BLOCK 3 - NATURAL GAS & RENEWABLES


The discussion will focus on key issues related to natural gas (non conventional sources, transportation, regional supply and demand balance), gas to liquids technologies and renewable sources of energy (wind and solar).

Block 3 Forums

F13 - Non-conventional gas (CBM, hydrates, gasification of
coal/heavy-oil bottoms).

F14 - State of the art on renewable (wind & solar) sources of energy.
F15 - Recent developments in bio-fuels.
F16 - Natural gas as a transportation fuel.
F17 - Balancing the regional gas supply & demand equations.
F18 - Monetizing underutilized gas resources (GTL, LNG).

Block 3 Best practice keynotes

BP7 - Role of renewables in the supply mix.
BP8 - Review of Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technologies.
BP9 - Gas transportation challenges.

Block 3 Round tables

RT7 - Hydrogen: energy for the future or not?.
RT8 - Securing european gas supply.
RT9 - Coal bed methane: addressing environmental constraints.

F13 - Non-conventional gas (CBM, hydrates, gasification of
coal/heavy-oil bottoms)

Chair: Mr. Michael Gatens
CEO, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada, Canada.
ViceChair: Mr. Brij Mohan Bansal
Director (P&BD), Indian Oil Corporation, India.
ViceChair: Prof. Stanislaw Rychlicki
Drilling Oil & Gas Faculty, Kraków University, Poland.

Papers:

• Natural Gas Production from Tight Gas Formations: A Global Perspective. Dr. Roberto F. Aguilera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. Coauthors: Dr. Thomas Harding, Dr. Federico Krause, University of Calgary, Canada, Dr. Roberto Aguilera, University of Calgary, Canada.
• India’s R&D Efforts for Developing Natural Gas Hydrates as an Energy Resource. Dr. Pushpendra Kumar, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India. Coauthors: Mr. Malcolm Lall, Mr. V K Sibal, Directorate General of Hydrocarbon, India.
• Technology Innovation and the Importance of Unconventional Gas Resources in Canada. Dr. Eddy Isaacs, Alberta Energy Research Institute, Canada.
• Critical Success Factors of CBM Development – Implications of Two Strategies to Global Development. Dr. Alex Chakhmakhchev, IHS Inc., USA. Coauthor: Mr. Bob Fryklund, IHS, USA.
• Unlocking the Potential of CBM: An Exploration of Alberta’s Royalty Treatment of Unconventional Gas. Mr. George Demian, BP Canada Energy Company, Canada.

Papers:

• Coal-Bed Methane Using in Poland – The Present State and Perspectives. Prof. Jerzy Stopa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland. Coauthors: Prof. Stanislaw Rychlicki, Mr. Stanislaw Nawrat, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland.
• Swapping Methane by Flue Gas in Gas Hydrates through Unconsolidated Porous Media. Mr. Dae Huh, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea. Coauthors: Mr. Jahyoung Lee, Mr. Huen Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea.
• Underground Natural Gas, Liquid Petroleum Gas or Petroleum Storage in Abandoned Coal Mines. Dr. Stanislaw Nagy, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland. Coauthors: Prof. Jakub Siemek, Prof. Stanislaw Rychlicki, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland.
• New Dimensions in CBM Well Cementation – Case Histories of Successful Implementations of Lightweight Cement Slurries. Mr. Debashish Dasgupta, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India. Coauthors: Mr. Satinath Banerjee, Mr. V.K. Jain, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India.

F14 - State of the art on renewable (wind & solar) sources of energy

Chair: Mr. Per Holmgard
President Energy Renewables, Dong, Denmark
ViceChair: Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt
CEO, REpower Systems AG, Germany
ViceChair: Mr. Álvaro Ybarra
CEO, Isofoton, Spain

Papers:

• World Wind Energy Outlook – Prospects & Challenges. Dr. Salman Ghouri, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar.
• The Prospects for Offshore Renewable Energy. Mr. John Westwood, Douglas-Westwood Limited, United Kingdom.
• Cost Reduction Opportunities for the PV Industry by Operational Excellence in the March towards Grid Parity. Mr. Emilio Mera, BP Solar, Spain. Coauthor: Mr. Alvaro Granada, BP, Spain.
• Solar Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells: Valuing the Contribution of Distributed Energy Resources to the State of California, USA. Dr. Lori Smith Schell, Empowered Energy, USA.
• Renewable Energy Sources as Panacea to the Global Environmental Problems. Mr. Lawal Gada, Greenado International, Nigeria.

