Programme Day2

Day One | Day Two

Wednesday March 31 2010: Conference Day Two

8.00 CSG 2010: Conference & Exhibition networking breakfast

8.45 IIR remarks and Chair introduction

SPOTLIGHT ON CSG VERSUS LNG CONCEPTS

8.50 The role of CSG in global LNG

LNG demand and supply outlook
The Qatar LNG tsunami
CSG versus conventional projects
Outlook for CSG projects

Graeme Bethune, CEO, Energy Quest

9.20 Coal Seam Gas - Current development status and impact of LNG proposals
Grahame Baker, Senior Analyst, RLMS

ANALYTIC VIEWPOINTS OF THE CSG MARKET

9.50 CSG, LNG and Australia's greenhouse gas response: balancing export and domestic demand

Potential CSG reserves and production requirements for LNG export
Potential gas demand in Eastern Australia and the impacts of GHG abatement policies
Gas for cleaner power generation
The export-domestic tug-o'-war: netback pricing, gas reservations and supply security

Paul Balfe, Executive Director, ACIL Tasman

10.20 Morning refreshments for speakers and delegates in the Exhibition area

10.40 CSG Well Economics
Don McMillan, Principal Engineer, Oil Gas CBM Services Pty Ltd

11.10 Coal seam gas: beyond LNG - the opportunity for multiple markets

Australia's energy endowment
New opportunities: sizing the prize
Market metrics

John Young, Senior Resources Analyst, Wilson HTM Limited

COAL SEAM GAS PRODUCER SESSIONS PART II

A continuation of updates 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.

11.40 Red Sky Energy

Rapidly growing CSG company
Extensive acreage portfolio
Positioning for major partners

Rohan Gillespie, Managing Director, Red Sky Energy

12.00 Icon Energy
Ray James, Managing Director, Icon Energy

12.20 Development of eastern Australia's gas supply infrastructure

The role of Qld CSG in the gas supply mix
The need for flexibility to meet the needs of gas fired power generators
Epic Energy's SWQP/QSN pipeline as the backbone of the Qld CSG supply chain

Peter Sardelis, Business Development Manager, Epic Energy

12.40 Central Petroleum
Dr Michael Clarke, Manager, METTS

1.00 Lunch for speakers and delegates in the Exhibition area

STREAMED SESSION A
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN COAL SEAM GAS

STREAMED SESSION B
COAL SEAM WATER ISSUES AND
CHALLENGES

2.00 Coal Bed Methane (CBM) in Asia Coal Bed Methane (CBM) in Asia
> Overview of CBM development in Asia
> Ground rules - how PSC terms vary by country
> China - the story so far
> Two ways to develop markets - entrepreneurs versus central planners
Tony Regan, Principal Consultant, Tri-Zen International (CHINA)

2.30 Developing New Zealand's CSG potential
> Outlining NZs CSG potential
> Commercialising CSG
> North Island vs South Island = Different Markets
> Overcoming infrastructure restraints
Kent Anson, CEO - Coal Seam Gas, L&M Petroleum

3.00 Afternoon tea in the Exhibition area

3.30 CASE STUDY: Insight into Comet Ridge NZ exploration
Tor McCaul, Managing Director, Comet Ridge

4.00 North American CBM
Scott Pennell, Director of Unconventional Gas, Sproule

4.30 Stream finish and close of conference

"Currently, less than 1 percent of Asia's coal seam gas resource is tapped. Regionally, its a big resource with huge potential..."
- The Straits Times, March 9, 2009

2.00 Insights into QLD's forthcoming new CSG water management policy
Mal Hellmuth, General Manager Strategic Economic Projects, Department of Environment, Economic Development and Innovation, QLD Government

2.30 The Case for a set of CSG water irrigation guidelines!
> Extracted CSG water is usually brackish and in its raw form has potential to adversely affect soils and crops. If the brackish nature of the water is reduced through a desalination process the CSG water can be made available for irrigation
> Potentially, this new source of water could
reduce the drawdown on groundwater extraction from aquifers in agricultural regions
> However, without careful consideration of
the desalinated CSG water chemistry and the receiving soil chemistry, long term problems could develop. This paper suggests a set of practical Guidelines to assist CSG companies and irrigators to avoid these problems
> While the goal of irrigators is to increase crop productivity, the long term sustainable goal must consider that the leaching fraction i is sufficient to remove excess salts from the root zone to enable plants to survive
> To treat CSG water to sufficient levels of salinity and sodicity to prevent negative impact on soil structure (e.g. surface crusting, impermeable layers, water-logging, drainage issues, long term soil structure breakdown), or off-site salinity risks (extra salt in across land flows, rivers and aquifers)
Ralph Gunness, Managing Director, Green Footprint Co

3.00 Afternoon tea in the Exhibition area

3.30 Topic TBA
Dr Patrick Glynn, Project Leader - Queensland Centre of Advanced Technologies, CSIRO

4.00 CASE STUDY: Processing options for managing CSG Water
> Forecasted CSW production
> New Govt. legislation/regulation
> Existing processing routes
> Future technology-processing options
Sirjit Singh, Principal, FILTEK
Nick Hudson, Manager - Advanced Water, GHD

4.30 Stream finish and close of conference

"...Disposal of an annual volume of 100 billion litres of coal seam water - based on some estimates of the potential size of a liquefied natural gas industry using CSG - in evaporation ponds would require a 100sq km area within 15-30 years. Sydney Harbour contains about 500 billion litres of water."

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