Programme/Agenda

Day One | Day Two

Tuesday March 30 2010: Conference Day One

8.30 Registration & morning coffee

8.50 IIR welcome remarks and Chair introduction

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW SESSIONS

"Global energy companies have invested heavily in buying Queensland gas tenures with an eye to developing an export liquefied natural gas industry. We're also keenly anticipating the emergence of other new industries such as underground coal gasification, coal to liquids processing and oil shale."
- Michael Roche, Queensland Resources Council CEO, 31 July 2009

9.00 CSG 2010: Welcoming address

• CSG developments over the past 12 months
• Clarke Energy's achievements in Australia's rapid CSG development
• Future outlooks from a domestic and international perspective?

Greg Columbus, Managing Director, Clarke Energy

9.30 Special keynote address: Reflections on the Australian CSG market
Richard Cottee, former Managing Director, QGC (subject to availability)

10.00 Australian Coal Seam Gas - Stayers and sprinters, take your partners for the CSG tango

• Infrastructure and access to markets
• Who's up the coast and what about NSW?
• The value proposition for CSG
• The likely corporate landscape

Peter Strachan, Independent Analyst

10.30 Morning refreshments for speakers and delegates in the Exhibition area

11.00 Enabling the framework for a world class industry
Michael Roche, CEO, Queensland Resources Council

11.30 CASE STUDY: Surat Basin Corporation
Richard. L. Krause, Chief Executive Officer, Surat Basin Corporation

"If infrastructure is not put in place it could have a potentially detrimental impact on those (CSG/LNG) resource developments. The Government has a role to play in supporting the mining process by ensuring where they can that ports, pipelines, roads and other associated infrastructure is being provided for companies to unlock those resources."
- Michael Campbell, AEC Group, 2 July, 2009

12.00 - 1.00 Lunch for speakers and delegates in the Exhibition area

MAJOR OPERATIONAL CASE STUDIES

"Not only are we looking to expand what we do here domestically and export energy into Asia, we're also looking for coal seam gas opportunities internationally as well, where we've taken up exploration licenses."
- Shaun Scott, Arrow Energy CEO, Brisbane Business News, May 14, 2009

1.00 Origin Energy
Invited: Senior representative, Origin Energy

1.30 Arrow Energy - CSG to LNG in 2012 and beyond

• Why build the first CSG to LNG plant at Fisherman's Landing
• The journey to FID for Fisherman’s Landing LNG
• The next steps to first LNG by 2012
• A view beyond first LNG

Shaun Scott, CEO, Arrow Energy

2.00 CASE STUDY: Lucas Drilling Services
Doug Henderson, Manager - Engineering Services, Lucas Drilling Services

2.30 CASE STUDY: Easternwell Group
Senior Representative, Easternwell Group

3.00 Afternoon tea in the Exhibition area

COAL SEAM GAS PRODUCER
SESSIONS PART I

The following sessions will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the Coal Seam Gas industry from the companies that are the foundation for the growth in the sector, giving you insight into recent exploration results, current activities and the blueprint for the sector going forward.

"This (JV with Eastern Star Gas) is a significant step in our Gunnedah Basin strategy... to deliver major projects and develop various channels to market will advance the region's potential as Australia's next major CSG province - bringing jobs and investment to the area."
- David Knox, Santos Managing Director, 2 July, 2009

3.30 Update on ESG's Narrabri CSG Project

• Successes and Challenges
• NSW Potential
• The way forward - new frontiers and markets

David Casey, Managing Director, Eastern Star Gas

3.50 Bow Energy's growth platform

• Bow's diversified CSG and Oil portfolio
• Multiple CSG fields located near export LNG markets
• Growth plan into power generation projects and other domestic gas markets
• Investment in infrastructure to support gas development potential
• Significant uncontracted gas reserve

John De Stefani, CEO Commercial, Bow Energy

4.10 Update on exploration and development in northern NSW

• Acreage consolidation
• Reserves development
• Project development
• Looking forward

David Johnson, Managing Director, Metgasco

4.30 CSM Energy
Duncan Van Der Merwe, Managing Director, CSM Energy

4.50 Molopo Australia Ltd
Anthony Bishop, CFO/Company Secretary, Molopo Australia

"After a flurry of investment propelled Queensland’s coal seam gas industry onto the world stage last year, investors are waking up to the untapped potential in NSW."
- Sydney Morning Herald, January 3, 2009

5.30 CSG 2010: Conference & Exhibition
Networking drinks sponsored by Clarke Energy

7.00 Official CSG 2010: Conference & Exhibition Gala Dinner at Customs House

Official Dinner Sponsor

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