Posters:

• Construction and Tests of Solar Stoves for the Devoid Communities of the Great River of North-Brazil. Mr. Johnson Moura, University of RN-UFRN, Brazil.
• Combination of Solar Energy and LPG in Energy Efficient Houses. Mr. Miguel Muñecas, Repsol YPF, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. Ignacio Leiva, Mr. Iñigo Palacio, Repsol YPF, Spain.
• Electricity Generation from Waste Gas – A Bio-Thermal Case Study. Mr. Jeff McQueen, PetroSA, South Africa.
• Geothermal Water – Renewable, Ecologically Acceptable and Multipurpose Energy Potential. Mr. Sini_a Horvat, INA-Naftaplin, Croatia. Coauthor: Mr. Alojz Getliher, INA-Naftaplin, Croatia.
• Hydrogen. Mr. Carlo Romagnoni, Cierre Engineering, Italy.
• Renewable Energy Development in China. Mr. Shejiao Wang, Petrochina, China. Coauthors: Mr. Min Li, Mr. Jiahong Yan, Petrochina, China.

F15 - Recent developments in bio-fuels

Chair: Prof. Suzana Kahn Ribeiro
Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ViceChair: Ms. Carmen Becerril
General Director for Strategy Analysis & R&D, Acciona, Spain
ViceChair: Mr. Harri Turpeinen
Vice President, Development & Laboratories, Neste Oil Corp., Finland

Papers:

• The Effect of Fuel Additives on Biodiesel (B-100) Long Term Oxidative Stability and Performance. Dr. Ibrahim Abou-Nemeh, Novus International, USA.
• Tree Borne Oil Seeds: Potential Biodiesel Resources in India. Dr. Rakesh Sarin, Indian Oil Corporation, India. Coauthors: Ms. Meeta Sharma, Mr. K C Dohhen, Dr. S K Puri, Dr. A A Gupta, Dr. R K Malhotra, Indian Oil Corporation, India.
• Petrobras Initiatives for the Glycerin Co-Produced with Biodiesel. Ms. Marcia Leite Drachmann, Petrobras, Brazil.
• The Uses of Simulation in Delivering Quality Bio-Fuels to the Retail Market. Mr. Roy Calder, Invensys SimSci-Esscor, United Kingdom. Coauthors: Dr. David Earp, Invensys SimSci-Esscor, United Kingdom, Mr. Harpreet Gulati, Invensys Process Sytems, USA.

Posters:

• Biodiesel – A Futuristic Approach for Energy Security in India. Mr. D.J Kataky, Indian Oil Corporation, India.
• Most Recent Developments in Biodiesel Infra-structure. A Practical Case Showing How to Distribute 80 Million Liters. Mr. Luís Silberman, Cia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga, Brazil. Coauthor: Mr. Luiz Athayde da Silva Kauer, Cia Brasileira de Petroleo Ipiranga, Brazil.
• Logistics Infra-structure Plan for Ethanol Exportation. Mr. Gilberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthors: Mr. Marcelo Pernambuco de Fraga Rodrigues, Petrobras, Brazil, Mr. Rodolfo Crystello Davariz, CILOG Consultoria, Brazil.
• Bio-Oil Production from Biomas by Fast Pyrolysis Full Scale Plant Experience. Mr. Gerardo Maioli, Tecna, Argentina. Coauthors: Ms. Patricia Gilligan, Ms. María Brosio, Mr. Juan Manuel Eberle, Tecna, Argentina.
• Optimization of the Biodiesel Production from Castor Oil and Influence of the Temperature on the Rheological Behavior of its Blends with Diesel Fuel. Mr. Fabio Pereira Fagundes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Coauthors: Prof. Carlos Roberto Oliveira Souto, Ms. Suzan Laly Gomes de Medeiros, Ms. Alexsandra de Souza Silva, Prof. Marta Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
• Validation of Ethanol Production from Sugar Cane and Cassava by Small Scale Farmers. Mrs. Bárbara Martins Rodrigues, Petrobras, Brazil.
• Production of Biodiesel and Family Agriculture. Mr. George Mendes, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthors: Dr. Benedito Carvalho, Mr. David Leal, Mr. Jose Fausto, Mr. Maria Santana, Mr. Roberta Pires, Petrobras, Brazil.
• An Energy Company and the Brazilian Bio-Fuel Program. Mr. Fernando Torres, Petrobras, Brazil.
• Preparation of Polymeric Supports for Biodiesel Production – Influence of Swelling Degree and Size Particle. Mr. Fabio Pereira Fagundes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Coauthors: Ms. Alexsandra de Souza Silva, Ms. Suzan Laly Gomes de Medeiros, Ms. Marta Costa, Prof. Carlos Roberto Oliveira Souto, Ms. Emmanuella Layne Ferreira Vidal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
• Performance Evaluation Characteristics of Constant Speed CI Diesel Engine Using Jatropha Curcas-Pongamia Pinnata Biodiesel Blends. Mr. Amit Sarin, Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology, India.
• The Use of Biofuels in Central Europe. Mr. Tibor Vuk, MOL, Hungary.

