EIC Connect Energy USA 2.0 Brochure

28 September 2021

CONNECT Energy USA 2.0 Norris Conference Centers, Houston

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FOREWORD

FOREWORD It has been a long time coming, and we are delighted to welcome you to the first inperson event in Houston since the start of the pandemic. This would not have been possible without our advisory board, including our medical advisory Dr Kenneth Stanley, distinguished speakers, supporting partners and of course, our dedicated sponsors who return year-on-year for EIC Connect Energy USA. This is actually our third EIC Connect Energy USA this year! We delivered a preview in January with our distinguished advisory board donating their valuable time to provide key updates to EIC members, and delivered EIC Connect Energy USA in March.

At that time, speakers provided a very clear picture of where we were one year into the pandemic. A key theme was successfully navigating the energy transition across all sectors; and of course, it was not a one size fits all route. Speakers discussed aspects such as scopes towards net-zero and what that will mean for the supply chain, integrating renewables, the hydrogen rainbow, adopting CCUS, local content, diversity and inclusion, and all things ESG, the digitalisation of things and data, demand for talent where a belief in energy transition is a requirement at all levels.

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Amanda Duhon Regional Director, North & Central America

It was clear that much will depend on investment, and US federal and state policies; and at the heart of this will be the supply chain’s capability to lead industry in this journey. And this journey will take place across the energy sector; oil and gas will be a central enabler towards energy transition and achieving net-zero.

So, what’s next? What is the reality for our industry on this journey to reduce carbon emissions and meet the 2050 target?

EIC Connect Energy USA 2.0 will kick-off with a VIP breakfast sponsored

by Merrimac International where Elm Valle, director of global supply chain for Dril-Quip will deliver a keynote address.

Sponsors, speakers, partners and advisory board will join this working breakfast to discuss the US energy market, key challenges and opportunities, roles within the value chain, and attempt to define what the ‘reality’ actually is for the US. We are honoured to be joined by speakers across the energy sectors involved in key regional projects. The panel discussion The Energy Kaleidoscope, will welcome speakers Ing. Paul Sullivan, senior vice president global LNG & FLNG for Worley, Laurent Pagnon, VP digital & new business ventures for TechnipFMC, Sam Thigpen, CEO for Sapphire Gas Solutions, Michael Olsen, vice president, policy & government affairs for Aker Offshore Wind and Paula Fitzpatrick, VP, growth & development conventional energy for Wood. This session will focus on what various companies, and those in various roles are doing to address energy transition and net-zero now, and in the future.

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The day will close over afternoon coffee with a ‘fire-side chat’ with our advisory board chair, Mary McIntyre, managing director – Merrimac International Executive Search and advisory board conference chair Justin Hoffman, CEO for cSolutions. Considering presentations throughout the day, our speakers will address some key aspects of the changing dynamic of our industry, the net-zero timeline and the oil and gas and new energy’s role for the energy transition.

For further information on the agenda see page 4, and to view speaker biographies, see page 14.

And today is just the first part of EIC Connect Energy USA 2.0, as we take our highly sought-after supplier briefing sessions and one-to-one meetings online next month. Delegates have the opportunity to hear from EPCs, contractors and operators about their views of current market conditions, near and future opportunities, procurement processes including pre-qualification, registration, key contacts and major contracts coming out for tender in the next two years, standardisation, local content, net-zero ambitions, energy transition strategies and more during the briefing sessions. Company briefing sessions allow delegates to learn firsthand from operators and contractors how to position themselves to win business in the US. This year, the briefing sessions will be held online on the week commencing 11 October. We look forward to seeing you there virtually.

Last year felt like a shock moment, followed by a period of adjustment, acceptance, and adaptation. While we have a long road ahead of us, I am confident that deals will continue to be signed and activity will continue to increase.

With this being said, I remind our members to take full advantage of their benefits. Whether you are focused on CAPEX or OPEX, EICDataStream and EICAssetMap provide up-to-date project lifecycle or O&M opportunities globally.

From our country to sector reports, hear from our expert analysts on state of play and opportunities across markets and sectors which compliment data. Need more? EIC Inform, our bespoke market research offering offers further market intelligence, competitor analyses, brand building, and much more. Already, our members are taking up this valuable service, as well as trade associations and governments. Of course, our global events programme compliments our data and intelligence, and puts our members in front of key industry decision makers.

To find out about the full range of EIC tools, events and activities, and how they can help companies of any size and energy sector to broaden their focus, adapt to current market conditions and generate new business please visit our website, or connect with a member of the EIC team during the networking sessions.

