[Federal Register: November 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 213)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD07-15-000]
State of the Natural Gas Industry Conference; Supplemental Notice
of Commission Conference
October 29, 2007.
As announced in an October 5, 2007 Notice of Commission Conference,
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a conference on
November 6, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) (change in the closing
time from 12:30 p.m. listed in the previous notice), in the Commission
Meeting Room on the second floor of the offices of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC.
All interested persons may attend; there is no registration and no
fee.
The conference is designed to discuss current issues affecting the
natural gas industry including: supply, demand, and their impact on the
market; the role of liquefied natural gas in U.S. gas supply; and
infrastructure needs and construction impediments. Attached is the
agenda for the conference.
As mentioned in the earlier notice, transcripts of the conference
will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700
or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. Additionally, a free Web cast of the
meeting is available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet
access who desires to listen to this event can do so by navigating to
http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and locating this event in the
Calendar. The event will contain a link to its Web cast. The Capitol
Connection provides technical support for the Web casts and offers the
option of listening to the meeting via phone bridge for a fee. If you
have any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or contact
Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at 703-993-3100.
FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 866-208-3372
(voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the
required accommodations.
For more information about the conference, please contact John
Schnagl
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at (202) 502-8756 (john.schnagl@ferc.gov).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Attachment
State of the Natural Gas Industry Conference
November 6, 2007.
Agenda
9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks.
Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commissioners.
9:50 a.m. Natural Gas Markets.
What is the changing nature of U.S. natural gas markets?
Will newer sources of natural gas (shale, coal bed
methane, deepwater Gulf of Mexico) offset declines in traditional
sources of natural gas?
What changes should we expect in net import/exports to and
from Canada and Mexico?
How could ethanol production, carbon constrained electric
generation, or other unforeseen demands affect the U.S. supply/demand
balance?
Panelists:
Kevin Petak, Vice President, ICF International.
Porter Bennett, President and CEO, Bentek Energy, LLC.
Stephen Harvey, Director, Energy Market Oversight, Office of
Enforcement, FERC.
10:50 a.m. LNG's Role in U.S. Gas Supply.
How does the U.S. currently obtain the LNG it needs?
Is there a need to change LNG procurement in the U.S.? If
so,
What is needed to encourage contractual arrangements for
LNG supply that will meet expected U.S. demand for natural gas?
Is imported LNG a dependable supply source?
How is the U.S.'s role in the world LNG market changing?
Panelists:
Betsy Spomer, Senior Vice President Western Hemisphere LNG, BG
Group, plc.
Richard Grant, International Chief Executive, Suez Energy
International.
Zach Allen, Managing Director, Pan EurAsian Enterprises, Inc.
Patricia Outtrim, Vice President, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
11:50 a.m. Natural Gas Infrastructure.
What gas infrastructure needs to be built to satisfy
future demand?
What difficulties are currently being encountered in
planning and building gas infrastructure? (e.g., cost and availability
of materials, regulatory impediments--federal and non-federal)
What financial/capital impediments exist that will impede
the construction of needed gas infrastructure?
Is there a skilled labor shortage? If so, is it a
temporary situation and what is the extent (national, regional,
global)?
Panelists:
Sam Brothwell, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wachovia
Securities.
Scott Parker, President, Natural Gas Pipelines, Kinder Morgan.
Martha Wyrsch, President and CEO, Spectra Energy Transmission.
Brad Kamph, President, Interliance Consulting, Inc.
12:50 p.m. Closing Remarks.
1 p.m. Adjourn.
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