F16 - Natural gas as a transportation fuel

Chair: Mr. Sarthak Behuria
Chairman, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., India
ViceChair: Mr. Marcelo Rodrigues
Natural Gas Director, White Martins, Brazil
ViceChair: Dr. Alexandre Rojey
Vice President, Sustainable Development, IFP, France

Papers:

• Adsorbed Natural Gas Technology Development for Transportation Fuel. Prof. M. Mehdi Akbarnrejad, National Iranian Oil Company, Iran.
• Development of CNG Infrastructure - India’s Experience. Mr. Ashwani Gumber, Gail India Ltd., India.
• The Use of Natural Gas Fuel in Diesel Engines: Case Study in Egypt. Dr. Mohamed Shehadeh, AAST, Egypt. Coauthor: Dr. Mohamed El-Ghamry, AAST, Egypt.
• The Increasing Role of LPG and Natural Gas as Transportation Fuels in Algeria. Mr. Said Akretche, Naftal, Algeria.
• Use of Natural Gas as Fuel for Ships. Mr. Kjell Martin Sandaker, Eidesvik Offshore ASA, Norway.

Posters:

• Application of CNG as a Transportation Fuel for Cleaner Environment. Mr. T.P. Antony, Gail India, India.
• CNG as a Transportation Fuel in India. Mr. D.J. Kataky, Indian Oil Corporation Refineries, India.
• Challenges of Culturally Adapting to the Use of Natural Gas as Vehicular Fuel in Peru: It’s Impact on the Family Economy and its Effects on the Hydrocarbon Trade Balance of the Country. Mr. Rafael Segovia, Pluspetrol Peru Corporation, Peru. Coauthors: Mr. Miguel Zúñiga, Mr. Jaime Risco, Pluspetrol Peru Corporation, Peru.
• Autogas (Butane + Propane) as another Natural Alternative on Clean Transport in Spain and Worldwide. Mr. Iñigo Palacio Prada, Repsol Butano, Spain.

F17 - Balancing the regional gas supply & demand equations

Chair: Dr. Jozsef Toth
Chief Advisor to the Executive Chairman and CEO, Mol Group, Hungary
ViceChair: Mr. Faisal Al Sewaidi
Vice Chairman & CEO, Qatargas, Qatar
ViceChair: Mr. Antonio Orfão
President, Sonangol Gas Natural, Angola

Papers:

• EU Common Natural Gas Market. Is that Possible? Mr. José María Egea, Gas Natural, Spain. Coauthor: Mr. Fernando Herrera, Gas Natural, Spain.
• Central and Eastern Europe’s Answer to Energy Dependency. Mr. Benjamin Lakatos, Gas Trading and Business Development, Hungary.
• Global LNG Outlook – Challenges & Opportunities. Dr. Salman Ghouri, Qatar Petroleum Corporate Planning, Qatar.
• Perspectives to the Southern Cone Gas Balance Using a Game Theory Approach Mr. Jaime Turazzi Naveiro, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthors: Mr. Fernando Mauricio de Aquino Mendes, Mr. Pedro Leonardo Neves Medina, Petrobras, Brazil.

