HOUSTON FEBRUARY 26-27 TH
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2024 ATTENDEES
2024 SPEAKERS
(CVC-2) Environmental Compli
Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
Paul Sullivan SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting Robert Nussmeier Vice President of Strategic Clients, Baker Construction Enterprises CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENT Javid Talib Vice President, Managing Director- Offshore & Marine Industry, Energy Resources Industries, Black & Veatch USA Philip Adkins CEO, Red Box Energy Services Kyle Haberberger Offshore Project Development Manager, Black & Veatch Jason Manning Vice President, Technology, Kiewit Vasant Saith Vice President, LNG & CCUS, US Gulf Coast, Worley Tom Maramba Executive Director, LNG, Flour Steven Borsos Vice President LNG , Fluor Russell Amacher Port State Control Division ance Coordinator, Charles McConnell Energy Officer UH Energy Executive Director, Carbon Management and Energy Sustainability Chancellor/President’s Division, University of Houston Vince Morrissette Senior Vice President Commercial, Alder Midstream2024 SPEAKERS
Andy Mukherjee Senior Vice President, ST Energy, Grand Isle LNG Project
Richard (Rick) W. Westerdale II Executive Director, Energy Futures Initiative
Brian Hill Western Gulf Gateway Director, U.S. Maritime Administration
Henrik Thunborg LNG Business Developer, MannTek
Lucian Pugliaresi President, Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC)
Anand Jha Global Sales LeaderChemical, Oil & Gas, ABB
Margaret Rogers Senior Editor for Atlantic LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Christopher Guith Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute
Steve Ward Senior Technical Sales Manager, Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure
Navid Binesh National Sales Manager, ABB
Bob Hooper Senior Industry Consultant, Hexagon
Anusha de Silva Director, North American LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights
2024 SPEAKERS
Ignacio Castro Foulkes Director, Commercial Transactions, Invenergy
Antonio Nicotra Co-Owner & COO, Olbia LNG
Amanda C. Duhon Regional Director, North & Central America, EIC
Matt Jackson Vice President, Crowley
Adi Aggarwal Principal, ASConsulting
Ray G. Mills President & CEO, Cool Ventures Inc.
Randy Barnett Business Development / Systems Engineering Leader Strategic EPC Clients, Energy Firms and Industrial Enterprises, Johnson Controls
Bryan Schulz LNG Process Manager, McDermott
James E. Campos Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade / Energy for the Commonwealth of Virginia Former Assistant Secretary for the U.S. DOE
Andy Steinhubl Chairman of the Board, Center for Houston’s Future
Mauricio Ciudad-Real President & CEO, Kinemetrics
DAY 1 FORUM AGENDA
7:00-8:00AM REGISTRATION/WELCOME COFFEE
8:00-8:20AM OPENING SPEECH
by Event Chair Paul Sullivan, SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting
8:20-8:40AM KEYNOTE SPEECH
LNG IS A DESTINATION FUEL
Tom Maramba, Executive Director, LNG, Fluor
8:40-9:40AM UPDATED AMERICAN LNG MARKET OUTLOOKEXAMINING THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE AND CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICAN LNG INDUSTRY
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PANEL
Moderator:
Amanda C. Duhon, Regional Director, North & Central America, EIC
Panelists:
Christopher Guith, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute
Anusha de Silva, Director, North American LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights
James E. Campos, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade / Energy for the Commonwealth of Virginia , Former Assistant Secretary for the U.S. DOE
Vince Morrissette, Senior Vice President Commercial, Alder Midstream