I close with a huge thanks to our event sponsors, VIP breakfast sponsor Merrimac International Executive Search, our one-to-one sponsor Roxtec, our conference sponsor Unger, our lanyard sponsor Hare, our registration sponsor Armaturen, our silver displaying sponsors iPS Powerful People, PPG and Pentagon and our co-sponsor Online Electronics. I would also like to thank our supporting partners at the UK Department for International Trade, Scottish Development International, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce and the British-American Business Council of Texas.

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AGENDA

Agenda: Tuesday 28 September 2021, Norris Conference Centers, Houston VIP Breakfast (exclusive to Sponsors, Speakers and Advisory Board) Amanda Duhon, Director, EIC North & Central America 08:00 – 10.00 Mary McIntyre, Managing Director, Merrimac International Executive Search and Chair of the Advisory Board Keynote Speaker: Elm Valle, Director of Global Supply Chain, Dril-Quip

10:00 – 10:20

Delegate Registration Welcome Coffee – Visit Sponsors Hall and Networking

10:20 – 10:25

Opening Remarks Welcome by Amanda Duhon, Director, EIC North & Central America The Energy Kaleidoscope Introductions by Justin Hoffman, CEO, cSolutions and Conference Chair of EIC Connect Energy USA Moderated by Amanda Duhon, Director, EIC North & Central America

10:25 – 11:50 Ing. Paul Sullivan, Senior Vice President Global LNG & FLNG, Worley Laurent Pagnon, VP Digital & New Business Ventures, TechnipFMC Sam Thigpen, CEO, Sapphire Gas Solutions Michael Olsen, Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs, Aker Offshore Wind Paula Fitzpatrick, VP, Growth & Development Conventional Energy Americas, Wood 11:50 – 12:00 Networking Break Keynote Lunch 12:00 – 14:00 Introductions by Amanda Duhon, Director, EIC North & Central America Viet Van, VP Supply Chain Strategy, Shell Closing Conversation Amanda Duhon, Director, EIC North & Central America 14:00 – 14:20 Mary McIntyre, Managing Director, Merrimac International Executive Search and Chair of the Advisory Board Justin Hoffman, CEO, cSolutions and Conference Chair of EIC Connect Energy USA

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SITE MAP

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Live Oak Room

Networking Area

Combining an in-person and virtual edition, EIC Connect Energy USA 2021 2.0 is committed to the health and safety of all participants. On 28 September, during the in-person event, masks will be mandatory, hand sanitisers will be available and the EIC encourages the vaccination programme. Moreover, our one-to-one and briefing sessions have moved to the virtual edition on the week commencing 11 October.

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SPONSORS

SPONSORS Merrimac International VIP BREAKFAST SPONSOR Founded in Houston in 2020, Merrimac International is a retained executive search firm that works as a trusted partner dedicated to growing businesses by delivering top level talent to clients ranging in size from small startups to multi-billion-dollar Fortune 100 companies. The company serves clients globally across multiple industries including technology, industrial services, manufacturing, transportation, EPC and energy. Merrimac has particularly strong expertise across all sectors of the energy industry in the US, Middle East, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Roxtec Ltd ONE-TO-ONE SPONSOR Roxtec sees a world where the need for safety and flexibility in people’s lives, investments and projects are ever increasing. This is where Roxtec’s cable and pipe seals can make a difference. Its goal is to set a higher standard of what an acceptable cable or pipe entry seal should be.

The adaptability of the Roxtec invention Multidiameter™, based on sealing modules with removable layers allows for a perfect sealing, regardless of the outside dimension of the cable or pipe. The Roxtec system provides a complete sealing solution for oil and gas, renewables and energy industry applications, enhancing quality, safety and flexibility.

Unger Steel Group CONFERENCE SPONSOR Unger Steel Group was established in 1952 as a family owned company headquartered in Austria with a network of global offices and project experience. With a fully integrated export facility in the United Arab Emirates, Unger Steel Middle East competitively exports fabricated steel pipe rack and plant structures around the world for major EPC clients. With extensive engineering capabilities Unger can design, fabricate, paint and galvanise upwards of 50,000 tons of structural steel per annum.

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Supported by the domestic presence of Unger Steel North America this supply chain can take on the most challenging of contracts, supplying all packages in erectable sequence straight to site and ready to install for minimal client risk.

William Hare Ltd LANYARD SPONSOR Supporting major EPC contractors for over 50 years, the William Hare Group is an internationally-renowned organisation, providing value engineered steel solutions to the world’s most innovative and sustainable construction projects.