Posters:

• LNG Hub Harbours; a Proposal for Regional Energy Offer/Demand Balance Improvement. Mr. Ignacio Sanchidrián, Proes Consultores, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. José Manuel García Muioa, Mr. Carlos Sanchidrián, Proes Consultores, Spain.
• Underground Gas Storages (UGS) as an Element of the Safety Energy System. Dr. Stanislaw Nagy, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland. Coauthors: Prof. Jakub Siemek, Prof. Stanislaw Rychlicki, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland.
• Supply and Demand Evolution of Natural Gas Liquids in Peru and its Effects on the Local and Regional Energetic Matrix, Mr. Rafael Segovia, Pluspetrol Peru Corporation, Peru. Coauthors: Mr. Jaime Risco, Mr. Miguel Zuñiga, Pluspetrol Peru Corporation, Peru.
• Technical and Economical Evaluation of Alternatives for Natural Gas Transportation. Mr. Marko Antonio López Bendezu. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Gas Transit via Ukraine to Europe: Security and Reliability. Mr. Anatolii Andriievskyi, NaftoGaz, Ukraine. Coauthors: Ms. Oksana Draganchuk, Mr. Zinoviy Osinchuk, NaftoGaz, Ukraine.
• At the Crossroads: Hungary-Ukraine Cooperation in Contributing to the Natural Gas Balance of the European Union. Mr. Peter Kiss, KPMG, Hungary.
• The Role of Turkey in Regional Gas Transportation. Mr. Alper Kesikli, TPAO, Turkey. Coauthor: Mrs. Nazl_ Oyku Us, TPAO, Turkey.

F18 - Monetizing underutilized gas resources (GTL, LNG)

Chair: Mr. Joseph Naylor
Chief Operating Officer, Sasol Chevron, United Kingdom.
ViceChair: Mr. Saeid Pakseresht
R&D Director, NIGC, Iran.
ViceChair: Mr. Didier Holleaux
Vice President E&P, Gaz de France, France.

Papers:

• Technology Evaluation Methodology for Stranded Gas Monetization Options. Dr. Roberto Coll, Repsol YPF, Spain. Coauthors: Mr. Eduardo Carbón, Dr. Jesús Delgado, Repsol YPF, Spain.
• GTL.F1 Progress Report: Slurry Bed FT Technology Demonstration Leaps Ahead at Mossel Bay. Mr. Matthias Wagner, Lurgi AG, Germany. Coauthor: Dr. William Davey, Lurgi, Germany.
• Successfully Financing Sustainable LNG Growth in Changing Global Markets: Lessons from Nigeria. Mr. Victor Eromosele, Nigeria LNG Limited, Nigeria.
• GTL: Delivering the Premium. Mr. Mark Schnell, Sasol Chevron, United Kingdom. Coauthor: Mr. Joe Naylor, Sasol Chevron, United Kingdom.
• Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for a Gas-to-liquids Plant. Mr. Cliff Lowe, Chevron Energy Technology Company, USA. Coauthors: Ms. Sandra Heimel, Dr. Satish Reddy, Mr. Sunil Vyas, Chevron Energy Technology Company, USA.

Posters:

• Present Situation and Prospects of LNG Industry in China. Mr. Yun Xing, CNOOC Gas & Power, China. Coauthor: Mr. Miaoer Liu, CNOOC Gas & Power, China.
• Non-FT GTL, Iranian Natural Gas Reservoirs Monetization. Mrs. Laleh Shirazi, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Iran. Coauthors: Mr. Hossein Manafi, Mr. Ebrahim Nemati Lay, Mr. Ali Borhani, RIPI Iran.
• Utilizing LNG Cold for Extracting Value Added Products from LNG. Mr. Debasis Roy, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India.
• Bioko Island as the Regional Gas Hub for the Eastern Gulf of Guinea. Mr. Alan Soulsby, RPS Energy, United Kingdom. Coauthor: H. E. Gabriel Nguema Lima, Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy, Equatorial Guinea.
• The Use of Micro Channels as an Alternative Technology to Increase the Viability of Offshore GTL. Mr. Eduardo Falabella Sousa-Aguiar, Petrobras, Brazil. Coauthor: Mr. Mario Montes, University of the Basque Country, Spain.
• Integration of CCGT Plant and LNG Terminal. Mr. Augusto Bulte, Foster Wheeler Iberia, Spain. Coauthor: Mr. Jose Manuel Mayo, Foster Wheeler Iberia, Spain.

