Cocktail Reception-Hosted by the Sponsors (Located in the Olivares & Riverwalk Patio – Riverwalk level)
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Wednesday, November 11
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7:15 AM |
8:15 AM | Networking with the Industry: Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30 AM | Welcome and Overview: Veteran’s Appreciation
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9:15 AM | Opening Keynote: Natural Gas is a Part of the Solution
Click here for details.Natural gas continues to be considered a problem, causing rising greenhouse gas emissions and negatively impacting the environment. Public natural gas utilities have been challenging this and speaking up about the value of the direct use of natural gas, both to the climate and the consumer. This presentation will provide some background on concerns being raised by policy makers and the public, and then, detail the beneficial efforts to push back against those that want to limit fuel choice. Participants will also hear how and encouraged to be a part of this important conversation.
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9:45 AM | Presentation: U.S. LNG 2020 Update
Click here for details.The growth of the global LNG market, U.S. LNG exports, and impact of U.S. LNG on global emissions reductions.
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10:20 AM | Panel: How New Technology Is Revolutionizing the Nat Gas Industry. What does this mean for your business? Are you ready to compete?
Click here for details.Over the past year, many companies in the upstream and downstream segments have started to adopt a growing number of digital solutions to seek cost cuts through innovation and new technologies. Many are already using data analytics, cloud computing, digital oil fields, digital twins, robotics, automation, predictive maintenance, machine learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although the gas sector was slower than others to adopt digitalization, now digital disruption and transformation has taken on an urgency. As late as last year, companies were reluctant to hand over their data to a third party cloud provider like Amazon. Now the tide has turned and companies are migrating to the cloud en masse. What does this mean for your business? Are you ready to compete?
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10:45 AM | Networking Break
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12:00 PM | Panel: Gas Buyers - Expectations and What They Can Expect
Click here for details.Panel of Gas Buyers from market regions across the continent share perspectives on purchasing expectations, as well as outlooks on anticipated impact of current/future market conditions and policy implications.
1. Are you concerned with the legislative push in some states for 100% renewable energy in the near future?
2. With the push for renewable energy, are you considering locking in longer term gas supply and pipeline capacity for those facilities that are natural gas dependent?
3. What effect has Covid had on your product demand and resulting natural gas usage. What steps have you taken to manage?
4. Has your business in the last 12 months witnessed any noticeable load swings or demand shifts within residential, commercial, and industrial usage?
5. Has increasing difficulty in completing pipeline expansion projects affected your strategy around supply sourcing?
6. Do you see current commodity pricing continuing at current levels? Are you employing hedging strategies to lock in current prices?
7. With many oil & gas producers struggling in the current environment, have you made changes to your gas supplier line up?
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Mr. Zachary Shaaban, Sr. BD & Sales Representative, CenterPoint Energy - Mobile Energy Solutions
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Mr. Alex Fried, Senior Purchasing Mgr - Energy Purchasing, Procter & Gamble
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*Invited