Agenda

• XTL process overview
• Syngas generation technologies: a) Natural gas reforming, b) Coal and biomass gasification
• Syngas uses: methanol, MTG, DME, etc, in addition to F-T
• Process economics and the XTL value chain
• F-T products upgrading and potential markets

Opening Remarks/XTL Process Overview
Dr Rachid Oukaci, Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer,  Energy Technology Partners LLC

Syngas Generation Technologies (Natural Gas Reforming, Coal & Biomass Gasification)
Sanjiv Ratan, Chief Technology Officer, Technip

Questions & Answers

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Dr Rachid Oukaci, Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer, Energy Technology Partners LLC

Questions & Answers

F-T Products Upgrading, Potential Markets & Environmental Benefits
Dr Rachid Oukaci, Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer, Energy Technology Partners LLC

XTL via Methanol & DME
Dr Ronald Sills, Alternative Energy/DME Consultant, Ronald A Sills LLC

Questions & Answers

Process Economics
Sanjiv Ratan, Chief Technology Officer, Technip

Questions & Answers

4 discussion groups with facilitators rotating every 15 minutes

• How are resource holders, developers, technology providers and end-users working together to realise XTL potential?
• What new initiatives are driving the development of the synthetic fuel industry and how is the supply chain evolving through GTL, CTL and BTL?
• How can we develop a unified approach from feedstock supplier through to the end-user?
• Latest strategies for the management of the commercial value chain. Where and how can value be added?
• What lessons can we learn from the pioneer projects? What are the critical success factors?
  
  Rashid Al-Fehaidi, Project Director, Oryx GTL Limited
  Guy de Kort, VP XTL, Shell Projects & Technology
  
  Questions & Answers

• What are government and company strategies for resource monetisation and XTL commercialisation? What are the prospects beyond Qatar?
• The role of GTL, BTL and CTL in diversified energy portfolios around the world. What is the potential for a local XTL industry to improve domestic energy security?
• In what ways can policy and regulation drive growth of the alternative fuels market?
• How have XTL economics evolved over the past year?
  
  Engr Voka Mukoro, Coordinator, Gas & Power Directorate, NNPC
  Fabio Passarelli, GTL Offshore Project Coordinator, Petrobras
  Mark Ackiewicz, Hydrogen & Clean Coal Fuels Programme Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
  
  Questions & Answers

Chairman: Malcolm Wells, Director, Malwell Corporate Projects

• How can XTL help end-users sustain growth?
• What are the latest steps towards new fuel sources for the transport sector? Results of the latest synthetic fuel trials
• What are the end-user requirements and how can they be met? Addressing the availability and supply chain issues from the end-user perspective
• How do we communicate the benefits of synthetic fuels to the consumer?
• Is diesel the best selling point for XTL? What are the prospects for non-fuel applications?
  
  Gary Woodward, GM Operations, Technical & Supply, Shell Aviation
  Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator, EC DG TREN
  Jim Davies, Fuel Manager, British Airways
  Keith Carter, Chairman & Managing Director, 
  AAG Worldwide Aviation Ltd
  

Chairman: Alex Forbes, Director, Forbes Communications

• Innovation as the key to new XTL projects and partnerships. How can innovation improve viability and reliability?
• How do you make the jump from demonstration to commercial reality
• What progress has been made in process intensification and the development of small-scale applications?
• New trends in catalyst R&D and improvements in synthesis gas technology
• How cost effective and efficient are the latest gasification technologies? Conventional vs UCG

Matthias Wagner, Managing Director, GTL.F1 AG
Kobus Terblanche, General Manager - Gas to Liquids, Linc Energy Ltd
Iain Baxter, General Manager, CompactGTL Plc

Questions & Answers

Chairman: Dr Terje Martin Halmø, President, Risavika Gas Centre

• In what ways can we reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from all parts of the value chain?
• Can CCS be a solution? How economically and technically viable are the latest carbon reduction technologies?
• How is the potential of BTL being realised?
• CTL CO2 reduction opportunities: How can co-feeding and enhanced oil recovery help address the CO2 management challenge? Could polygeneration be the answer?
• What is the potential for CO2 as an oxygen source for syngas production?

Dr Dag Schanke, GTL Specialist, Statoil
Dr Klaus Schöffel, Vice President – Technology, Gassnova SF
Markku Karlsson, Senior Vice President, Technology,                                            UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Questions & Answers

• New approaches to liquid fuel production. What are the prospects for alternative conversion technologies and process options beyond Fischer-Tropsch?
• The future for MTG as an alternative fuel. How to the economics compare to XTL?
• What are the prospects for non-FT direct coal-to-liquids?
• Realising algae’s potential as a feedstock for liquid fuels
• Review of demand and competition for products
• Progress in the commercialisation of DME and methanol

Mitch L Hindman, Licensing Manager,                                                       ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, TS&L
Jeff D Muhs, Executive Director, Energy Ventures, Utah State University
Ingvar Landälv, Chief Technology Officer, Chemrec
Gregory Dolan, Vice President, Methanol Institute

Questions & Answers