9:40-10:25AM Coffee Break / Networking Time
10:25-10:45AM US EXPORT MARKET UPDATE
Margaret Rogers, Senior Editor for Atlantic LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights
10:45-11:05AM ELECTRIFICATION: PAVING THE WAY FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE LNG INDUSTRY
Navid Binesh, National Sales Manager, ABB
11:05-11:25AM ACHIEVING OPEX THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Bob Hooper, Senior Industry Consultant, Hexagon
11:25-11:45AM ENERGÍA DEL PACIFICO: LNG, A GAME CHANGER IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Ignacio Castro Foulkes, Director, Commercial Transactions, Invenergy
11:45-12:45 PM Lunch Break
12:45-1:05PM THE GLOBAL FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS IN A LOW-CARBON WORLD
Richard (Rick) W. Westerdale II, Executive Director, Energy Futures Initiative
1:05-1:25 PM KMI-LNG – EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY OF LNG FACILITIES
Khalid Saifullah, Project Engineer, Kinemetrics
1:25-1:45 PM THE IMPACT OF OFFSHORE WINDFARM PROJECTS ON MODULARIZED LNG LIQUEFACTION PROJECTS
Philip Adkins, CEO, Red Box Energy Services
1:45-2:05 PM SSL CONSIDERATIONS & OTHER INNOVATIVE TRELLEBORG OFFERINGS
Steve Ward, Senior Technical Sales Manager, Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure
2:05-2:25 PM TURBINE INLET AIR CHILLING SYSTEMS
Randy Barnett, Business Development / Systems Engineering Leader Strategic EPC Clients, Energy Firms and Industrial Enterprises, Johnson Controls
2:25-3:10 PM Coffee Break / Networking Time
3:10-3:30 PM LNG MODULARIZATION
Andy Mukherjee, Senior Vice President, ST Energy, Grand Isle LNG Project
3:30-4:30 PM BUILDING LNG SUCCESS: A DEEP DIVE INTO EPC CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Moderator:
Jason Manning, Vice President, Technology, Kiewit
Panelists:
Vasant Saith, Vice President, LNG & CCUS, US Gulf Coast, Worley
Steven Borsos, Vice President LNG, Fluor
Javid Talib, Vice President, Managing Director- Offshore & Marine Industry, Energy Resources Industries, Black & Veatch USA
Bryan Schulz, Process Manager - LNG, McDermott
4:30-4:40 PM CLOSING REMARKS OF DAY 1
by Event Chair Paul Sullivan, SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting
4:40 PM Cocktail Reception
PANEL 2
DAY 2 FORUM AGENDA
7:00-8:00AM REGISTRATION/WELCOME COFFEE
8:00-8:20AM OPENING SPEECH OF DAY 2
11:25-11:45AM DECARBONIZING STRATEGY FOR OLBIA & GALLURA TERRITORY
by Event Chair Paul Sullivan, SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting
Antonio Nicotra, COO, Olbia LNG Terminal
11:45-12:45PM Lunch Break
8:20-8:40AM CAPITAL EFFICIENT, NOVEL THERMAL REFRIGERATION PROCESS DRIVES SMALL SCALE LNG (SSLNG) OPPORTUNITIES
Ray G. Mills, President & CEO, Cool Ventures Inc.
8:40-9:40AM NAVIGATING THE GREEN WAVE: STRATEGIES FOR DECARBONIZING LNG CAPITAL PROJECTS
Moderator:
Robert Nussmeier, Vice President of Strategic Clients, Baker Construction Enterprises
Panelists:
Paul Sullivan, SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting
Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC)
Tom Maramba, Executive Director, LNG, Fluor
Charles McConnell, Energy Officer UH Energy Executive Director, Carbon Management and Energy Sustainability Chancellor/President’s Division, University of Houston
Andy Steinhubl, Chairman of the Board, Center for Houston’s Future
9:40-10:25AM Coffee Break / Networking Time
10:25-10:45AM MARITIME ADMINISTRATION: DEEP WATER PORT LICENSING PROGRAM
Brian Hill, Western Gulf Gateway Director, U.S. Maritime Administration
10:45-11:05AM NAVIGATING A DYNAMIC MARKET: HOW FLOATING CAN PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AMID LNG UNCERTAINTY
Kyle Haberberger, Offshore Project Development Manager, Black & Veatch
11:05-11:25AM POSSIBILITIES WITH LNG TRANSFER SYSTEMS
