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Gastech 2009
Networking is a key component of Gastech. We have networking America update delegates on activities in their area in the global
events on each evening of the show, as well as delegate lunches, industry. This is followed by the now traditional ‘Gastech
and long coffee breaks ensure that much business is done and many Perspective’ session, in which a panel of industry experts looks back
contacts made throughout the four days of the event. ADNOC is also over the highlights of the previous three days. The day culminates
hosting the post-show technical tours that will see some of our with the awards ceremony.
delegates go to Das Island and to the Ruwais Fractionation Plant.
The Conference Chairman’s View
A Relevant and Independent Conference Conference Co-Chair, Paul Young, Chief Marketing Officer, Exmar
In addition to our host organisation, another essential group of NV, shares my views about the valuable role Gastech plays in getting
people are those who sit on the Gastech Programme Advisory key people within the industry together: “In my travels around the
Committee (PAC), which is co-chaired by Chris Clucas, Group Fleet world, I am often told that as a response to the current economic
Director (Gas), Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement and Paul Young, crisis many companies and institutions are cutting budgets,” he says.
Chief Marketing Officer, Exmar NV. “I respond by saying ‘Can you think of a more effective way to utilise
your travel budget than to come to the Gastech event that
Our PAC is made up of 24 senior independent representatives aggregates all your competitors, customers and suppliers in one
from a range of companies all over the world, including some of unique four-day forum?’. This industry will survive by placing even
the industry’s leading gas experts. These are the men and women more importance on partnerships and alliances – and Gastech is a
who steer the Gastech conference, ensuring its relevance and unique platform to reconfirm existing alliances and, more
selecting this year from well over 270 abstracts submitted as a result importantly, form new ones.”
of our call for papers, voting out papers that are too sales-orientated
and ensuring that invited papers address key areas that challenge or “Unprecedented shifts in the paradigm of how our industry
are opportunities for the sector. It really is a programme chosen by works and the global implications mean that we can focus on
the industry for the industry. We would like to thank our Co-Chairs, developments in multiple papers in sessions ranging from the scene-
our Honorary Chairman Robert J Lakey of Robert J Lakey & setting plenary session on world gas to sessions such as ‘New
Associates and all the members of the committee for their hard work commercial frontiers and challenges’, where delegates will find
and dedication. answers to how rapid advances in technology are putting
coalbed methane and shale gas into serious economic play against
The four-day programme, with over 100 speakers from 25 countries, LNG,” he adds.
encompasses highly relevant and topical presentations. Following
the opening ceremony held under the patronage of HH Sheikh “Whether it be for regasification or the push for liquefaction in
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, the commercial offshore and floating environments, the sharp drop in commodity
plenary session will look at ‘World recession, world gas – where in prices, and indeed costs and lead times for materials and equipment,
the world are we going?’, while the technical stream will be are forcing a re-think as to how to approach these two important
considering the vital issue of ‘Safety and training for ship and shore components critical to the validity and viability of LNG, and there are
operations’. The first day closes with the official Gastech welcome intentionally provocative sessions such as the day three technical
reception, hosted by ADNOC & Group of Companies and held at the session entitled ‘Floating production facilities – hype or reality?’ For
Emirates Palace. those in the industry looking to adapt and to grow their companies
in the current environment, this has to be a must-attend event.”
Day two’s commercial stream will look at ‘Natural gas and LNG
projects’ and ‘Middle East – exporter or importer?’, while its International Oil Companies versus
technical counterpart considers ‘LNG, LPG and chemical gas National Oil Companies
shipping’ and ‘Gas processing and utilisation’ and the focus stream As Paul Young explains, “At the last Gastech we very much enjoyed
has sessions on ‘New commercial frontiers and challenges’ and discussing the concept of IOCs [international oil companies] versus
‘Environmentally friendly technologies’. A lunchtime poster session is NOCs [national oil companies] in terms of how future gas assets are
a feature of both days two and three, and day two ends with the developed and monetised. But the world has changed – are we now
official Gastech delegate and exhibitor party, sponsored by Chevron heading back to financially strong IOCs being again welcomed back
Global Gas. as partners for the NOCs?” he asks. “Will future gas projects also
need the support of a fixed buyer or offtaker to facilitate the
‘Trading models in the gas business’ and ‘Finance and legal matters’ financing of the ventures? Walking the halls of the Gastech
are addressed in the commercial stream on day three, while ‘Floating exhibition may provide some of these answers.”
production facilities – hype or reality?’ and ‘Advances in key
enabling technologies – onshore and offshore’ come under the “As usual, Gastech supports strong sessions on LNG and LPG
conference spotlight in the technical stream on a day that culminates shipping, because ships are in fact the floating pipelines of our
in the launch party for the next Gastech. industry,” he adds. “This year too we have a strong panel in the
‘Trading models in the gas business’ session, including key panellists
A high-level ‘Regional Perspectives’ session is a focal point of the from Gazprom, RWE, Suez Global LNG and Repsol, which will
final day of Gastech 2009, when senior industry players from provide insight on how they see their companies adapting to the
Europe, Asia, South America, the UK, the Middle East and North changing LNG patterns.”
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