April 7, 2009
Developing Unconventional Gas Conference
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Screamers in East Texas: What Deep Bossier, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley Can Do
Russell Porter, Chairman, President & CEO, Gastar Exploration Ltd. - Please Check Back
Marcellus Here, Marcellus There: The Appalachian Shale's Geology State-to-State
Katherine Lee Avary, West Virginia Geological Survey - Please Check Back
From the Rig Floor: How Operators See This Unfolding
Mike Walen, SVP and COO, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. - Will Not Be Made Available
Well Indications from South Texas Shale
Robert Clarke, Lead Analyst US Lower 48, Wood Mackenzie - Will Not Be Made Available
BPs View of North American Gas Markets
Andy Hopwood, Vice President, BP America - Will Not Be Made Available
April 7, 2009
"BPs View of North American Gas Markets"
Andy Hopwood, Vice President, BP America
BP is one of the top 2 producers of natural gas in North America. It spends about $6 billion annually in the U.S. alone, and natural gas takes a large percentage of that. In 2008, it paid $1.75 billion to enter Oklahoma's Woodford and $1.9 billion to form a JV in the Fayetteville. Learn more about the company's perspective on gas supply, demand and price trends.
Cost Vs. Reward: Organic and Inorganic Unconventional-Gas Economics
This panel looks at the cost hurdles play by play, the price of acquisitions vs. drilling, and answers to takeaway gridlock.
Moderator: Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
- U.S. Natural Gas Glut-Causes and Cures
Thomas L. Gardner, Director, Simmons & Co. Int'l - At What Price Unconventional Gas? The Cost Hurdles, Play-by-Play
Subash Chandra, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company - M&A Aspects of Shale and Tight Gas
William A. Marko, Managing Director, Jefferies Randall & Dewey - But, It Doesn't Go There From Here: Answers to Take-Away Gridlock
Porter Bennett, President and CEO, Bentek Energy LLC
CBM, Tight Gas and More: Developing Non-Shale Unconventional Gas Resources
There is more to gas resources than shale. This panel focuses on a comparison of North American CBM plays, the booming gas plays of East Texas, the Rockies, and the Granite Wash.
Moderator: Peggy Williams, Sr. Exploration Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
- Cherokee, Forest City, Arkoma: Latest on Midcontinent CBM Resource Development
Chris Ryan, Manager of Business Development, Admiral Bay Resources Inc. - Operator Results in the Rockies
Michael Decker, Executive Vice President and COO, Gasco Energy, Inc. - Letting the Tight-Gas Out of the Granite Wash: Operators' Results
Kamil Tazi, VP of Engineering & Planning, Cordillera Energy Partners III LLC - Screamers in East Texas: What Deep Bossier, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley Can Do
Russell Porter, Chairman, President & CEO, Gastar Exploration Ltd.
Afternoon Keynote - Introduction by Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
"Natural Gas for Motor Vehicles"
Andrew J. Littlefair, President and CEO, Clean Energy Fuels Corporation
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the leading provider of natural gas for transportation in North America. It has a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 14,000 vehicles daily at over 170 strategic locations across the U.S. and Canada.
Technology: Driving Costs Down & Total Recoverable Resources Up
This panel addresses the unique challenges that companies will have to overcome as these unconventional plays.
Moderator: Bill Pike, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, E&P Magazine
- How Technology Is Opening Up Production
Bill Coates, President-Oilfield Services North America, Schlumberger - Unconventional Solutions for Unconventional Assets
Marc Edwards, Global Vice President of Production Enhancement, Halliburton - Realistic Economics When Stimulating Emerging Shale Plays
David Gallagher, Vice President, CARBO Ceramics Inc. - Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America
Mike Ming, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)
Advancements in Proven Shale Plays
Our speakers address consolidation in the Barnett and other mature shales, bringing the Fayetteville into sales; and the public's view of shale activity.
Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
- Bringing the Fayetteville Into Sales: Takeaway Improvements
Steven L. Mueller, President and COO, Southwestern Energy Company - Barnett: Urban Drilling for Shale
Chip Johnson, President and CEO, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. - Public Perception of Shale Plays
Dr. Gene Theodori, Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University
April 8, 2009
Developing Unconventional Gas Conference
International Unconventional Gas Opportunities Presentation and Continental Breakfast
Pete Stark, Vice President of Industry Relations, IHS
This presentation will identify both existing and potential unconventional-gas plays abroad. Further discussion will focus on resource sizes and technologies required to develop the varying types of international unconventional-gas plays efficiently.
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
John H. Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO, Range Resources Corporation
Range Resources expects to nearly triple its gas production in the Marcellus shale in 2009, now that the infrastructure has been enhanced. Here, the CEO shares lessons learned from the company's Barnett shale success, and thoughts about shale opportunities in the Appalachian Basin.
The Marcellus Shale: Enormous and Complicated
Operators and geologists share their takes on this immense play. What is the resource potential and where are the prime areas for development? How does the Marcellus vary across its broad extent from New York through Pennsylvania and into West Virginia?
Moderator: Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
- Where Has All the Gas Come From: Thermogenic Gas Generation
Jackie Reed, GeoMark Research Ltd. and Jackie Reed Geochemical Consulting - Marcellus Here, Marcellus There: The Appalachian Shale's Geology State-to-State
Katherine Lee Avary, West Virginia Geological Survey - From the Rig Floor: How Operators See This Unfolding
Mike Walen, SVP and COO, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
The Haynesville Shale: The Best Is Yet to Come
This shale grabs all the headlines because it may end up surpassing the Barnett's production, but first, what do operators and investors need to know to maximize its huge potential? Why are JVs needed here? How does the industry handle high-pressure horizontal hurdles? Will there be enough pipeline capacity?
Moderator: Peggy Williams, Sr. Exploration Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
- The Haynesville: Where It Is and What It Is
Kevin A. Ferworn, Vice President, GeoMarkResearch Ltd. - Equipment and Service and Supply Issues In a New Play
David A. Pursell, Managing Director, Head of Macro Research, Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. LLC - The Race to HBP: Drilling Through A Low Gas Price
Robert C. Turnham Jr., President and COO, Goodrich Petroleum Corp. - Why the Haynesville Will Be the Last Field Standing
Ken L. Kenworthy Jr., President, CEO & Chairman, GMX Resources, Inc.
Luncheon and Afternoon Keynote
Richard Stoneburner, EVP and Chief Operating Officer, Petrohawk Energy Corporation
With strong positions in the Haynesville and Fayetteville shales and a market-leading position in the emerging Eagle Ford shale, a solid hedge position and strong liquidity, Petrohawk Energy is poised for growth in 2009. Here, COO Stoneburner shares Petrohawk's outlook for the coming year.
Opportunities and Challenges In Emerging North American Shales
Take a tour of the new shales that will attract attention this year and next: from South Texas' Pearsall/Eagle Ford to Western Canadian Shale, the unconventional opportunities are terrific.
Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
- Early Results from the Chattanooga Shale
Randall M. Albert, SVP-Emerging Business Units, CNX Gas Corporation - Initial Expectations from New York & Quebec's Utica Shale
Dan Billman, Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc. in coordination with NY State Energy Research and Development Authority - B.C.'s Horn River Basin Muskwa: Western Canadian Shale
Mike Dawson, President, Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
Out-takes: Hart's Expert Editors Discuss their Findings During DUG 2009
Oil and Gas Investor and E&P editors Leslie Haines, Bill Pike, Nissa Darbonne, Peggy Williams and Steve Toon discuss information they learned while at the presenter's table and from the halls of the conference, as well as their own observations on the economic and technical hurdles for developing unconventional gas.