Henrik Thunborg, LNG Business Developer, MannTek
12:45-1:05 PM LNG, THE FRIENDLY FUEL
Max Kolbe, VP Growth and Development, Wood Group USA
1:05-1:25PM ADVANCING SMALL-SCALE LNG
Matt Jackson, Vice President, Crowley
1:25-2:25PM BLUE HORIZONS: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF LNG IN MARITIME OPERATIONS
Moderator: Adi Aggarwal, Principal, ASConsulting
Panelists:
Russell Amacher, Port State Control Division (CVC-2) Environmental Compliance Coordinator, Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
Anand Jha Global Sales Leader - Chemical, Oil & Gas, ABB
Matt Jackson, Vice President, Crowley
2:25-2:40PM CLOSING SPEECH
by Event Chair Paul Sullivan, SVP UMLNG Americas, Worley Consulting
PANEL
PANEL 3
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OF ATTENDEES LIST
ABB, Account Manager Motion - System Drives
ABB, Global Sales Leader - Chemical, Oil & Gas
ABB, Account Manager – Motion, System Drives
Aecon, Manager of Construction
ALDER MIDSTREAM, Senior Vice President Commercial
ALDER MIDSTREAM, Engineering Manager
Allstream Energy Partners, President & CEO
AmSpec, Director, Operations and Business Development
AmSpec, LNG Manager – North America
AmSpec, Business Development Representative
Apex, VP National Accounts
Apollo Energy Resources, Director of Sales
Aramco, Finance
Aramco Americas, Engineer
Ascenz-Marorka, Business Development Manager
ASConsulting, Principal
Atlas Copco, Strategic Sales Manager
Baird & Associates, O shore WInd / Ports Lead
Baker Construction Enterprises, Vice President of Strategic Clients
Bechtel, Construction Coordinator – Pluto T2 LNG
BHE GT&S, Project Manager, LNG OPS
BIC Magazine, SR Account Executive
BIC Magazine, Content Editor
Black & Veatch, Vice President - Managing Director, O shore & Marine Industry, Energy Resources Industries
Black & Veatch, Managing Director
Black & Veatch, Client Account Manager, O shore & Marine Industry
Black & Veatch, O shore Project Development Manager
Black & Veatch, LNG Commercial Manager
Bo-Mac Contractors, Project Manager
bp, Business Development, CCUS & H2 Gulf Coast
bp, Manager Scheduling (Americas)
BP Energy Company, LNG Originator Atlantic Basin
BW LNG, Marine Superintendent
CAZGIR Cryogenics, General Manager
CAZGIR Cryogenics, Partner
CECO Environmental Corp., VP / GM
Center for Houston’s Future, Chairman of the Board
Cheniere, Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Center of Excellence
CMC, Sales Manager
CMC, Sales Manager for CMC for Gulf Region
Commonwealth LNG, Engineering Manager, OSBL
Commonwealth LNG, Director Rotating Equipment
Commonwealth LNG, VP and Project Director
Commonwealth LNG, Process Engineering Manager
Conector Labs, Co-Founder
ConocoPhillips, Director, LNG Technology & Licensing
ConocoPhillips, Director, LNG Technology & Licensing
ConocoPhillips, Director, LNG Technology & Licensing
Cool LNG, Business Analyst
Cool Ventures, CEO
CPC-Cryolab, Business Development Manager
Crowley, Vice President
Datronix Solutions, President
Drake Specialties, President
Drake Specialties, Production/Sales Technician
DYWIDAG, Sales Manager Post-Tensioning
DYWIDAG, Senior Sales Manager - Geotechnics
DYWIDAG, Senior Marketing Manager
Early Alert, VP, Global Enterprise Solutions
Early Alert, Co-Owner & President
EIC (Energy Industries Council), Director, EIC North & Central America
Energy Futures Initiative, Executive Director
Energy Intelligence, Senior Natural Gas Reporter, Natural Gas Week
Energy International Corporation (EIC), CEO
Energy Mentors, Founder / Chair
Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC), President
Energy Workforce & Technology Council, Senior Director Energy
Policy
ENTACT, Business Development
Equigas, Director of Sales
Equinor, Business Development Manager.
