DUG Conference Agenda

8:35am

Opening Keynote: Pioneering New Horizontal Play
With operations in the Barnett, vertical and horizontal Permian Basin, horizontal Mid-continent, the Eagle Ford and Rockies, Pioneer Natural Resources is deploying unconventional resource technology in mature and new plays. Here is a snapshot of its leadership and innovations.

Scott Sheffield, Chairman and CEO, Pioneer Natural Resources

9:05am

Panel I: The Economics - Drilling Down to the Bottom Line
There's no doubt operators are producing a head-spinning abundance of new oil and gas supply onshore North America. At what well cost? To what markets and for what prices?

North American Unconventionals and Their Impact on Global E&P
Per Magnus Nysveen, Partner, Rystad Energy

The Role of Resources, Technology and Economics in the Outlook for U.S. Natural Gas Production
John Staub, Team Leader, Exploration and Production Team, Office of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Analysis, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy

10:00am

Networking Break

10:30am

Operator Spotlight

10:50am

Operator Spotlight

11:15am

Panel 2: Unconventional - Technology & Other Innovations
Producers in liquids-rich shale plays are improving their economics by making higher-performing wells. They're also tackling the cost side and the market value of their assets via myriad methods, from experimenting with completions and building their own service-company operations.

12:00pm

Luncheon and Keynote Speaker Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Dr. Condoleezza Rice shares her expert insight into public ploicy, energy and international relations from more than 30 years of academic and national service — as National Security Advisor and 66th Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, and as a member of President George H.W. Bush's National Security Council.

1:45pm

Panel 3: International Unconventionals - Taking the World by Storm
Operators are taking leading unconventional play technology proven in North America to long-known and previously un-produced formations abroad. Where are some of these prospects and what have been some findings to date? Which plays have the best near-term opportunity?

Europe: Early Results in Poland, plus Indications in Germany and Spain
Wolf E. Regener, President and CEO, BNK Petroleum, Inc.

2:15pm

Shale-Side Chat: Unconventionals and the Big Picture
From his perspective as the retired vice chairman of Chevron Corp. and more than 40 years of international experience, Peter Robertson provides a distinct perspective on the value of unlocking unconventional resources here and abroad.

Peter Robertson, Senior Advisor, Oil and Gas Group, Deloitte LLP, and Former Vice Chairman, Chevron Corp.

3:00pm

Networking Break

3:30pm

Leasehold: Upcoming Operator-Entry Opportunity
Here is a play-by-play look at where leases are expiring this year and next, offering a second chance for some E&Ps to get into some top-shelf land.

3:50pm

Panel 4: Horizontal Success - Wolfcamp, Bone Spring, Utica and Eagle Ford
Horizontal success is being produced from carbonates and carbonate-rich shales in the Permian Basin's Wolfcamp, Bone Spring and Penn shale formations, as well as from the Utica in the Appalachian Basin and Eagle Ford in South Texas. Here are some current findings from each.

Utica Results: EV Energy Partners LP/EnerVest Management Ltd.

5:00pm

Networking Reception

8:30am

Opening Keynote: Floyd Wilson and His Newest Venture
Floyd Wilson started Petrohawk Energy Corp. in 2004 and sold it — and its 3.4 Tcfe of proved reserved in the Haynesville, Eagle Ford and Permian — within seven years for $15.1 billion to BHP Billiton Ltd. He is already building his newest venture, publicly held Halcon Resources Corp., with assets in the Mississippi Lime, Woodbine, Utica and other horizontal plays. Here's his perspective on continued new horizontal prospects onshore North America.

Floyd C. Wilson, Chairman, CEO and President, Halcon Resources, former Chairman and CEO, Petrohawk Energy

9:00am

Panel 5: Expanding Market Share
Unconventional resources are realigning regional energy haves and have-nots and leading to a resurgence in industrial America. Several LNG export projects have been proposed, as well as new end-use markets for natural gas and ethane. Here are details on how these new North American resources will be deployed.

David Hill, VP, Natural Gas Economy Operations, Encana

10:00am

Networking Break

10:30am

Panel 6: Horizontal Midcontinent - Mississippi Lime, Granite Wash, Hogshooter and More
These liquids-rich plays, some of them oil-prone as well, are revitalizing the Anadarko Basin. Operators in the stacked-play region share details on existing and prospective development of this play.

Steve Antry, CEO, Eagle Energy Co. of Oklahoma LLC

11:30am

Rising Stars - Potential "Next Plays" on the Horizon
Across North America, operators are studying long-known formations for potential horizontal production, from the West Coast to the East Coast and from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian plains. Here is a preview of a few.

Findings in and Plans for Lower Sunniland
Brandt O. Temple, President, Sunrise Exploration and Production

Findings in and Plans for Woodbine
Frank F. Starr II, President, Crimson Energy Partners III LLC

Findings in and Plans for Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
Robert C. Turnham, President and COO, Goodrich Petroleum Corp.

12:00pm

Closing Keynote