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transported using existing liquid fuel infrastructure and will share with delegates the build-up of the company’s ȴrst industrial-scale project. Clearly sustainability has ramiȴcations for how terminals are operated. Considering this, Rian Vermeulen, Sr Advisor BRO, and Dennis Risseeuw, Business Consultant Engie will outline a unique approach to terminal sustainability – including measures to become more energy eɝcient, produce more renewable energy and protect local ecology. Building on this, Khalid Saleh, Energy Coordinator, Vopak will share the company’s sustainable energy initiatives including CO2 emission reductions. In a talk focused on the long-term impact of energy transition Giacomo Boati, Director, Oil Markets, Midstream & Downstream Consulting, IHS Markit will review the expected trends in decarbonisation of the transportation sector and the impact of this. A future thinking panel will then pull all of this together to debate what the storage terminal will look like in 50 years’ time, before the ȴrst day of
The StocExpo conference, at the Ahoy in Rotterdam in March, 2020 will feature 20 world-class speakers.
the conference ends with a regulatory update provided by Ravi Bhatiani, Executive Director, FETSA. The second day of the StocExpo conference starts with sessions on the implications of emerging markets and the US trade wars and taris.
The conference programme for StocExpo, the world’s largest and longest
Andrew Inglis, Vice President of Energy and Fuels in EMEA, Nexant will
running international bulk liquid storage event, which returns to the
consider the shift in global demand from mature markets to emerging
Rotterdam Ahoy from 10 – 12 March 2020, has been unveiled.
markets. While Samuel Ciszuk, Founding Partner, ELS Analysis will examine how US trade wars / taris are impacting international tradeȵows.
The two-day conference will feature a powerful mix of talks focused
The conference then changes focus, with a series of expert talks on the
on critical global issues such as sustainability, the impact of energy
very latest developments, technologies and thinking designed to improve
alternatives, emerging markets, latest technologies and trends, all
day-to-day terminal operations. These include improving cyber security,
delivered by 20 world-class speakers.
with Martin van den Bosch, Digital Forensic Investigator, Netherlands
Artur Runge-Metzger, Director, DG CLIMA, European Commission will
Seaport Police who will outline how to protect against storage spooȴng.
open the conference with an assessment of the future of sustainable
Attendees of the StocExpo 2020 conference will also have plenty of
transport and the EU’s energy policy. He will be followed by speakers
networking opportunities plus an exhibition where over 200 suppliers
covering the future implications of changes to the energy mix including
from across the globe will be showing their latest innovations under one
LNG, a non-hydrocarbon future and the growth in hydrogen.
roof.
In considering the growth of LNG, Wim Groenendijk, Managing Director,
StocExpo takes place from the 10th to the 12th March 2020 at the
Gate Terminal will outline the development of a Northwest European
Rotterdam Ahoy.
multi-modal LNG Hub and the opportunities it presents in the context of decarbonisation and energy transition. Charles Daly, Chairman, Channoil
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Consulting will then explore how oil terminals need to change if they’re to stay in business in a non-hydrocarbon scenario. The world’s key terminals, storage players, energy companies, investors and analysts are all monitoring closely the development of hydrogen, keen to gauge its future demand and the impact this will have on their businesses. To answer this, Daniel Teichmann, Chairman, Hydrogenious will consider the latest political and industrial developments which are establishing hydrogen as an emission-free fuel. He will show how, thanks to Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology, hydrogen can be
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