ExxonMobil, Innovation Lead Strategy and Innovation (S&I) Global Projects, Central Project Management (CPM)
Five-S Group, Director of Business Development
Five-S Group, Business Development Manager
Flowserve, Global Strategic Business Leader: Low Carbon Solutions
Fluor, Executive Director, LNG
Fluor, Vice President LNG
Fluor, Fluor, Director of Sales, Energy Solutions
Forgen, Vice President, Business Development
Freeport LNG, Director, LNG Technology, Operations and Projects
Freeport LNG, Project Director
GAIL Global (USA) LNG, Vice President (Commercial & Operations)
GAIL Global USA, President
Genox Transportation, VP of Business Development
Genox Transportation, Operations
Genox Transportation, President/Founder
GeoSolutions, Technical Sales Representative
GTT, Business Development Manager
Gulf Perlite, Senior Project Manager
Gulf Perlite, Senior Project Manager
Harvest Midstream, Business Development Manager
Heatric (Parker Hanni n), Regional Manager – North America
Hexagon, Senior Industry Consultant
Hexagon ALI, Senior Account Manager
Hexagon ALI, Senior Industry Consultant
Honeywell UOP, Project Development Manager
Honeywell UOP, Director Business Development
Honeywell UOP, Gas Processing and LNG Project Sales
HYTORC, Owner
HYTORC, Productivity Enhancement Group Corporate Account Manager - Bolting Specialist
HYTORC, Account Manager
ICA Fluor, Business Development Manager
IDOM, O&G Business Development Manager
OF ATTENDEES LIST
IDOM, O&G USA&CANADA Business Manager
IDOM, Director – Oil & Gas / Nuclear – North America
IDOM, O&G Project Manager
Industrial Tent Systems, Key Account Managers
Industrial Tent Systems, Key Account Managers
Industrial Tent Systems, COO
Industrial Tent Systems, Key Account Managers
INOX INDIA LIMITED, Dy. General Manager Marketing (Oil & Gas)
INOX INDIA LIMITED, Global Head (LNG)
INOX INDIA LIMITED, Sr. Manager Marketing (LNG)
Invenergy, VP, Commercial Transactions
Invenergy/Energia del Paci co, Senior VP, Fuels
Invenergy/Energia del Paci co, Commercial Manager
Johnson Controls, JCI Business Development/Systems Engineering Leader, Strategic EPC Clients, Energy Firms and Industrial Enterprises
Johnson Controls, JCI Systems & Integration Lead.
KBR, Project Director, EPC
Kelvion Thermal Solutions, VP Global Sales & Solutions LNG
Kelvion Thermal Solutions, Business Development Manager LNG
Kiewit, Sr Technical Services Manager
KIEWIT, Vice President, Technology
KIEWIT, Manager of Technology (LNG & Gas Processing)
KIEWIT, Process Engineer
KIEWIT, Process Engineer
KIEWIT, Process Engineer
KIEWIT, Principal Process Engineer
KIEWIT ENERGY GROUP, Vice President LNG & Major Projects
Kinemetrics, Sales Engineer
Kinemetrics, President & CEO
Lamar University Cardinal Energy Club, Lamar University Cardinal Energy Club, Lamar University Cardinal Energy Club, Linde, Business Development Director
Linde Engineering Americas, Director, Business Development
Linde Engineering Americas, Associate Director Business
Development & Sales CO2-Capture and Clean Technologies
Lokring, Senior Field Engineer
Lokring, Field Sales Engineer
Lokring, Field Sales Engineer
Lokring, Field Engineer - O shore
Lone Star Hazmat Response, Business Development Manager
Lone Star Hazmat Response, Business Development Manager
Lone Star Hazmat Response, Business Development Manager
MannTek, LNG Business Developer
MannTek, Sales Director
MannTek, Communictor
Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles, Commanding O cer
Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, Commanding O cer
Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, Chief of Inspections
Matrix Service Company, Vice President, Business Development
Matrix Service Company, Sr. Project Engineer, Matrix PDM Engineering
Matrix Service Company, Manager, Process Engineering
McDermott, Senior Director - Mechanical
McDermott, Senior Engineer - Process
Mcdermott, Process Manager - LNG
MOL (Americas), Vice President, Commercial & Business Development
MOL (Americas) LLC, Vice President- Energy Business Unit- LNG Operations, O shore & Tanker Business Development
MOL Group, Energy Business Unit
Next Decade, Process Safety Engineer.
