For over 45 years, the Gastech exhibition and conference has been at the forefront of the international gas, LNG and energy market. This world-renowned event is regarded as the most significant meeting place for upstream, midstream and downstream gas, energy and LNG professionals, where they convene to do business.
We are pleased to announce Wood Mackenzie as the official knowledge partner for this 2019 Gastech Conference in Houston which will include our industry experts as part of the thought leading agenda.
To request for a 1 to 1 meeting with our experts, please email katie.flynn@woodmac.com.
For further information on how you can take part in this year's Gastech Exhibition & Conference please visit the event website www.gastechevent.com.
Agenda
17 September 2019
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The drive for LNG contract innovation
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Giles directs Wood Mackenzie’s LNG research and is a global gas expert, maintaining client relationships across the world. Having led the development of our LNG Corporate offering, Giles now manages Wood Mackenzie’s LNG Service and Tool products, drawing on his nine years of experience in gas & LNG. His particular expertise lies in LNG supply, LNG contracting and pricing, LNG costs, FLNG, asset valuation, competitor benchmarking and market analysis. Prior to joining the LNG team in 2008, Giles worked in Wood Mackenzie’s upstream group covering the Middle East and South Asia. He previously worked for Evaluate Energy in London. Giles holds a BA in History & Politics including a final year paper on African Petroleum Economies, from the University of Exeter.
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Latam LNG: marketing and supply opportunities
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Mauro has more than 10 years of experience in South American energy markets. He worked in the government of Peru in the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the National Environmental Fund. Also, he has developed consulting and research in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile for government entities and multi-lateral organizations such as OLADE, GEF and the European Commission. He has many publications in scientific international journals on energy and environmental topics and is a reviewer of the Energy Policy Journal. He joined Wood Mackenzie in August, 2016. At Wood Mackenzie, he analyse the natural natural gas & power markets in Latin America, currently focused in the Andean and Caribbean Countries. Mauro holds a Phd. in Energy Planning focused on the development of a natural gas & power model for the Southern Cone. He has a mechanical electrical engineering degree and is fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese.
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S1.1 New Business Models for a New Energy Landscape
Do European Utilities Still Have an Appetite to Buy LNG?
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Murray is Research Director in the Europe Gas Research team responsible for developing Wood Mackenzie’s supply, demand, and price outlooks. He brings 14 years of experience working in a variety of roles across the energy value chain. Previously, Murray has held positions leading Wood Mackenzie’s Global Supply and Modelling Research team, and the Energy Markets Research team. Responsible for developing the company’s oil and gas supply outlooks, and global inter-fuel analysis. Murray's first five years at Wood Mackenzie were focused on LNG markets which included relocation to Houston to establish Wood Mackenzie’s LNG practice in North America.
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US LNG FID: tracking the 2nd wave
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With more than 12 years of global experience and a PhD in International Relations, Alex Munton is ideally placed to help US-based clients respond successfully to global gas market dynamics in his role as Principal Analyst for Americas LNG research. Upon completion of his PhD in 2006, Alex joined Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East research team where he covered the energy markets and upstream industries of all the region's major producers – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, UAE and Kuwait. Alex is now responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Americas LNG research. He works closely with the North American Gas research team and global teams covering international gas markets. In addition to his research experience, Alex has worked with major international oil companies, national oil companies, independents and energy services companies on a variety of consulting assignments and multi-client studies.
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18 September 2019
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Fireside Chat: what's trending at Gastech 2019
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Simon Flowers was appointed Chairman, Energy for Wood Mackenzie in April 2016. He has led the commodities, global trends and corporate analysis research over the last few years and has been Chief Analyst since July 2015. He writes ‘The Edge’, Wood Mackenzie’s weekly thought-leadership insight on oil and gas. Simon re-joined Wood Mackenzie in 2010, and has over 20 years of experience in the oil, gas, utilities and mining sectors, working with the boards of many energy companies on strategic issues. His views on major industry issues are regularly sought by the media in Europe, the US and Asia. Simon was MD and Head of Pan European Utilities Research with BAML from 1998, covering the major European utilities. The team was Top 3 ranked in the sector for over a decade and Simon was involved in most of the major European privatisations in the sector during this period, including Enel, EdF and GdF. Simon was a No.1 ranked oil analyst with NatWest Markets 1992-98. Prior to joining NatWest, he had worked for Ord Minnett Securities in Sydney as an energy and mining analyst in the Australian market. Simon graduated in geology from the University of Edinburgh, and worked for two years as a geologist in the oil industry working in the Netherlands and offshore Egypt. Simon originally joined Wood Mackenzie in 1983 as an analyst in the North Sea and NW Europe Services.
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Kristy Kramer leads Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team, which covers short term and long term market analysis and outlooks for supply, demand, pricing, and flows in North America and as part of the global gas market. She joined Wood Mackenzie as a Principal in consulting in 2016, focusing on delivering bespoke gas, power, and LNG engagements. Kristy has been involved in helping clients determine and evaluate investment opportunities, design portfolio strategy, and understand associated market responses. Prior to Wood Mackenzie, Kristy worked eight years at ExxonMobil, on portfolio optimization, strategy analysis and design, and operational transactions. She has experience in the flowing gas, LNG, and exploration businesses and with key joint venture partners in the Americas, Middle East, and Africa. Kristy holds an MBA from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and a degree in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Washington University in St. Louis.
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All eyes on Europe: can it balance the oversupply?