BP7 - Role of renewables in the supply mix

Chair: Mr. Gord Lambert
Vice President Sustainable Development, Suncor Energy Inc, Canada
Speaker: Mr. Ricardo Castello Branco
Director, Petrobras Biofuels
Speaker: Mr. Xabier Viteri
Head of Renewable Energies Unit, Iberdrola, Spain

Energy supplies from renewable sources provide significant environmental and supply diversity benefits. However, the share of demand met by renewable energy sources remains small despite the rise in worldwide energy demand, rising energy prices and market development policies in many countries. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the contribution of renewables (hydro, wind, solar plus biomass and geothermal) to the energy supply mix in IEA countries is only about 5.5% as measured in 2001. Nevertheless, the growth rate in wind and solar energy supply has been in excess of 20% per year for more than 20 years, albeit starting from a low base. This best practices session will be provocative and present a range of views on the current and future contribution of renewable sources of energy and the challenges and opportunities that suppliers and society will face in realizing the full potential of this supply source.

BP8 - Review of Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technologies

Keynotes: Mr. Lean Strauss
Group General Manager, Sasol, South Africa
Keynotes: Mr. Jack Jacometti
Vice-President, Global XTL Development, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
Chair: Mr. Mishal Jabor Al-Thani
Economic Research Assistant, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar

Conversion of Gas to Liquids (GTL) is slowly expanding as an alternative means to monetize gas resources while producing clean synthetic diesel oil. Syndiesel may have a more prominent role in the marketplace as it may be also produced from coal and biomass through similar processing routes. The paper will review the variety of currently constructed commercial plants, the future projects and the relevance of Syndiesel with regards to new diesel engine technologies.

BP9 - Gas transportation challenges

Chair: Ms. Rebecca B. Roberts
President, Chevron Pipeline company, USA
Speaker: Dr. Pedro Miró
President, Medgaz and E&P General Manager, Cepsa, Spain
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gennady Vasiliev
Head of Department, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Russia

A variety of factors, including enhanced availability, regional distribution, pricing and environmental concerns have led to increased global trade in natural gas. LNG and pipeline have driven nations and companies to tie up capacity in ship building and sign-up contracts across boundaries for erection of transnational pipelines. A full discussion on transportation of gas requires perspectives on additional capacity creation in the carriers and large fund commitment on one hand, and contractual, legal and technical aspects of the two principal modes of transportation on the other.

The comfort of the lending institutions, E&P companies, and a well developed international contractual regime to address all concerns is essential to monetize gas reservoirs and meet the demand for energy. In this session successful case histories for the two main gas transportation modes, LNG and pipeline, will be discussed to illustrate how gas transportation challenges have been dealt with.

RT7 - Hydrogen: energy for the future or not?

Moderator:
Mr. Knut Harg
Former Head of Hydrogen Business, StatoilHydro, Norway.

Panellists:
Dr. Klaus Bonhoff: Managing Director, National Organisation Hydrogen
and Fuel.
Mr. Ulf Hafseld: Head of Hydrogen Business Development Unit,
StatoilHydro, Norway.
Mr. Ron Harmer: BCTransit, UK.
Mr. Duncan Maclod: VP Hydrogen Future Fields & CO2, Shell.

RT8 - Securing european gas supply

Moderator:
Mr. Carlos Torralba
Vicepresident, Repsol-Gas Natural LNG, Spain.

Panellists:
Mr. A. Al-Khulaifi: COO, Qatargas, Qatar.
Mr. E. V. Bruysel: CEO, Distrigas, Belgium.
Mr. D. Dispenza: President of Eurogas and CEO, ENI Gas and Power
(ENI Group), Italy.
Mr. M. Kramer: President Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) and
Executive President, Gasunie, Holland.
Mr. Chawki Rahal: Executive Vice President, Sonatrach, Algerie.
Mr. Paul Reed: VP, Global Gas, BP.

RT9 - Coal bed methane: addressing environmental constraints

Moderator:
Ms. Barbara Zach
President, B. A. Zach & Associates Inc.

Panellists:
Mr. Michael Gatens: CEO, Unconventional Gas Resources, Canada.
Mr. James Slutz: Activiing principal deputy assistant secretary,
US Department of Energy.
Mr. David Dalton: VP, unconventional resources renewables, BP.
Mr. Pande: Director of Exploration for ONGC.