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Washington DC Bureau, Correspondent
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Washington DC Bureau, Cameraman
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Washington DC Bureau, Producer
Nigeria LNG, Business Transformation Advisor in NLNG
Olbia LNG Terminal, Co-Owner & COO
OnLocation, Director
Port of Galveston, Director of Public Safety
Port of Galveston, Chief of Police
Port of Galveston, Facility Security Manager
PPEML, VP Operations
Protego USA, Regional Sales Manager
Protego USA, Regional Sales Manager
Protego USA, Marketing Specialist
Ramco Manufacturing Company, Field Services Manager
Ramco Manufacturing Company, General Manager
Red Box Energy Services Pte Ltd, CEO
Red Box Energy Services Pte Ltd, Tender & Contract Manager
Red Box Energy Services Pte Ltd, CFO
Red River, VP/Business Development
Red River, President/CEO
ROVANCO PIPING SYSTEMS, Director of North American Sales
ROVANCO PIPING SYSTEMS, Global Sales Director
S&P Global Commodity Insights, Director, North American LNG
S&P Global Commodity Insights, Senior Editor for Atlantic LNG
S&P Global Commodity Insights, Senior Commercial Manager, Strategic Accounts
S&P Global Commodity Insights, Client Service Manager
S&P Global Commodity Insights, LNG editor, Americas News
Sempra, Chief, Process Safety Management, Engineering and Construction
Sempra, Director of Engineering
Sempra, LNG Lead process & Principal engineer
Sempra, Chief Engineer - I & C
Sempra Global, Chief Engineer – Vessels and Tanks
Shell, Business Development Manager – EPC
Shell, Technical Key Account Manager – EPC
Shell, Director
Society of Piping Engineers and Designers, Executive Vice President
Society of Piping Engineers and Designers, Founder
Sptizer Industries, Capital Project Development
Sptizer Industries, Capital Project Development
Sptizer Industries, Vice President Special Projects
OF ATTENDEES LIST
Stratigos Dynamics, Senior Vice President
Stratigos Dynamics, VP, HSSE
Superior Construction Services, Brand & Marketing Manager
Tarsco, Director of Special Projects
Technip Energies, Supervisor Engineerring
TotalEnergies, Head of LNG Trading North America
TotalEnergies, Engineering Support Manager
TotalEnergies, Head LNG Contract Management & Commercial Operations
TotalEnergies, LNG Key Account Manager
Trellerborg, Senior Technical Sales Manager
Trellerborg, Regional Sales Manager – Americas - Docking & Mooring
Trellerborg, Technical Director
U.S. Coast Guard, Executive O cer
U.S. Coast Guard, Commanding O cer, Marine Safety Unit Texas City
U.S. Coast Guard, Prevention Department Head
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Port State Control Division (CVC-2)
Environmental Compliance Coordinator O ce of Commercial Vessel Compliance
U.S. Hydrogen Alliance, Board Member of the U.S. Hydrogen Alliance, Deputy Secretary for Commerce & Trade, for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Maritime Administration, Western Gulf Gateway Director
University of Houston, Energy O cer UH Energy Executive Director, Carbon Management and Energy Sustainability
Chancellor/President’s Division
US Coast Guard, Machinery Technician
UTC Overseas, COO
Vanzetti Engineering, Chief Commercial O cer
Vanzetti Engineering, Industrial and Automotive Business Unit Manager
Virginia Department of Energy, Director
Vopak, Automation/OT Manager Americas
Wartsila, Business Development Manager
Worley, Vice President, LNG & CCUS, US Gulf Coast
Worley Consulting, SVP UMLNG, Americas
Zachry Group, Director of Business Development
Zentech Incorporated, Senior Electrical Engineer
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