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The Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) organizes a number of major conferences each year. Over the years, CERI's conferences have come to be highly regarded with themes that address the most topical issues of our time. Guest speakers represent a list of "who's who" in their respective fields of expertise. Presentations provide the latest prognosis of industry trends and developments that are leading-edge and at the same time thought provoking. Delegates are senior representatives from industry and government in Canada, the United States and from overseas.
Keep abreast of developments and discuss current and future directions at leading sector events. Enjoy excellent professional networking opportunities and the best intelligence to date on essential issues. Please click on conference titles for more information. CERI 2012 Natural Gas Conference In the spring of 2007 there were 5 operating LNG re-gasification facilities in North America, all located within the continental United States, with a total send out capacity of 4.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d). At that time there were 6 additional facilities under construction with a combined send out capacity of 7 bcf/d. Also in development are: 7 facilities licensed pending start of construction with a total send out capacity of 21 bcf/d and an additional 23 facilities in various stages of permitting with a total send out capacity of 16 bcf/d. Total re-gasification capacity was estimated to reach 50 bcf/d by 2020. Roll forward to 2012, the re-gasification capacity, including under construction, has stalled and currently stands at 20.5 bcf/d with 4 facilities that have either converted to or are in the process of converting to a liquefaction facility to permit domestic gas, in the form of LNG, to be exported to overseas markets. The remaining proposed re-gasification facilities have all but disappeared from the FERC files. The shale gas revolution that has been ramping up production over the past 4 to 5 years is responsible for the downward pressure on market prices. The current feeling among researchers is that market prices could remain below $5.50 for several years to come. What to do? Conversion of coal plants to gas generators is taking place but gas supply is still growing faster than gas demand. Do we need to look at the global LNG market to shed supply, and should it, and can it, be in a significant way?
CERI 2012 Oil Conference In its simplest form, a functioning oil market is a transparent and unconstrained interaction between supply and demand. For crude oil supply that utilizes the seas of the world to link supply to demand, such a market exists. Western Canada however, has an inherent problem in its supply/demand relationship; namely connectivity. The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) has one primary export customer (United States PADD II), connected by land-based pipelines, and a smaller connection to Vancouver tidewater also utilizing land-based pipelines. On the supply side, the WCSB has started to see resurgence in conventional crude “re-development” through the use of horizontal well technology in old “thought to be depleted” oil reservoirs. This is in addition to the increasing supply availability from the oil sands. The result is a prospective shortage of pipeline capacity. More pipeline capacity or rail connections are needed. The bigger question is whether the new capacity should target markets to the south, our biggest market, OR west to gain access to new markets? Risks and rewards! What to do?
CERI 2012 Petrochemical Conference On the surface it appears that the world economies have successfully recovered from the 2008 recession, but, the view of the future is at best like standing at a crossroads. Which way to go? Each road carries risks and rewards. The threat of a double-dip recession still lingers, the shale gas revolution continues unabated, the emergence of shale oil as a second energy revolution is starting to percolate, and the ever present political offerings are all elements that contribute to an unclear future.
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