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Eleventh Annual Conference on Gas in India
Augmenting Supply, Managing Demand
November 8-9, 2011, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi


WELCOME REMARKS
• Welcome remarks by Alok Brara, Publisher, Indian Infrastructure

KEY TRENDS AND MARKET OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the key trends with regard to demand, supply and pricing of natural gas over the past year?
• What are the key drivers and industry trends for this sector? What is the likely impact of these trends and drivers on sector outlook?

• Presentation by Nitin Zamre, Managing Director, India, ICF International
• plus Q&A

KEYNOTE SESSION: GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the new policy and regulatory developments over the recent past?
• What is the outlook on long-term gas pricing and utilisation?
• What are the likely impacts of these on the overall sector?

• Keynote address by G.C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
• plus Q&A

SPECIAL SESSION: PLANNING COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the role of natural gas in overall energy security of the country?
• What are the plans for its development?

• Special address by B.K. Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission
• plus Q&A

SPECIAL SESSION: PNGRB: EXPERIENCE SO FAR
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the regulatory experience in the downstream segments so far and what lessons have been learned?
• What needs to be done to ensure the development of a competitive downstream gas market in the country?
• What issues need to be addressed urgently by the Board?
• What can the industry do to ensure that the future authorisation process moves forward smoothly?

• Special presentation/address by L. Mansingh, Immediate-past Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board followed by an extended interaction with the delegates

KEYNOTE SESSION: GAIL PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the views of GAIL with regard to the gas sector's outlook in the country?
• What are the future plans? What are the key challenges and risks?
• What are their suggestions regarding addressing these?

• Address/presentation by J. Wason, Chief Executive Officer, GAIL Gas
• plus Q&A

RENEWED LNG PROSPECTS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the demand, supply and pricing outlook for LNG?
• What are the plans of the major LNG players?
• What are the upcoming LNG terminal projects and what is their status?

• Baseline presentation by Gurpreet Chugh, Head, Infrastructure Advisory, CRISIL

Panel discussion amongst: (in alphabetic order)
• Ajay Kumar Marchanda, Executive Director, Natural Gas, Indian Oil Corporation
• B.S. Negi, Former Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
• Padmanabhan Sugavanam, Chief Executive Officer, Swan Energy

GAS AND POWER: CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is NTPC’s perspective of the current gas infrastructure in the country?
• What are the needs and requirements? What are the key issues and concerns?

• Presentation by S.N. Goel, Executive Director, Fuel Security, NTPC
• plus Q&A

ROLE OF EXCHANGES IN ENERGY MARKET DEVELOPMENT

• Presentation by Rajesh Mediratta, Vice President, Business Development, Indian Energy Exchange
• plus Q&A

PROGRESS IN PIPELINES
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of the cross country and regional pipelines?
• What is the update on the approved and upcoming pipelines?
• What more needs to be done to accelerate investments in this segment?

• Presentation by Rajeev Mathur, Executive Director, Marketing, GAIL
• plus Q&A

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the new discoveries and the current status of E&P in the country?
• What is the viewpoint of the DGH with regard to the shortfall in production including that of CBM?
• What is the production outlook for the country?

• Presentation by Anurag Gupta, Head, Production Sharing Contracts, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons
• plus Q&A

KEYNOTE SESSION: PETRONET LNG PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the views of Petronet LNG with regard to the gas sector's outlook in the country?
• What are the future plans? What are the key challenges and risks?
• What are their suggestions regarding addressing these?

• Presentation by Dr A.K. Balyan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Petronet LNG
• plus Q&A

PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY
Questions/Topics:
• What are the relevant new technologies that hold promise for the sector?
• What has been their experience in India? What is their potential?

• Presentation by Anurag Kalia, Managing Director, Synergy Energy Solutions on “The case of allocation of domestic gas on priority to Industrial CHP applications"
• plus Q&A

SPECIAL SESSION: DEVELOPMENTS IN CGD
Questions/Topics:
• What is the update on CGD?
• What are the perspectives of existing and new players?
• What are the future prospects of this segment?

• Baseline presentation by Sanjay Sah, Associate Director, KPMG

• Special presentation/address by P.P.G. Sarma, CEO, GSPC Gas
• plus &A

COAL BED METHANE UPDATE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the status of CBM production?
• What is the timeline for other CBM discoveries to come into production?
• What are the issues, challenges and opportunities in this segment?

Presentations by:
• C.K. Prasad, Executive Director and National Head, CBM, ONGC, Bokaro
• Dr S.K. Singh, General Manager, Essar Exploration and Production
• plus Q&A

SPOTLIGHT ON SHALE GAS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of shale gas reserves and prospects in the country?
• What are the key aspects of shale gas policy in countries where this has been successful?
• What are the likely contours of the shale gas policy in India?
• What are the views of international majors involved in this segment?

• Presentation by P.K. Bhowmick, Executive Director, HOI, KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun
• plus Q&A

 

 
         
 
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