ARI-Armaturen REGISTRATION SPONSOR ARI-Armaturen has been active in the North American market for over 30 years, and in 2002 established ARIArmaturen USA in Houston, Texas to provide a growing North American customer base with localised support and inventory. In 2016, construction was completed on a state-of-the-art facility, centrally located near the NASA Space Center in Webster, Texas. This 35,000 sq ft facility is able to provide for a wide variety of needs, including product training opportunities, inventory storage, as well as valve manufacture, assembly, testing and dispatch with industry leading delivery times. Every stage of the production process is certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards. ARI expanded its safety products in 2013 with the acquisition of the REYCO® full-nozzle safety relief valve, compliant to API 526. Both the ARI-SAFE semi-nozzle and ARIREYCO® full-nozzle safety relief valves are UV code stamped, certified to National Board ASME Section VIII, and PED 2014/68/EU compliant. In addition to safety valves, ARI-Armaturen USA is able to provide FABA® bellows seal isolation valves, ZETRIX® triple offset butterfly valves, STEVI ® control valves, and the complete range of CONA® steam and condensate recovery products.

iPS Powerful People SILVER DISPLAYING SPONSOR iPS Powerful People is an international personnel provider in the maritime, energy, tunnelling and civil industries.

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SPONSORS

The company is headquartered in the Netherlands with offices and representatives in Australia, Dubai, Germany, Lithuania, Mexico, South Africa, the UK and more. iPS provides high global and personal service, transparency, qualified staff and crew, flexible and professional personnel solutions, 24/7 responsiveness and complete cross border payroll services.

Pentagon Freight Services SILVER DISPLAYING SPONSOR Pentagon Freight Services (PFS) provides best in class freight forwarding and logistics services to the energy and resource industries. Founded in 1974, PFS operates globally with 71 owned offices and a staff of over 1,200 people.

PFS is ISO certified with compliance assured through Trace.

PPG SILVER DISPLAYING SPONSOR PPG works every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and speciality materials that customers have trusted for more than 135 years.

Through dedication and creativity, PPG solves customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, PPG operates and innovates in more than 70 countries with reported net sales of US$15.1bn in 2019. PPG serves customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets.

Online Pipeline Solutions CO-SPONSOR Online Pipeline Solutions, an IK Group company, designs and manufactures a wide range of pipeline pig locating and signalling equipment and advanced pipeline datalogging and testing systems. The company’s main objective is to provide operators and installation and inspection companies with the means to achieve significant cost savings by minimising vessel time offshore and downtime onshore.

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ADVISORY BOARD

ADVISORY BOARD AND SPEAKERS

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David Robison Managing Partner CFO and President Audubon Field Solutions

Paul Doucette Energy Transition Executive and General Manager, Global Policy & Stakeholder Engagement Leader Baker Hughes

Edward Hirs Fellow for Natural Resources BDO

James Hart Procurement Operations Manager Bechtel

Ellen King Events and Special Projects Advisor, Communications & Advocacy bp America

Jane Stricker Senior Relationship Manager, Regions, Cities and Solutions bp America

Rajiv Sabharwal Director of Business Development Bureau Veritas

Nathalie Mangeot-Gehin General Manager Calgaz and Gasco, Airgas and Air Liquide company

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Tom Brock Senior Integration Lead, O&M ConocoPhillips

Justin Hoffman CEO and Conference Chair of EIC Connect Energy USA cSolutions

Amanda Duhon Director EIC North & Central America EIC

Luanna Souza Project Manager (Americas) EIC

Monique Aceves Business Development Manager, North & Central America EIC

Pietro Ferreira Senior Regional Analyst (Americas) EIC

Sarah Howell Marketing Communications Manager ExxonMobil LNG

Nigel Jenvey Global Head of Carbon Management Gaffney, Cline & Associates

Caryn Fuller Director HKA Global, Inc

Guido van der Zwet General Manager Commerce iPS Powerful People

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Robert Nussmeier Vice President Energy Group, Business Development Group Manager Kiewit

Najib Kandala Director Business Development Marathon Oil

Mary McIntyre Managing Director and Chair of the Advisory Board Merrimac International Executive Search

Boyd Howell Director of Sales & Marketing MODEC

Thierry Jahant Vice President of Oil & Gas PERMA-PIPE

Iain Murray Vice President Strategy & Business Development Petrofac

Spencer Linsell Regional Sales Director - NCSA PetrolValves

Marcelo Campos Regional Business Development Manager, Americas Roxtec

Garth Pickard Commericial Manager – Onshore Saipem

Farook Khan Global Account Manager Siemens

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Jessica Rothnie SCM Director Subsea7