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Murray is Research Director in the Europe Gas Research team responsible for developing Wood Mackenzie’s supply, demand, and price outlooks. He brings 14 years of experience working in a variety of roles across the energy value chain. Previously, Murray has held positions leading Wood Mackenzie’s Global Supply and Modelling Research team, and the Energy Markets Research team. Responsible for developing the company’s oil and gas supply outlooks, and global inter-fuel analysis. Murray's first five years at Wood Mackenzie were focused on LNG markets which included relocation to Houston to establish Wood Mackenzie’s LNG practice in North America.
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Texas Gulf coast gas: traversing the last mile
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Plenary 9: Global Business Leaders’ Panel
What is Needed to Overcome the Significant Challenges Faced by the Next Wave of Supply Projects to Relieve Anticipated Market Tightness Post 2023?
This session will draw together CEO’s from the new wave of supply projects to discuss and present the innovative solutions needed to mitigate project bottlenecks and consider the role of regulators and EPC resource to support the delivery of these projects.Speakers
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Simon Flowers was appointed Chairman, Energy for Wood Mackenzie in April 2016. He has led the commodities, global trends and corporate analysis research over the last few years and has been Chief Analyst since July 2015. He writes ‘The Edge’, Wood Mackenzie’s weekly thought-leadership insight on oil and gas. Simon re-joined Wood Mackenzie in 2010, and has over 20 years of experience in the oil, gas, utilities and mining sectors, working with the boards of many energy companies on strategic issues. His views on major industry issues are regularly sought by the media in Europe, the US and Asia. Simon was MD and Head of Pan European Utilities Research with BAML from 1998, covering the major European utilities. The team was Top 3 ranked in the sector for over a decade and Simon was involved in most of the major European privatisations in the sector during this period, including Enel, EdF and GdF. Simon was a No.1 ranked oil analyst with NatWest Markets 1992-98. Prior to joining NatWest, he had worked for Ord Minnett Securities in Sydney as an energy and mining analyst in the Australian market. Simon graduated in geology from the University of Edinburgh, and worked for two years as a geologist in the oil industry working in the Netherlands and offshore Egypt. Simon originally joined Wood Mackenzie in 1983 as an analyst in the North Sea and NW Europe Services.
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19 September 2019
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S1.7 LNG Trade Dynamics
What Innovations are Commodity Traders Bringing to the LNG Market?
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Giles directs Wood Mackenzie’s LNG research and is a global gas expert, maintaining client relationships across the world. Having led the development of our LNG Corporate offering, Giles now manages Wood Mackenzie’s LNG Service and Tool products, drawing on his nine years of experience in gas & LNG. His particular expertise lies in LNG supply, LNG contracting and pricing, LNG costs, FLNG, asset valuation, competitor benchmarking and market analysis. Prior to joining the LNG team in 2008, Giles worked in Wood Mackenzie’s upstream group covering the Middle East and South Asia. He previously worked for Evaluate Energy in London. Giles holds a BA in History & Politics including a final year paper on African Petroleum Economies, from the University of Exeter.
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S1.8 Global Gas & LNG Projects Update
How to Make Money on the Second Wave of US LNG
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Kristy Kramer leads Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team, which covers short term and long term market analysis and outlooks for supply, demand, pricing, and flows in North America and as part of the global gas market. She joined Wood Mackenzie as a Principal in consulting in 2016, focusing on delivering bespoke gas, power, and LNG engagements. Kristy has been involved in helping clients determine and evaluate investment opportunities, design portfolio strategy, and understand associated market responses. Prior to Wood Mackenzie, Kristy worked eight years at ExxonMobil, on portfolio optimization, strategy analysis and design, and operational transactions. She has experience in the flowing gas, LNG, and exploration businesses and with key joint venture partners in the Americas, Middle East, and Africa. Kristy holds an MBA from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and a degree in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Washington University in St. Louis.
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The Big Chill Podcast Live Recording
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Murray is Research Director in the Europe Gas Research team responsible for developing Wood Mackenzie’s supply, demand, and price outlooks. He brings 14 years of experience working in a variety of roles across the energy value chain. Previously, Murray has held positions leading Wood Mackenzie’s Global Supply and Modelling Research team, and the Energy Markets Research team. Responsible for developing the company’s oil and gas supply outlooks, and global inter-fuel analysis. Murray's first five years at Wood Mackenzie were focused on LNG markets which included relocation to Houston to establish Wood Mackenzie’s LNG practice in North America.
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Giles directs Wood Mackenzie’s LNG research and is a global gas expert, maintaining client relationships across the world. Having led the development of our LNG Corporate offering, Giles now manages Wood Mackenzie’s LNG Service and Tool products, drawing on his nine years of experience in gas & LNG. His particular expertise lies in LNG supply, LNG contracting and pricing, LNG costs, FLNG, asset valuation, competitor benchmarking and market analysis. Prior to joining the LNG team in 2008, Giles worked in Wood Mackenzie’s upstream group covering the Middle East and South Asia. He previously worked for Evaluate Energy in London. Giles holds a BA in History & Politics including a final year paper on African Petroleum Economies, from the University of Exeter.
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With more than 12 years of global experience and a PhD in International Relations, Alex Munton is ideally placed to help US-based clients respond successfully to global gas market dynamics in his role as Principal Analyst for Americas LNG research. Upon completion of his PhD in 2006, Alex joined Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East research team where he covered the energy markets and upstream industries of all the region's major producers – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, UAE and Kuwait. Alex is now responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Americas LNG research. He works closely with the North American Gas research team and global teams covering international gas markets. In addition to his research experience, Alex has worked with major international oil companies, national oil companies, independents and energy services companies on a variety of consulting assignments and multi-client studies.
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Fees
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