19-20 Jan, 2006
Singapore, SINGAPORE
Ballroom 1, Level 3
Ballroom 1, Level 3
| Day 1 - Thursday, 19 January | |
| 8:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Welcome |
| Stuart R Traver, Senior Manager-Downstream | |
| Gaffney, Cline & Associates (Consultants) Pte Ltd | |
| 9:15 | OIL TRADING: TRENDS CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES |
| • Key industry drivers in Asia | |
| • Product balance | |
| • Refining situation and implications | |
| • Emerging trends | |
| • Prospects | |
| John Driscoll, Senior Manager—Products | |
| GS Caltex Singapore Pte Ltd | |
| 9:45 | CHINA: MID-TERM OIL DEMAND OUTLOOK |
| Yang Weijun, Deputy Director--Refining & Petroleum Dept | |
| Petrochina | |
| 10:15 | SINGAPORE BENCHMARKS AND PLATTS PRICE METHODOLOGY ASSESSMENT |
| Jimmy Ang, Director, Oil Market Reports—Asia | |
| Platts | |
| 10:45 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 11:15 | OIL SCENE IN THE INDIAN MARKET |
| • Product demand | |
| • Domestic capacity and markets development update | |
| • Fuel subsidies | |
| • Specification developments | |
| • Reliance refinery project update | |
| • Import source | |
| Vikram Sampat, Assistant Vice President—Petroleum Business | |
| Reliance Industries Limited | |
| 11:45 | COPING WITH CLEAN FUEL ACTS IN THE REGION: NEW ZEALAND |
| • Fuel specification changes in New Zealand | |
| • Supply/demand of products in NZ | |
| • Future Fuels: NZRC’s response to low sulphur/low benzene fuel requirements | |
| • NZRC plans to cope with future market changes | |
| Peter van Cingel, Economist | |
| New Zealand Refining Company | |
| 12:15 | DIFX: THE GATEWAY TO RAISING CAPITAL |
| Fadi Ghosaini, Managing Director & Head of Business Development | |
| Dubai International Financial Exchange | |
| 12:45 | Discussions followed by Lunch |
| Afternoon Session Chairman | |
| Richard Taylor, Business Development Manager | |
| SGS (Thailand) Limited | |
| 2:00 | ME OIL TRADE BALANCE & MARKETS |
| Waleed Al Hashash, Executive Assistant | |
| Managing Director (Marketing II) | |
| Kuwait Petroleum Corp | |
| 2:30 | JAPANESE OIL SECTOR IN THE MID-TERM FROM A PRODUCT TRADING PERSPECTIVE |
| • Specification changes | |
| • Product balance | |
| • Potential for export to US markets | |
| • Future outlook | |
| Isao Kusakabe, General Manager — International Business Department | |
| Cosmo Oil Co Ltd | |
| 3:00 | CHINA: CRUDE OIL & NAPHTHA MARKETS OUTLOOK |
| • Product balance | |
| • Sources | |
| • Naphtha demand | |
| • Prospects | |
| Guo Weiquan, Deputy Director-Petrochemical Division | |
| Development Planning Division | |
| Sinopec | |
| 3:30 | Discussions followed by Tea |
| 4:00 | FREIGHT DERIVATIVES: MANAGING FREIGHT EXPOSURE IN ENERGY TRADING |
| Lars H. Barstad, Director | |
| Imarex Asia Pte Ltd | |
| 4:30 | End of Day One |
| Day 2 - Friday, 20 January | |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| Richard Taylor | |
| 9:15 | THAILAND: CHANGING FACE OF OIL SCENE |
| • Current situation | |
| • Refining developments | |
| • Specification changes and issues | |
| • Storage investment opportunities | |
| • Prospects | |
| Suparb Harnkanitwatana, Vice President—Risk Management Department | |
| PTT International | |
| 9:45 | TRENDS IN FUTURE CRUDE OIL SUPPLIES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC REFINERS |
| • Supply and demand, | |
| • Quality | |
| • Price differentials for different qualities of crude oil | |
| Stuart R Traver | |
| 10:15 | INDONESIA'S DOWNSTREAM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT |
| • Current situation | |
| • Deregulation update and issues | |
| • Specification issues | |
| Burhanuddin Hassan, President | |
| Pacific Petroleum & Trading Co Ltd | |
| 10:45 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 11:15 | OIL TRADE & LOGISTICS IN VIETNAM: PETROLIMEX'S PERSPECTIVE |
| Bui Ngoc Bao, Deputy General Director | |
| Petrolimex | |
| 11:45 | BIOFUEL & SYNFUEL BLENDING FOR ASIA |
| • BioDiesel feedstocks – will new feedstock crops be the answer to sustainability? | |
| • What standard to follow – will the EU BioDiesel model go global? | |
| • Will crude stay above $50/Bbl long enough for the Biofuel boom to grow up and become sustainable? | |
| • Can we trade Biofuels just like any other fuel? | |
| • Flexfuel – can we reproduce Brazil’s success in Asia with ethanol blends? | |
| Richard Taylor | |
| 12:30 | Final Discussion Followed by Lunch & End of Conference |
| Development Planning Division | |
| Gaffney, Cline & Associates (Consultants) Pte Ltd |