Edward Hernandez Global Sales Manager Swagelok

Ram Iruvanti Product Line Director TechnipFMC

David Gray Senior Vice President LNG Projects Tellurian

David Sutherland Project Director Turner & Townsend

Carlos Wheelock LNG Americas Vitol

Kristy Bellows Houston Onshore Oil & Gas Operations​VP Worley

Paul Sullivan Senior Vice President Worley

Kenneth Jermaine Stanley MD Physician

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SPEAKERS

Mary McIntyre​, Managing Director and Advisory Board Chair, Merrimac International Executive Search, has led the Houston business since 2015 and became owner in 2020. Mary has completed executive assignments for a broad range of clients across multiple industries including technology, industrial services, manufacturing, transportation, EPC and energy. She has particularly strong expertise across all sectors of the oil and gas industry globally.

Justin Hoffman is CEO for cSolutions and Conference Chair, focused on synthesizing partners value propositions and directing them to the right people, at the right companies, at the right time, based on all available and actionable intel, to generate positive inflection points towards successful opportunities. Justin is second generation oil and gas from Aberdeen, Scotland. He has lived and worked in the UK, Scandinavia, South East Asia and the US. ​

Elm Valle is the Director of Global Supply Chain at Dril-Quip, overseeing SIOP, purchasing, logistics, inventory and materials management. Elm has an extremely diverse background in the supply chain with a combined experience of over 20 years in industries such as retail, executive management consulting, recycling, chemicals, upstream oil and gas, midstream refining and downstream distribution; serving mostly in international roles.

Ing. Paul Sullivan is Senior Vice President Global LNG and FLNG for Worley ECR, responsible for the initiation, development and securing of all LNG projects. He is supported by global centres of LNG and FLNG excellence in London, Teesside, Singapore, Houston and Vancouver and GID centres in Beijing and Mumbai. He has 30 years’ experience in the LNG industry. His career has covered engineering in Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea, China, SE Asia and the Americas.

Laurent Pagnon has 13 years of experience in the energy industry and joined TechnipFMC in 2014. He has held several roles since 2014 in strategy, integration, business intelligence, and recently led the efforts to accelerate and scale innovation, digital and new energies to impact and transform TechnipFMC’s business and operations. Laurent is based in Houston. TechnipFMC is a leading technology provider to the traditional and new energies industry.

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SPEAKERS

Sam Thigpen is the CEO of Sapphire Gas Solutions, and a winner of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Gulf Coast in 2021.

For 23 years he has served in many capacities of the natural gas industry, including process operations, project management, division management and company executive. As a business owner, and original founder of Thigpen Energy, which is now Sapphire Gas Solutions, Sam has built and grown companies from the ground up.

Mike Olsen has nearly 20 years’ experience working on offshore energy issues. He is currently Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs at Aker Offshore Wind (AOW), where his focus includes helping establish favourable policy and regulatory frameworks in emerging offshore wind markets in the US. Prior to joining AOW, Mike held several different roles at Equinor, including senior director, business development in the company’s offshore wind business.

Paula Fitzpatrick, VP, Growth & Development Conventional Energy Americas, Wood, ​has more than 17 years of experience in the oil and gas industry where she has worked across a multitude of roles. She joined Wood in August 2005 as an engineer in the subsea group, then progressed to project management before moving into her current role. She is responsible for strategy development and implementation for the upstream, offshore and midstream, and LNG market sectors.

Viet Van is the Vice President Supply Chain Strategy for Shell and is based in Houston, Texas. Viet’s work experience has included stints in sales, operations, strategy and supply chain with global assignments across the Americas, Asia and Europe. He is fully accountable for the development and advancement of Shell’s supply chain global strategy across the organisation, responsible for sourcing, fair and ethical labour practices and reducing environmental and climate impacts.

Amanda Duhon leads the EIC Houston office adding value to members across the region, by fostering key industry relationships, identifying business opportunities and promoting EIC members’ interests in markets across the energy sector. Prior to joining the EIC, Amanda was Director, Business Development North America with Trade & Investment Queensland, Australia. Amanda has also held roles with the Department for International Trade (DIT) in Houston.

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EIC APAC Energy Conversations 2021

What lies ahead for the Asia Pacific energy sector and preparing for a clean energy future

APAC ENERGY CONVERSATIONS

26-27 OCTOBER 2021

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EIC APAC Energy Conversations 2021 Now in its fourth year, the EIC’s bi-annual flagship networking conference is one of our major events in the region with an expected 300 delegates from around the world, including governments, operators, major contractors and other industry players.

The speaker line-up includes over 25 influential stakeholders and thought leaders from across the Asia Pacific region that have been invited to speak on various topics related to the key theme of the event.