Pre-Conference Masterclasses

Modular Construction for Major Projects

In this full-day masterclass:

Your leader will look at managing modular construction for major projects.

This masterclass is suited to all levels of experience from career starters all the way to directors...

Identify global best practice project management techniques for managing modular construction projects.

Explore different types of Project Management, analysing their strengths and weaknesses.

Workshop will focus on:

> Planning and Statutory Authorities approvals
> Delivery methods
> Designing for modularisation
> Support infrastructure
> Shipping
> Land transport
> Port developments
> Benefits of modularisation

Masterclass 3: 9.00am - 5.30pm

Onshore vs. Offshore Import Terminals - the drivers and the decision process

Onshore facilities have been the traditional approach for both liquefaction plants and import terminals. However offshore floating terminals are now being developed and several are in production. Similarly there has been an increased interest in floating liquefaction facilities to monetise stranded offshore gas. The workshop will compare the concepts and look at how the drivers for a particular development would steer to a preferred solution. It is planned to look at two case studies to assist in this comparison.

This one day workshop will compare offshore liquefaction and offshore storage and import terminals with the traditional onshore developments. The morning session will address liquefaction facilities and the afternoon will address import terminals.

Morning/Liquefaction:
> The concepts currently on offer and their main features
> How they compare with each other and with traditional onshore plants
> The costs - CAPEX and OPEX
> Development schedules and critical path
> Comparison of the production costs
> FLNG risks when compared to onshore and suggestions on how to mitigate them

Afternoon/Import Terminals:
> Current operating and developing offshore terminals
> The main concepts and how they compare
> The costs - CAPEX and OPEX
> Development schedules and critical path
> Comparison of the production costs
> FSRU risks when compared to onshore and suggestion on how to mitigate them

About your Masterclass leader:
Brian Songhurst, Director of LNG, Energy and Power

Brian Songhurst is the Director of LNG within Energy and Power, based in London and oversees a variety of LNG projects for both onshore and offshore applications. The offshore applications include floating LNG liquefaction units (F-LNG) and floating storage and regasification units (FSRU). He was previously Engineering Manager with MW Kellogg, one of the world’s leading contractors within the LNG industry. Brian is chairman of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Subject Oil & Natural Gas group which provides technical networking between its members to deliver best practices within the chemical engineering community.

An executive summary of the LNG business

Purpose: To acquaint delegates with sufficient knowledge of concepts and main issues that they can better understand the risk/reward relationship of the LNG business.

Morning: The facts, as it were
> What is LNG?
> Why is everyone so interested in it?
> Gas reservoirs – associated and non-associated gas
> Liquefaction of natural gas – main technologies,
> Storage of LNG – three types of containment systems
> LNG shipping
   - Types of vessels
   - Mooring
   - Emergency shut-down system
   - Boil-off Gas and Propulsion systems
> LNG receiving and regasification terminals - types of vapourisers
> Offshore concepts
> Hazards of LNG - exclusion zone concepts

Afternoon: The commercial stuff and lofty thoughts
> Project structures - integrated, transfer pricing, tolling
> Project development sequence - financing, importance of SPA
> LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements
> Main clauses of an SPA:
   - ACQ, Adjusted ACQ and Take-or-Pay
   - Custody transfer measurement and testing
   - Pricing concepts in Asia Pacific, Europe
     and US
   - Terms of Trade
   - ADPs
   - Force majeure - Payment security
   - Spot trading - Contemporary issues

About your Masterclass leader:
Arthur Dixon, AM, Independent Consultant

Arthur Dixon graduated as a chemical engineer from Melbourne University and has had more than 40 years with Shell. For 25 of those years, he was associated with Liquefied Natural Gas. Inter alia, he has been Project Coordinator, General Manager Marketing, a Director of Shell International Gas, Brunei Shell Tankers and Australia LNG Ship Operating Company (ALSOC) and was the inaugural President of the North West Shelf LNG marketing company, Australia LNG Pty Ltd.

Masterclass 4: 9.00am - 5.30pm

Coal Seam Gas and Shale Gas Overview

This 1-day Master Class provides an overview of the natural gas development, technology and opportunities in CSG and Shale Gas. The target audience includes engineers, geologists, managers, directors, investors and regulators wanting to learn about the unique features of these unconventional resources and the status of current development and exploration activities.

Course Topics:
> Development History
> Geologic Fundamentals
> Key Terminology
> Factors controlling Gas-in-Place
> Factors controlling Productivity
> Status of current Global Activities
> Development Hurdles
> Best Practices from around the World
> Blending CSG and Shale Gas Development
> Emerging Technologies

About your Masterclass leader:
Steve Hennings, M.S., P.E., Unconventional Gas Manager, Source Rock Engineering

Steve is a petroleum engineering consultant actively involved in developing natural gas from coal seams and shale. His 29 years of technical and field experience cover every phase of gas exploration and development. Over the past four years Steve has conducted workshops in six countries, presenting lessons he has learned first-hand from CSG and Shale Gas projects in the United States, Australia, China, Canada, Indonesia, India and Turkey. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Stefanko Award for his technical presentations. Steve is a certified professional engineer with degrees in Petroleum Engineering and Finance.